Washington County, Colorado
Washington County, CO: non-irrigated cash rent $40 an acre (2026); land and buildings $1,171 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 74.3 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 08121. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Washington County runs $40 per acre, up 41.1 percent from 2016 to 2026. Irrigated rent is $214 per acre, 5.42 times the non-irrigated rate in 2026 against 4.57 in 2009, with no clear direction to that multiple. Only 6 percent of harvested cropland is irrigated, and 88 percent of that irrigation water comes from groundwater. Corn yields have trended down 1.4 bushels per acre a year over 2008-2025, with a median of 74.3 and a low of 44.1 in 2022. Heat and drought drove 60 percent of crop insurance indemnities since 1989, and its share rose across 2000-2009 at 58 percent, 2010-2019 at 52 percent, and 2020-2025 at 69 percent. Solar and wind capacity are both 0 MW, operating or proposed.
CO median $30 · 5th highest of 24
CO median $155 · 5th highest of 30
CO median $2,765 · 5th lowest of 58
CO median $13.57 · 10th highest of 31
CO median 30% · 12th 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
Bushels per acre, USDA NASS county yields, all practices. The dashed line is the median of the published years.
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 | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington County | $40 | $214 | $1,171 | — | $20.10 |
| Adams County | $20 | $146 | $2,918 | 68.8 | $17.90 |
| Arapahoe County | $14 | — | $2,773 | — | $18.66 |
| Kit Carson County | $40 | $170 | $1,406 | 102.6 | $16.47 |
| Lincoln County | $28 | — | $900 | — | $24.91 |
| Logan County | $37 | $234 | $2,141 | — | $10.23 |
| Morgan County | $36 | $206 | $2,717 | — | $11.19 |
| Yuma County | $45 | $290 | $1,580 | 187.2 | $8.73 |
| Median next door | $36 | $206 | $2,141 | 102.6 | $16.47 |
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. Washington 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/washington-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.