Farmland Atlas · county record

Teller County, Colorado

Teller County, CO: land and buildings $2,307 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 08119. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Census value of land and buildings in Teller County stood at $2,307 per acre in 2022, up 14 percent from 2017, a gain of 2.7 percent a year. The July average nightly low ran 45.6 F under the 1991-2020 normal and 46.8 F for 2017-2026, with a warming trend of 0.61 F per decade since 1976. No July since 1900 has averaged 70 F or above for its nightly low. Drought was present in 205 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025, with 2002 the worst year at 39 weeks; 2021-2025 saw 17 such weeks. No solar or wind capacity operates in the county, and none is proposed to EIA.

Cash rent, non-irrigated
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NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county
Land and buildings
$2,307/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
CO median $2,765 · 22nd lowest of 58
Rent as % of land value
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not shown: NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022
Corn yield, median
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fewer than 8 published county corn yields
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
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RMA Summary of Business has no rows for this county
Farmland rented
52%
2022 census, rented from others
CO median 30% · 4th highest of 57

Cash rent

Cash rent— NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$2,307/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$2,006/ac
Census 2017$2,023/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+14.0%+2.7% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022

Corn yield

County corn yield— fewer than 8 published county corn yields

Crop insurance record

Premium and payouts— RMA Summary of Business has no rows for this county

Drought and weather

2000200520102015202020250390

Weeks per year, U.S. Drought Monitor, with half the county or more in D2 (severe) drought or worse.

D2 or worse for half the county, 2000–2025205 of 1,357 weeks15% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks200239 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202517 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202646.8 °F1991–2020 normal 45.6 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.61 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September13.2 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 94% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.3 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 2022— NASS suppressed the irrigated acres to protect individual farms
Farmed no-till, 202217% of cropland352 ac
Cover crops, 20224% of cropland73 ac

Acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, USDA FSA, by fiscal year.

CRP enrolled, 20250 ac
Cattle and calves, 20221,634−32.6% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202252%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentIrr. rentLand value
Teller County——$2,307
Douglas County——$12,290
El Paso County$7 2024—$2,688
Fremont County—$67$2,756
Jefferson County——$16,602
Park County—$33$2,330
Median next door—$50 2 co.$2,756

Counties that share a stretch of boundary. An older rent carries its year and stays out of the median.

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AGSIST Farmland Atlas. Teller 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/teller-county
Every 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.