Dawson County, Texas
Dawson County, TX: non-irrigated cash rent $48 an acre (2025); land and buildings $1,359 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 48115. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Dawson County averages $48 per acre in 2025, up 12.9 percent from 2014. Irrigated cash rent in 2023 is $109 per acre, and 99 percent of irrigation water comes from groundwater as of 2015.
TX median of 2025 surveys $24 · highest of 16
TX median of 2023 surveys $98 · tied for 3rd highest of 10
TX median $2,782 · 35th lowest of 246
TX median $29.48 · 23rd highest of 174
TX median 39% · 36th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dawson County | $48 2025 | $109 2023 | $1,359 | $53.30 |
| Borden County | $36 | — | $1,141 | $63.49 |
| Gaines County | $51 | $190 | $1,436 | $52.08 |
| Lynn County | $47 | $92 | $1,306 | $40.65 |
| Martin County | $42 | — | $2,051 | $65.79 |
| Terry County | $54 | $135 2025 | $1,566 | $43.84 |
| Median next door | $47 | $141 2 co. | $1,436 | $52.08 |
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. Dawson 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/dawson-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.