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 2026-09-20.
Irrigation drives this county. Ninety-one percent of harvested cropland is irrigated, and irrigation failure is the largest cause of crop insurance indemnities at 58 percent, totaling $60.7 million of the $104.5 million paid out over 1989-2025, closed crop years. Non-irrigated cash rent sits at $21 per acre and fell 40 percent from 2011 to 2022, while irrigated cash rent in 2026 is $191 per acre. Groundwater supplies 62 percent of irrigation water as of 2015. Land value per the 2022 census stands at $4,456 per acre, up 110.2 percent from 2017 to 2022, or 16 percent a year.
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 $13.57 · 10th lowest of 31
CO median 30% · 13th highest of 57
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 | Dry rent | Irr. rent | Land value | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alamosa County | — | $191 | $4,456 | $8.91 |
| Conejos County | $36 | $134 | $2,984 | $6.43 |
| Costilla County | — | $210 2025 | $996 | $7.56 |
| Huerfano County | — | — | $1,360 | — |
| Rio Grande County | $26 2023 | $220 | $5,672 | $6.14 |
| Saguache County | — | $189 | $2,951 | $6.50 |
| Median next door | $36 1 co. | $189 | $2,951 | $6.47 |
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 2026-09-20, 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. 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.