Presidio County, Texas
Presidio County, TX: land and buildings $1,070 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 48377. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Presidio County land carried a census value of $1,070 per acre in 2022, up 36.7 percent from 2017, or 6.4 percent a year. July nights average 68.4 F for 2017-2026, against a 1991-2020 normal of 67.5 F, and the trend since 1976 runs 0.67 F per decade, warming. Drought has been a steady presence: 460 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025 hit severe drought or worse, 33.9 percent, with 2024 the worst year at 53 weeks, and 190 weeks fell in that range from 2021-2025 alone. Irrigation covers 30 percent of harvested cropland as of the 2022 census.
TX median $2,782 · 7th lowest of 246
TX median 39% · 63rd highest 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 | Irr. rent | Land value | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Presidio County | — | $1,070 | — |
| Brewster County | — | $1,376 | — |
| Hudspeth County | $106 2025 | $1,068 | $49.32 |
| Jeff Davis County | — | $1,101 | — |
| Median next door | — | $1,101 | $49.32 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. Presidio 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/presidio-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.