Mesa County, Colorado
Mesa County, CO: non-irrigated cash rent $42 an acre (2021); land and buildings $8,081 an acre in the 2022 census; crop insurance loss ratio 0.63 since 1989. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 08077. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Mesa County carries 94 percent irrigated cropland, and every drop of that irrigation water comes from surface sources, not groundwater. Irrigated cash rent reached $113 per acre in 2026, with non-irrigated rent up 47.4 percent from 2009 to 2021.
too few 2021 county surveys in the state to compare
CO median $155 · 8th lowest of 30
CO median $2,765 · 7th highest of 58
CO median $13.57 · 2nd lowest of 31
CO median 30% · 17th 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 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mesa County | — | $113 | $8,081 | $5.79 |
| Delta County | $17 2024 | $120 | $7,364 | $16.96 |
| Garfield County | — | $68 2025 | $3,654 | — |
| Gunnison County | — | $54 | $2,924 | — |
| Montrose County | — | $138 | $5,909 | $11.28 |
| Pitkin County | — | — | $16,058 | — |
| Grand County, UT | — | — | $1,110 | — |
| Median next door | — | $120 | $4,782 | $14.12 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. Mesa 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/mesa-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.