Lincoln County, New Mexico
Lincoln County, NM: land and buildings $915 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 35027. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Land value in Lincoln County ran $915 per acre in the census year 2022, up 83.7 percent since 2017, or 12.9 percent a year. July nights average 61 F for 2017-2026, against a 1991-2020 normal of 58.8 F, and the trend since 1976 runs 0.84 F per decade, warming. No July since 1900 has averaged a low at or above 70 F. Drought has been present often: 452 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025 sat at 50 percent of the county in severe drought or worse, with 2013 the worst year at 53 weeks, and 134 such weeks came in 2021-2025 alone. Wind operates at 727 MW with 2561.2 MW more proposed to EIA; solar operates at 3 MW.
NM median $784 · 9th highest of 30
NM median 26% · 7th lowest of 30
Cash rent
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 2011. Above the dashed line, the county's insurance book paid out more than it took in.
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 | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln County | — | $915 | — |
| Chaves County | $175 | $887 | $10.03 |
| De Baca County | $194 | $385 | — |
| Guadalupe County | $122 2023 | $379 | — |
| Otero County | — | $754 | $8.11 |
| Sierra County | $173 2025 | $406 | — |
| Socorro County | $181 2024 | $768 | — |
| Torrance County | $102 2024 | $784 | — |
| Median next door | $185 2 co. | $754 | $9.07 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. Lincoln 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/lincoln-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.