Dolores County, Colorado
Dolores County, CO: land and buildings $3,270 an acre in the 2022 census; crop insurance loss ratio 1.14 since 1989. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 08033. Figures as of 2026-10-14.
CO median $2,765 · 21st highest of 58
CO median $13.79 · 12th highest of 31
CO median 30% · 12th lowest of 57
Most of Dolores County's cropland is not irrigated, and the crop insurance record shows heat and drought claims have grown. From 1989-1999, heat and drought was 46 percent of indemnities. By 2010-2019 it was 82 percent. The loss ratio hit 1.22 over the ten closed crop years 2016-2025, meaning claims paid out more than premiums collected. Land value has climbed 83.4 percent from 2017 to 2022. CRP acreage is 31.9 percent of the cropland base, one of the largest uses of ground in the county.
Cash rent
Every published Colorado county rate, side by side: Colorado cash rent by county.
Insuring pasture or hay? See PRF rainfall insurance in Dolores 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dolores County | n/a | n/a | $3,270 | $18.42 |
| Montezuma County | $25 2025 | $135 | $1,736 | $13.79 |
| San Juan County | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| San Miguel County | $14 | n/a | $2,179 | n/a |
| San Juan County, UT | n/a | n/a | $748 | $21.50 |
| Median next door | $14 1 co. | $135 1 co. | $1,736 | $17.65 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. Dolores 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/dolores-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.