Catron County, New Mexico
Catron County, NM: land and buildings $620 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 35003. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Land value in Catron County rose 47.6 percent from 2017-2022, or 8.1 percent a year, putting the 2022 census figure at $620 per acre. Irrigated cropland stands at 64 percent of harvested cropland in the 2022 census, with groundwater supplying 2 percent of irrigation water in 2015. Severe drought or worse covered at least 50 percent of the county in 492 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025, a 36.3 percent share, with 2021 the worst year at 52 weeks; 2021-2025 logged 147 such weeks. July nightly lows averaged 53.3 F for 2017-2026 against a 51.9 F normal for 1991-2020, with warming of 0.9 F per decade since 1976.
NM median $784 · 9th lowest of 30
NM median 26% · 5th highest of 30
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 | Irr. rent | Land value |
|---|---|---|
| Catron County | — | $620 |
| Apache County, AZ | $53 2025 | $329 |
| Greenlee County, AZ | — | $5,515 |
| Cibola County | — | $406 |
| Grant County | — | $575 |
| Sierra County | $173 2025 | $406 |
| Socorro County | $181 2024 | $768 |
| Median next door | — | $491 |
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. Catron County, New Mexico. 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/new-mexico/catron-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.