Alamosa County, Colorado
Alamosa County, CO: non-irrigated cash rent $21 an acre (2022); land and buildings $4,456 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 08003. Figures as of 2026-10-14.
too few 2022 county surveys in the state to compare
CO median $155 · 9th highest of 30
CO median $2,765 · 15th highest of 58
CO median $13.79 · 10th lowest of 31
CO median 30% · 13th highest of 57
Most of the crop ground here is irrigated, 91 percent in 2022, but that irrigation's in trouble. Irrigation failure caused 57 percent of all crop insurance payouts from 1989 through 2025, totaling $60.7 million. Groundwater supplies 62 percent of the irrigation water. Non-irrigated rent fell 40 percent from 2011 to 2022, down to $21 per acre. The loss ratio was 1.05 over the full period and 1.09 over the last ten crop years, meaning claims paid out more than premiums came in. Heat and drought claims rose from 2 percent of indemnities in 1989-1999 to 8 percent in 2020-2025.
Cash rent
Dollars per acre, USDA NASS county survey. A break in a line is a year with no published survey.
Every published Colorado county rate, side by side: Colorado cash rent by county.
Insuring pasture or hay? See PRF rainfall insurance in Alamosa County: its grids, county values and record.
Land value
The census value is this county's, from 2022. The survey figures are the Colorado average for 2026, from the USDA NASS Land Values report. NASS publishes that survey by state, not by county, so this page does not scale one into the other.
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.
Rain so far this year in Colorado, county by county
Land, water and programs
Acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, USDA FSA, by fiscal year.
Next door
| County | Dry rent | Irr. rent | Land value | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alamosa County | n/a | $191 | $4,456 | $9.28 |
| Conejos County | $36 | $134 | $2,984 | $6.57 |
| Costilla County | n/a | $210 2025 | $996 | $7.56 |
| Huerfano County | n/a | n/a | $1,360 | n/a |
| Rio Grande County | $26 2023 | $220 | $5,672 | $6.44 |
| Saguache County | n/a | $189 | $2,951 | $6.67 |
| Median next door | $36 1 co. | $189 | $2,951 | $6.62 |
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. Alamosa County, Colorado. Figures as of 2026-10-14, from USDA NASS, USDA RMA, USDA FSA, the U.S. Drought Monitor and NOAA. https://agsist.com/farmland-atlas/colorado/alamosa-countyEvery figure is a county average from the sources named below. Rent ranks count every county with a published rent in the same survey year, within the state (the same counties as the state rent page); other ranks count counties with 10,000 acres or more in farms. 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.