Gilpin County, Colorado
Gilpin County, CO: land and buildings $8,979 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 08047. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Gilpin County had no acres published in farms in the 2022 census. County averages here describe very little farmland; read them with care.
Land value here is $8,979 per acre by the 2022 census, the operators' own estimate. That figure moved 112.5 percent from 2017-2022, or 16.3 percent a year. Irrigated share of harvested cropland is 15 percent in the 2022 census. July nightly lows averaged 47.3 F in 2017-2026 against a 1991-2020 normal of 46.6 F, with a warming trend of 0.39 F per decade since 1976. Drought weeks ran 137 of 1357 from 2000-2025, with 2002 the worst year at 38 weeks, and 25 weeks from 2021-2025. No solar or wind capacity is operating or proposed here.
CO median $2,765
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 | Dry rent | Irr. rent | Land value | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gilpin County | — | — | $8,979 | — |
| Boulder County | $49 2025 | $97 | $18,310 | $6.55 |
| Clear Creek County | — | — | $3,896 | — |
| Grand County | — | — | $2,754 | — |
| Jefferson County | — | — | $16,602 | — |
| Median next door | — | $97 1 co. | $10,249 | $6.55 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. Gilpin 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/gilpin-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.