Chambers County, Texas
Chambers County, TX: non-irrigated cash rent $22 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,315 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 48071. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Irrigated cropland rents $65 per acre in Chambers County, non-irrigated $22 per acre, and 66 percent of harvested cropland is irrigated as of the 2022 census, all from groundwater sources with 0 percent share, which reads as an error worth checking against the source. Non-irrigated rent is up 18.9 percent from 2016 to 2026. Crop insurance indemnities from 1989-2025 total $194.3 million, with excess moisture and flood the largest cause at 58 percent; irrigation failure accounts for $1.5 million. Heat and drought's share of indemnities moved 17 percent, 9 percent, 5 percent, 28 percent across 1989-1999, 2000-2009, 2010-2019, and 2020-2025. Land value rose 40.1 percent from 2017 to 2022, 7 percent a year.
TX median $27 · tied for 58th lowest of 189
TX median $99 · 7th lowest of 43
TX median $2,782 · 109th highest of 246
TX median $29.48 · 20th highest of 174
TX median 39% · 39th highest of 251
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
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 | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chambers County | $22 | $65 | $3,315 | $55.34 |
| Galveston County | $15 | — | $15,245 | $15.52 |
| Harris County | $34 | — | $9,000 | $6.15 |
| Jefferson County | $44 | $51 | $2,443 | $41.52 |
| Liberty County | $23 | — | $4,253 | $37.54 |
| Median next door | $29 | $51 1 co. | $6,627 | $26.53 |
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. Chambers County, Texas. 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/texas/chambers-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.