Hot Spring County, Arkansas
Hot Spring County, AR: non-irrigated cash rent $26 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,629 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 05059. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Hot Spring County stands at $26 per acre, up 70 percent from 2016 to 2026. Land value under the census is $3,629 per acre, up 30.4 percent from 2017 to 2022, 5.5 percent a year. Irrigation covers 1 percent of harvested cropland, so crop performance here tracks rainfall, not pumped water. Crop insurance losses from 1990-2024 closed years total $2.7 million, with excess moisture and flood the largest cause at 90 percent; heat and drought made up 10 percent of losses in 2000-2009, 11 percent in 2010-2019, and 0 percent in 2020-2025. The July nightly low has warmed at 0.56 F per decade since 1976, and drought weeks ran 144 of 1357 from 2000-2025, with 27 of those from 2021-2025.
AR median $30 · tied for 17th lowest of 61
AR median $3,631 · 37th lowest of 75
AR median 29% · 38th lowest of 75
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 1990. 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 | Dry rent | Land value | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hot Spring County | $26 | $3,629 | — |
| Clark County | $40 | $3,036 | $25.11 |
| Dallas County | $14 | $2,085 | — |
| Garland County | — | $7,941 | — |
| Grant County | $13 | $3,912 | — |
| Montgomery County | $29 | $3,481 | — |
| Saline County | $17 | $4,510 | — |
| Median next door | $17 | $3,697 | $25.11 1 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. Hot Spring County, Arkansas. 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/arkansas/hot-spring-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.