Huerfano County, Colorado
Huerfano County, CO: irrigated cash rent $75 an acre (2013); land and buildings $1,360 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 08055. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Land value in Huerfano County stood at $1,360 per acre in 2022, up 41.4 percent over 2017-2022, or 7.2 percent a year. Seventy percent of harvested cropland was irrigated as of the 2022 census, and all irrigation water came from surface sources, with groundwater at 0 percent. The county logged 339 of 1357 weeks in severe drought or worse over 2000-2025, 25 percent of that span, with 2003 reaching 52 weeks; 2021-2025 added 32 more weeks. July nightly lows have warmed at 0.51 F per decade since 1976, with the 2017-2026 average at 53.8 F against a 1991-2020 normal of 52.8 F; no July since 1900 has averaged at or above 70 F.
too few 2013 county surveys in the state to compare
CO median $2,765 · 8th lowest of 58
CO median 30% · 23rd 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huerfano County | — | — | $1,360 | — |
| Alamosa County | — | $191 | $4,456 | $8.91 |
| Costilla County | — | $210 2025 | $996 | $7.56 |
| Custer County | — | — | $3,662 | — |
| Las Animas County | $6 | $122 | $1,005 | — |
| Pueblo County | — | $175 | $1,659 | $35.09 |
| Saguache County | — | $189 | $2,951 | $6.50 |
| Median next door | $6 1 co. | $182 | $2,305 | $8.24 |
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. Huerfano 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/huerfano-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.