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Chaves County, New Mexico property search

Search an address or an owner in Chaves County, New Mexico with the box at the top of the map, or tap a lot, for its owner, lines and acreage. 35,727 lots are mapped here, covering 3,868,534 acres. 5,311 of them are held by institutions rather than by individuals.

Farmers and landowners in Chaves County received $5.1 million in federal farm program payments in 2025, paid to 148 recipients. 187,536 acres of agricultural land here are disclosed as foreign-held, the most by owners from Mexico. Crop insurance paid $7.8 million in claims for the 2024 crop year.

35,727
Lots mapped
3,868,534
Acres
5,311
Institutional

Land use in Chaves County

Parcels and acreage by land use in Chaves County, New Mexico
Land useParcelsAcres
010020,35930,421
020010,090212,954
04002,1181,399,346
920085116,428
94006601,826,481
910011089
960099523
999915

Largest landowners in Chaves County

Largest landowners by acreage in Chaves County, New Mexico
OwnerParcelsAcres
New Mexico,State Of298602,660
Soloviev Investors Llc21150,884
Kgck, Llc3287,545
Crossroads West Phoenix, Llc1975,043
Bt Ranches Llc853,227
Marley & Whitney Ltd; Marley, Mark W; Marley, Kathryn849,909
Harrison Ranches,Llc3345,503
Buckeye Water Llc836,125
Ross Duncan Properties Llc928,655
Bogle Ltd Co3628,016

Companies, trusts and public agencies, ranked by acres held under the name on the assessor's file. Private individuals are not ranked. Largest landowners in New Mexico

Federal farm payments in Chaves County

$5.1M
Paid in 2025
148
Recipients
Federal farm program payments by program in Chaves County, New Mexico, 2025
ProgramPaid
Emergency Livestock Relief Program 2023-24$1.9M
Non-Insured Assistance Program$1.3M
Livestock Forage Program$739K
Emergency Commodity Assistance Program$615K
Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops$146K
Emergency Assist Livestock Bees Fish ELAP$133K

USDA Farm Service Agency payment files, 2025. Compare farm subsidies by county

Foreign-held farmland in Chaves County

187,536
Acres disclosed
31
Holdings
Foreign-held agricultural land by country in Chaves County, New Mexico, 2024
CountryAcres
Mexico64,029
United Kingdom61,417
Germany40,183
Netherlands18,608
No predominant country code3,099
France200

Largest disclosed holders

Largest foreign holders of agricultural land in Chaves County, New Mexico
Holder (country)Acres
HONDO CO. (UNITED KINGDOM)61,417
FELIX RIVER RANCH INCORPORATED (GERMANY)35,691
DIAZ CATTLE COMPANY, INC. (MEXICO)31,949
GENTS CATTLE COMPANY, INC. (MEXICO)26,869
LIMNOS, INC. (NETHERLANDS)17,284

USDA Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act filings, holdings at the end of 2024. Only disclosed interests are counted. See foreign-owned farmland by county

Crop insurance in Chaves County

246
Policies
2,634,598
Insured acres
$7.8M
Claims paid
0.74
Loss ratio
Crop insurance claims by crop in Chaves County, New Mexico, 2024
CropClaims
Pasture,Rangeland,Forage$6.2M
Annual Forage$1.4M
All Other Crops$167K
Corn$65K
Cotton$28K

USDA Risk Management Agency Summary of Business, 2024 crop year.

Conservation and the power grid

27,968
CRP acres, 2025
23
Substations
230 kV
Highest voltage

Conservation Reserve Program acres under contract (USDA FSA). Substations in service, from a public copy of the federal HIFLD layer.

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Nearby counties in New Mexico

  • Eddy County52,868
  • Lea County32,096
  • De Baca County1,638
  • Lincoln County38,607
  • Roosevelt County14,579
  • Otero County50,323
  • Guadalupe County3,800
  • Curry County26,067

All New Mexico counties

This copy of Chaves County's records was taken on August 11, 2026. Assessment records, not a survey.