Pecos County, Texas
Pecos County, TX: non-irrigated cash rent $5 an acre (2017); land and buildings $1,178 an acre in the 2022 census; crop insurance loss ratio 1.19 since 1989. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 48371. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent averaged $5 per acre in 2017; irrigated cash rent was $38 per acre in 2014. Groundwater supplies 98 percent of irrigation water, 2015. Drought has been present: 304 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025 saw at least 50 percent of the county in severe drought or worse, with 2011 the worst year at 49 weeks, and 85 weeks came in 2021-2025 alone. July nightly lows averaged 70.4 F over 2017-2026 against a 69.4 F normal for 1991-2020, part of a warming trend of 0.5 F per decade since 1976. Crop insurance indemnities for closed crop years, 1989-2025, totaled $26.9 million, with freeze and frost the largest cause at 29 percent; the loss ratio was 1.19 overall and 1.59 for the ten closed years 2016-2025.
too few 2017 county surveys in the state to compare
too few 2014 county surveys in the state to compare
TX median $2,782 · 13th lowest of 246
TX median $29.48 · 16th lowest of 174
TX median 39% · 109th highest of 251
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 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 | Irr. rent | Land value | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pecos County | — | $1,178 | $12.39 |
| Brewster County | — | $1,376 | — |
| Crane County | — | $1,444 | — |
| Crockett County | — | $1,050 | — |
| Jeff Davis County | — | $1,101 | — |
| Reeves County | $150 2023 | $1,309 | $14.08 |
| Terrell County | — | $1,263 | — |
| Ward County | — | $1,747 | — |
| Median next door | — | $1,309 | $14.08 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. Pecos 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/pecos-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.