Fremont County, Colorado
Fremont County, CO: non-irrigated cash rent $24 an acre (2009); land and buildings $2,756 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 08043. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Irrigated cash rent stands at $67 per acre in 2026, and 87 percent of harvested cropland is irrigated, with 0 percent of that water drawn from groundwater. Land valued at $2,756 per acre has risen 18 percent over 2017-2022, at 3.4 percent a year. Severe drought or worse covered the county during 274 of 1357 weeks in 2000-2025, or 20.2 percent of that span, with 2002 the worst year at 43 weeks. July nightly lows have warmed at 0.5 F per decade since 1976, reaching a 2017-2026 average of 52.6 F against a 1991-2020 normal of 51.8 F, and no July since 1900 has averaged at or above 70 F.
too few 2009 county surveys in the state to compare
CO median $155 · 4th lowest of 30
CO median $2,765 · 29th lowest of 58
CO median 30% · 19th 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 2022. Above the dashed line, the county's insurance book paid out more than it took in.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fremont County | — | $67 | $2,756 | — |
| Chaffee County | $31 | $61 | $6,178 | — |
| Custer County | — | — | $3,662 | — |
| El Paso County | $7 2024 | — | $2,688 | — |
| Park County | — | $33 | $2,330 | — |
| Pueblo County | — | $175 | $1,659 | $35.09 |
| Saguache County | — | $189 | $2,951 | $6.50 |
| Teller County | — | — | $2,307 | — |
| Median next door | $31 1 co. | $118 | $2,688 | $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. Fremont 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/fremont-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.