County · Kansas · USDA NASS 2025

Chautauqua County

cropland

$30.50/ac

KS avg $64.00

Pasture

$16.50/ac

irrigated —

Soil NCCPI

0.450

KS avg 0.570

Rank · cropland

103/104

percentile 1

Δ since 2020

−12%

KS +12%

USDA's 2025 survey puts non-irrigated cropland in Chautauqua County at $30.5 per acre per year, with pasture at $16.5/acre. The county's soils index 0.45 (NCCPI), below the Kansas county average of 0.57 — individual parcels run higher or lower, which moves real rents. Non-irrigated cropland rent here is down 12% since 2020; Chautauqua County ranks 103 of 104 Kansas counties.

All counties · 105 rows

#	County	Cropland ↓	Irrigated	Pasture	NCCPI
1	Doniphan	202.00	—	50.00	0.688
2	Brown	197.00	232.00	52.50	0.667
3	Atchison	135.00	—	44.00	0.577
3	Nemaha	135.00	223.00	36.50	0.582
5	Marshall	115.00	—	31.50	0.590
6	Cloud	110.00	218.00	41.50	0.584
7	Jackson	103.00	—	33.50	0.555
8	Pottawatomie	97.50	192.00	26.00	0.521
9	Republic	97.00	215.00	30.50	0.601
10	Clay	96.00	199.00	31.00	0.607
11	Douglas	89.50	151.00	28.50	0.533
12	Leavenworth	88.00	—	32.00	0.584
12	Linn	88.00	—	36.50	0.582
14	Washington	86.00	173.00	30.00	0.600
15	Jewell	83.50	—	32.00	0.631
16	Geary	82.00	143.00	28.50	0.515
17	Mitchell	80.00	124.00	28.00	0.617
18	Johnson	78.00	—	35.00	0.606
19	Wilson	77.00	—	23.00	0.529
20	Miami	76.50	—	31.00	0.607
21	Riley	75.00	—	29.00	0.519
22	Smith	73.00	195.00	30.50	0.655
23	Jefferson	72.00	—	37.00	0.535
23	Osage	72.00	—	25.50	0.592
25	Coffey	70.00	—	29.00	0.592
25	Ottawa	70.00	136.00	33.50	0.601
27	Chase	69.50	—	33.00	0.477
28	Crawford	67.50	—	40.00	0.632
29	Mcpherson	67.00	158.00	30.50	0.597
30	Cherokee	66.50	—	39.00	0.716
30	Dickinson	66.50	—	26.00	0.590
30	Harvey	66.50	162.00	24.50	0.549
33	Lyon	65.50	—	32.50	0.552
34	Saline	65.00	—	32.50	0.596
35	Shawnee	64.50	195.00	29.00	0.550
36	Rawlins	64.00	160.00	18.00	0.550
37	Allen	63.50	—	26.50	0.575
37	Lincoln	63.50	—	22.00	0.606
39	Anderson	63.00	—	31.50	0.559
39	Montgomery	63.00	—	20.50	0.569
39	Neosho	63.00	—	33.50	0.610
42	Sheridan	62.50	177.00	23.50	0.609
43	Franklin	62.00	—	27.00	0.591
44	Wabaunsee	61.50	—	24.50	0.484
45	Marion	59.00	98.00	26.50	0.527
45	Osborne	59.00	—	22.00	0.582
45	Rice	59.00	155.00	21.00	0.559
48	Morris	58.00	—	35.00	0.531
48	Sherman	58.00	197.00	18.50	0.593
48	Thomas	58.00	189.00	21.00	0.605
51	Bourbon	57.50	—	28.50	0.594
52	Decatur	56.00	148.00	15.50	0.693
52	Sedgwick	56.00	190.00	23.00	0.582
54	Butler	55.50	—	24.50	0.535
54	Wichita	55.50	141.00	16.00	0.616
56	Greenwood	55.00	—	28.50	0.485
56	Scott	55.00	99.00	16.00	0.588
58	Reno	54.50	160.00	18.50	0.491
59	Cheyenne	53.50	198.00	15.00	0.491
60	Labette	53.00	—	32.50	0.621
61	Elk	51.50	—	23.50	0.473
61	Phillips	51.50	95.00	25.00	0.671
61	Stafford	51.50	151.00	17.00	0.448
64	Cowley	50.00	—	20.50	0.513
64	Logan	50.00	115.00	15.00	0.547
66	Ellsworth	49.50	—	23.50	0.598
67	Woodson	49.00	—	30.50	0.579
68	Gove	48.50	131.00	20.50	0.586
68	Rooks	48.50	—	19.00	0.601
68	Sumner	48.50	124.00	19.50	0.573
71	Gray	48.00	131.00	16.50	0.551
71	Norton	48.00	178.00	18.00	0.692
73	Kingman	45.50	144.00	19.50	0.517
73	Trego	45.50	—	20.50	0.606
75	Barton	45.00	139.00	21.00	0.600
75	Wallace	45.00	125.00	15.00	0.555
77	Graham	44.00	100.00	22.50	0.659
78	Pawnee	43.50	143.00	16.50	0.622
79	Barber	42.50	—	13.00	0.413
79	Ellis	42.50	—	20.50	0.570
79	Ford	42.50	148.00	13.50	0.635
79	Meade	42.50	138.00	12.00	0.542
83	Finney	42.00	196.00	13.50	0.500
83	Pratt	42.00	155.00	15.50	0.532
85	Edwards	41.00	159.00	19.00	0.534
85	Greeley	41.00	123.00	12.50	0.626
85	Lane	41.00	—	17.50	0.602
88	Haskell	40.50	141.00	14.50	0.596
88	Rush	40.50	—	16.00	0.675
90	Ness	40.00	—	20.50	0.670
90	Russell	40.00	—	18.00	0.547
92	Harper	39.50	—	18.50	0.539
93	Hodgeman	37.00	87.50	17.50	0.640
93	Stevens	37.00	139.00	10.00	0.433
95	Clark	36.50	—	13.00	0.453
96	Kearny	35.00	176.00	10.00	0.485
97	Kiowa	34.00	144.00	15.50	0.501
98	Comanche	33.00	107.00	12.00	0.418
99	Hamilton	32.50	157.00	14.50	0.520
100	Seward	32.00	141.00	11.00	0.454
101	Grant	31.00	96.00	11.50	0.544
101	Stanton	31.00	98.00	10.50	0.602
103	Chautauqua	30.50	—	16.50	0.450
104	Morton	30.00	81.00	11.00	0.455
—	Wyandotte	—	—	34.50	0.684

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