Garfield County, Colorado
Garfield County, CO: non-irrigated cash rent $31 an acre (2020); land and buildings $3,654 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 08045. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Irrigated cash rent in Garfield County ran $68 per acre in 2025, and non-irrigated rent averaged $31 per acre in 2020, up 14.8 percent from 2009. Land value carried $3,654 per acre in 2022, up 52.3 percent from 2017, or 8.8 percent a year. Irrigation covers 89 percent of harvested cropland, and none of that water came from groundwater as of 2015. Drought has been a factor: the county spent 376 of 1357 weeks at severe drought or worse from 2000-2025, with 2021 alone logging 51 weeks, and 85 weeks fell in 2021-2025. July nights have warmed 0.71 F per decade since 1976, and the 2017-2026 average low, 54.9 F, sits above the 1991-2020 normal of 53 F.
too few 2020 county surveys in the state to compare
too few 2025 county surveys in the state to compare
CO median $2,765 · 20th highest of 58
CO median 30% · 7th 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garfield County | — | $68 2025 | $3,654 | — |
| Eagle County | — | $74 2024 | $6,632 | — |
| Mesa County | — | $113 | $8,081 | $5.79 |
| Pitkin County | — | — | $16,058 | — |
| Rio Blanco County | $13 2025 | $87 | $1,911 | — |
| Routt County | $17 | $42 2025 | $4,101 | — |
| Grand County, UT | — | — | $1,110 | — |
| Uintah County, UT | $46 | $85 | $901 | — |
| Median next door | $32 2 co. | $87 | $4,101 | $5.79 1 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. Garfield 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/garfield-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.