Schleicher County, Texas
Schleicher County, TX: non-irrigated cash rent $32 an acre (2026); land and buildings $1,569 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 48413. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent here runs $32 per acre, up 39.1 percent from 2016 to 2026. Irrigation covers 79 percent of harvested cropland, all of it drawn from groundwater. Heat and drought account for 87 percent of crop insurance indemnities paid out from 1989-2025, and that share held above 82 percent in every decade from 2000-2009 onward. The July nightly low has warmed at 0.58 F per decade since 1976, and the 2017-2026 average of 70.7 F sits above the 1991-2020 normal of 69.8 F. Land value, by the operators' own estimate, reached $1,569 per acre in 2022, up 32.9 percent from 2017.
TX median $27 · tied for 63rd highest of 189
TX median $2,782 · tied for 55th lowest of 246
TX median $29.48 · 15th highest of 174
TX median 39% · 75th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schleicher County | $32 | — | $1,569 | $57.89 |
| Crockett County | — | — | $1,050 | — |
| Irion County | — | — | $1,345 | $72.20 |
| Menard County | $27 | — | $1,968 | — |
| Sutton County | $8 2024 | — | $1,268 | — |
| Tom Green County | $50 | $150 | $2,271 | $47.32 |
| Median next door | $38 2 co. | $150 1 co. | $1,345 | $59.76 2 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. Schleicher 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/schleicher-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.