Edwards County, Texas
Edwards County, TX: non-irrigated cash rent $5 an acre (2016); land and buildings $1,467 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 48137. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in 2016 averaged $5 per acre. Land value in 2022 was $1,467 per acre, up 25.4 percent from 2017, or 4.6 percent a year. Sixty-three percent of harvested cropland was irrigated as of the 2022 census. The county spent 519 of 1357 weeks in severe drought or worse from 2000-2025, 38.2 percent of that span, with 2013 the worst year at 53 weeks; from 2021-2025 it logged 87 such weeks. July nightly lows have warmed 0.41 F per decade since 1976, and the 2017-2026 average of 71.4 F sits above the 1991-2020 normal of 70.5 F. No solar or wind capacity is operating or proposed here.
too few 2016 county surveys in the state to compare
TX median $2,782 · 47th lowest of 246
TX median 39% · 82nd lowest of 251
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 | Dry rent | Irr. rent | Land value | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edwards County | — | — | $1,467 | — | — |
| Kerr County | $26 2025 | — | $3,597 | — | — |
| Kimble County | $8 2024 | — | $2,623 | — | — |
| Kinney County | $11 | — | $1,573 | — | — |
| Real County | — | — | $1,994 | — | — |
| Sutton County | $8 2024 | — | $1,268 | — | — |
| Uvalde County | $20 | $88 | $2,157 | 120.4 | $13.88 |
| Val Verde County | — | — | $1,000 | — | — |
| Median next door | $15 2 co. | $88 1 co. | $1,994 | 120.4 1 co. | $13.88 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. Edwards 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/edwards-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.