Farmland Atlas · county record

Gila County, Arizona

Gila County, AZ: land and buildings $356 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 04007. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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All harvested cropland in Gila County is irrigated, so water carries the weight here. Weeks with at least 50 percent of the county in severe drought or worse ran 439 of 1357 (32.4 percent) from 2000-2025, with the worst year 2014 at 46 weeks. From 2021-2025 that count was 96 weeks. Census value of land and buildings, 2022, stood at $356 per acre, down 8.5 percent from 2017-2022, or 1.8 percent a year. July nightly lows have warmed 0.73 F per decade since 1976, and the 2017-2026 average of 66.8 F sits above the 1991-2020 normal of 65.2 F.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
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NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county
Land and buildings
$356/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
AZ median $1,597 · 4th lowest of 12
Rent as % of land value
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not shown: NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022
Corn yield, median
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fewer than 8 published county corn yields
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
—
RMA Summary of Business has no rows for this county
Farmland rented
5%
2022 census, rented from others
AZ median 20% · 5th lowest of 13

Cash rent

Cash rent— NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$356/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$327/ac
Census 2017$389/ac
Change 2017 to 2022−8.5%−1.8% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022

Corn yield

County corn yield— fewer than 8 published county corn yields

Crop insurance record

Premium and payouts— RMA Summary of Business has no rows for this county

Drought and weather

20002005201020152020202504638

Weeks per year, U.S. Drought Monitor, with half the county or more in D2 (severe) drought or worse.

D2 or worse for half the county, 2000–2025439 of 1,357 weeks32% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201446 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202596 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202666.8 °F1991–2020 normal 65.2 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.73 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September8.0 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 93% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.8 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 2022100%
Drained by tile, 202213% of cropland342 ac

Acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, USDA FSA, by fiscal year.

CRP enrolled, 20250 ac
Irrigation wells on record584Arizona DWR well registry (Wells55), not cancelled
Median well depth100 ft
Solar and wind operating, 202520 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 202215,170+0.4% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 20225%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyIrr. rentLand valueClaims per $100
Gila County—$356—
Coconino County—$344—
Graham County$184 2025$736$9.76
Maricopa County$266$7,203$8.43
Navajo County$113 2023$325—
Pinal County$183$2,148$21.16
Yavapai County$93 2025$2,325—
Median next door$225 2 co.$1,442$9.76

Counties that share a stretch of boundary. An older rent carries its year and stays out of the median.

Cite this page

AGSIST Farmland Atlas. Gila County, Arizona. Figures as of 2026-09-20, from USDA NASS, USDA RMA, USDA FSA, the U.S. Drought Monitor and NOAA. https://agsist.com/farmland-atlas/arizona/gila-county
Every figure is a county average from the sources named below. Ranks count counties with 10,000 acres or more in farms, in the same survey year for rent, within the state. Methods: how each figure is built. Downloads: all counties, CSV.
Sources, dates and arithmetic

"Figures as of" is the date this page's numbers last changed; it moves only when a figure on the page does. Source files and their retrieval dates are listed on the data page.

Rent: USDA NASS Cash Rents Survey, county. Land value: Census of Agriculture, operators' estimate of land and buildings. Yield: NASS county corn yields, trend fitted here over every published year since 2008. Loss ratio: claims (indemnity) divided by total premium, USDA RMA Summary of Business, 1989 on, open crop year left out. Drought: U.S. Drought Monitor, weeks with half the county or more in D2 or worse. July lows: NOAA nClimDiv county monthly minimum temperature. A dash means the record does not carry the figure or the source withheld it; the reason is printed beside it.