Reeves County, Texas
Reeves County, TX: non-irrigated cash rent $30 an acre (2016); land and buildings $1,309 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 48389. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Cropland here runs on irrigation: 96 percent of harvested cropland is irrigated, and 75 percent of that water comes from groundwater. Cash rent reflects the split, $30 per acre non-irrigated in 2016 against $150 per acre irrigated in 2023. Heat and drought is the largest cause of crop insurance indemnities at 30 percent of $14.6 million paid out over 1989-2025, and its share has moved the same direction every decade listed: 14 percent in 1989-1999, 33 percent in 2000-2009, 44 percent in 2010-2019, 58 percent in 2020-2025. The county saw severe drought or worse in 370 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025, with 122 of those weeks falling in 2021-2025. July nights average 70.7 F over 2017-2026 against a 69.6 F normal for 1991-2020.
too few 2016 county surveys in the state to compare
TX median of 2023 surveys $98 · highest of 10
TX median $2,782 · 29th lowest of 246
TX median $29.48 · 24th lowest of 174
TX median 39% · 15th 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 | Irr. rent | Land value | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reeves County | $150 2023 | $1,309 | $14.08 |
| Eddy County, NM | $110 | $907 | $5.29 |
| Culberson County | — | $1,192 | $24.74 |
| Jeff Davis County | — | $1,101 | — |
| Loving County | — | $1,671 | — |
| Pecos County | — | $1,178 | $12.39 |
| Ward County | — | $1,747 | — |
| Median next door | $110 1 co. | $1,185 | $12.39 |
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. Reeves 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/reeves-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.