Santa Cruz County, Arizona
Santa Cruz County, AZ: land and buildings $2,575 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 04023. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Groundwater supplies 100 percent of irrigation water here, so the county depends on it entirely. Land value change 2017-2022 was 29.1 percent, 5.2 percent a year, and the Census value of land and buildings, 2022 stands at $2,575 per acre. Drought pressure has been present: weeks with at least 50 percent of the county in severe drought or worse, 2000-2025 numbered 431 of 1357, 31.8 percent, with the worst year 2025 at 49 weeks, and weeks in severe drought or worse, 2021-2025 came to 123. July nights are warming, 0.3 F per decade since 1976, with the July average nightly low, 2017-2026 at 64.8 F against a 1991-2020 normal of 64.6 F.
AZ median $1,597 · 4th highest of 12
AZ median 20% · 2nd highest of 13
Cash rent
Land value
Corn yield
Crop insurance record
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Cruz County | — | $2,575 | — |
| Cochise County | $93 2024 | $2,695 | $7.67 |
| Pima County | $171 2025 | $504 | $5.92 |
| Median next door | — | $1,600 2 co. | $6.80 2 co. |
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. Santa Cruz 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/santa-cruz-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.