Baca County, Colorado
Baca County, CO: non-irrigated cash rent $31 an acre (2026); land and buildings $1,682 an acre in the 2022 census; crop insurance loss ratio 1.15 since 1989. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 08009. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Baca County runs $31 per acre, up 40.9 percent from 2016 to 2026. Irrigated rent stood at $123 per acre in 2023, and the irrigated multiple over non-irrigated rent moved from 3.13 in 2010 to 4.03 in 2023, with no clear direction over the longer run. Heat and drought drove 58 percent of the county's $403.1 million in crop insurance indemnities since 1989, and that share has moved from 40 percent in 1989-1999 to 53 percent in 2000-2009, 59 percent in 2010-2019, and 61 percent in 2020-2025. All irrigation water comes from groundwater as of 2015. The census-based land value reached $1,682 per acre in 2022, up 114.5 percent from 2017.
CO median $30 · 11th highest of 24
too few 2023 county surveys in the state to compare
CO median $2,765 · 16th lowest of 58
CO median $13.57 · 4th highest of 31
CO median 30% · 22nd lowest 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baca County | $31 | $123 2023 | $1,682 | $27.77 |
| Bent County | $18 | $178 | $1,087 | $34.41 |
| Las Animas County | $6 | $122 | $1,005 | — |
| Prowers County | $34 | $154 | $1,393 | $30.22 |
| Morton County, KS | $30 | $81 2025 | $1,234 | $23.03 |
| Stanton County, KS | $33 | $101 | $1,446 | $21.15 |
| Union County, NM | — | — | $852 | $19.03 |
| Cimarron County, OK | $29 | $100 2025 | $1,186 | $32.32 |
| Median next door | $29 | $138 | $1,186 | $26.63 |
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. Baca 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/baca-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.