Graham County, Arizona
Graham County, AZ: irrigated cash rent $184 an acre (2025); land and buildings $736 an acre in the 2022 census; crop insurance loss ratio 1.09 since 1989. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 04009. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
All harvested cropland in Graham County is irrigated, and 58 percent of that irrigation water came from groundwater in 2015. Irrigation failure is the largest cause of crop insurance indemnities, at 37 percent of $66.9 million paid out over 1989-2025, with $24.9 million tied to irrigation failure alone. Drought pressure has been present: 527 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025 saw at least 50 percent of the county in severe drought or worse, including 117 weeks in 2021-2025 and 52 weeks in 2025 alone. The July nightly low has warmed 0.73 F per decade since 1976, and the 2017-2026 average of 68.5 F sits above the 1991-2020 normal of 66.9 F.
too few 2025 county surveys in the state to compare
AZ median $1,597 · 5th lowest of 12
AZ median $8.43 · 2nd highest of 5
AZ median 20% · 4th lowest of 13
Cash rent
Dollars per acre, USDA NASS county survey. A break in a line is a year with no published survey; nothing is drawn across it.
Land value
Corn yield
Crop insurance record
Claims paid divided by total premium (the farmer share plus the federal subsidy), each closed crop year since 1989. Above the dashed line, the county's insurance book paid out more than it took in. 2026, still open, is left out.
Drought and weather
Weeks per year, U.S. Drought Monitor, with half the county or more in D2 (severe) drought or worse.
Land, water and programs
Acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, USDA FSA, by fiscal year.
Next door
| County | Irr. rent | Land value | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graham County | $184 2025 | $736 | $9.76 |
| Apache County | $53 2025 | $329 | — |
| Cochise County | $93 2024 | $2,695 | $7.67 |
| Gila County | — | $356 | — |
| Greenlee County | — | $5,515 | — |
| Navajo County | $113 2023 | $325 | — |
| Pima County | $171 2025 | $504 | $5.92 |
| Pinal County | $183 | $2,148 | $21.16 |
| Median next door | $183 1 co. | $504 | $7.67 |
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. Graham 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/graham-countyEvery 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.