Custer County, Colorado
Custer County, CO: irrigated cash rent $62 an acre (2020); land and buildings $3,662 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 08027. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Cropland here is 86 percent irrigated, and none of that irrigation water comes from groundwater as of 2015. Census value of land and buildings in 2022 is $3,662 per acre, with a land value change of 88.5 percent from 2017-2022, or 13.5 percent a year. Drought has touched this county often: 316 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025 saw at least severe drought countywide, 23.3 percent, with 2003 the worst year at 52 weeks; 2021-2025 has logged 24 such weeks. July nightly lows have moved from a 1991-2020 normal of 47.2 F to 48.1 F in 2017-2026, part of a warming trend of 0.44 F per decade since 1976.
too few 2020 county surveys in the state to compare
CO median $2,765 · 19th highest of 58
CO median 30% · 17th highest of 57
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Custer County | — | $3,662 | — |
| Fremont County | $67 | $2,756 | — |
| Huerfano County | — | $1,360 | — |
| Pueblo County | $175 | $1,659 | $35.09 |
| Saguache County | $189 | $2,951 | $6.50 |
| Median next door | $175 | $2,208 | $20.80 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. Custer 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/custer-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.