McKinley County, New Mexico
McKinley County, NM: land and buildings $605 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 35031. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Irrigated cropland covers 72 percent of harvested acres here, so water access shapes most decisions in McKinley County. Land value rose 41.4 percent from 2017-2022, 7.2 percent a year, with the census estimate at $605 per acre. July nightly lows have moved from a 55.8 F normal (1991-2020) to 57.1 F (2017-2026), part of a 0.76 F per decade warming trend since 1976. Solar capacity stands at 508 MW operating, with 90 MW proposed and no wind operating or proposed.
NM median $784 · 8th lowest of 30
NM median 26% · 2nd lowest 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 | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| McKinley County | — | $605 | — |
| Apache County, AZ | $53 2025 | $329 | — |
| Cibola County | — | $406 | — |
| San Juan County | $177 | $745 | $3.65 |
| Sandoval County | — | $704 | — |
| Median next door | $177 1 co. | $555 | $3.65 1 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. McKinley 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/mckinley-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.