Farmland Atlas · county record

Upton County, Texas

Upton County, TX: non-irrigated cash rent $31 an acre (2017); land and buildings $1,323 an acre in the 2022 census; crop insurance loss ratio 1.47 since 1989. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 48461. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Cash rent, non-irrigated
$31/ac
2017 county average
too few 2017 county surveys in the state to compare
Land and buildings
$1,323/ac
2022: what operators guessed land and buildings were worth
TX median $2,782 · 30th lowest of 246
Rent as % of land value
—
not shown: NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022
Corn yield, median
—
fewer than 8 published county corn yields
Claims paid per $100 of coverage
$62.50
2016–2025, closed crop years
TX median $29.48 · 10th highest of 174
Farmland rented
57%
2022 census, rented from others
TX median 39% · 33rd highest of 251

Cash rent

$0$10$20$302010201220142016$26$31 dry

Dollars per acre, USDA NASS county survey. A break in a line is a year with no published survey; nothing is drawn across it.

Non-irrigated, 2017$31/ac
Pasture, 2026$6/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$1,323/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price
Census 2012$587/ac
Census 2017$808/ac
Change 2017 to 2022+63.7%+10.4% a year, nominal
Dry rent ÷ census value— NASS published no non-irrigated cash rent for this county in 2022

Corn yield

County corn yield— fewer than 8 published county corn yields

Crop insurance record

20082013201820231.842.331.761.00: claims equal premium

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.

Claims paid per $100 of coverage, 2016–2025$62.50
Loss ratio, 2016–20251.51claims ÷ total premium
Loss ratio, 1989–20251.47$54.2 million paid
Years claims exceeded premium12 of 17
Worst year2011ratio 2.33
Largest causes of loss, 1989–2025heat and drought 85% · area plans 6% · wind 3%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

20002005201020152020202538506

Weeks per year, U.S. Drought Monitor, with half the county or more in D2 (severe) drought or worse.

D2 or worse for half the county, 2000–2025279 of 1,357 weeks21% of weeks
Year with the most D2+ weeks201150 weeks
Last five years, 2021–202564 weeks
July average of daily lows, 2017–202672.3 °F1991–2020 normal 71.3 °F
Trend in July lows since 1976+0.62 °F a decadewarming
Rain, April to September9.5 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 90% of it
Days with hail 1 inch or larger1.4 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 2022— NASS suppressed the irrigated acres to protect individual farms
Drained by tile, 2022none reported
Farmed no-till, 202210% of cropland5,490 ac
198619911996200120062011201620216496,9500

Acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, USDA FSA, by fiscal year.

CRP enrolled, 20250 ac
CRP expiring FY2026–20280 ac
Solar and wind operating, 2025730 MW solar · 949.3 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860
Cattle and calves, 20223,960−15.0% since 2017
Farmland rented from others, 202257%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

CountyDry rentLand valueClaims per $100
Upton County—$1,323$62.50
Crane County—$1,444—
Crockett County—$1,050—
Ector County—$1,824—
Midland County—$1,618$54.30
Reagan County$38 2023$1,249$55.55
Median next door—$1,444$54.93 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. Upton 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/upton-county
Every 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.