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San Saba County, TX

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CRP emergency haying & grazing: San Saba County is on FSA's list (since Sep 29, 2026). Check with your FSA county office first. Details · FSA list as of Oct 29, 2026.

San Saba County rain, outlook and forecast

On the Oct 27 U.S. Drought Monitor map, most of San Saba County, TX was abnormally dry (D0); 0% of the county is in moderate drought (D1) or worse, down from 100% four weeks earlier. Over 90 days rain is at 119% of normal, and the last 30 days came in at 190% (well above normal); the 6-10 day outlook for Nov 7–11 leans wetter than normal (33% chance of above-normal rain) and Monday carries the week's highest rain chance at 80% (high 82°). FSA has not added San Saba County to its 2026 LFP list, and the nearest USDA-reported sale barn is San Angelo, 98 miles away.

Rain vs normal

  • Last 30 days 190% of normal
  • Last 60 days 141% of normal
  • Last 90 days 119% of normal

NOAA river forecast center rain (radar plus gauges) at the county center, Nov 1, 2026. Source.

Rain outlook

  • 6-10 day outlook (Nov 7–11) Leans wetter than normal (33% chance of above-normal rain)
  • 8-14 day outlook (Nov 9–15) Leans toward near-normal rain

NOAA Climate Prediction Center precipitation outlook, issued Nov 1, 2026. Source.

Next 7 days

  1. Today Partly Sunny, high 82°, low 65°, 2% rain, wind 5–10 mph
  2. Monday Mostly Sunny, high 82°, low 59°, 80% rain, wind 5–15 mph
  3. Tuesday Sunny, high 71°, low 48°, 9% rain, wind 0–15 mph
  4. Wednesday Sunny, high 74°, low 50°, 1% rain, wind 0–5 mph
  5. Thursday Sunny, high 76°, low 48°, 1% rain, wind 0–10 mph
  6. Friday Mostly Sunny, high 70°, low 47°, 10% rain, wind 0–10 mph
  7. Saturday Slight Chance Rain Showers, high 69°, low 47°, 21% rain, wind 0–5 mph

National Weather Service forecast for the county center, updated Nov 1, 2026. Wind, warnings and burn bans.

Open loss windows

No open loss windows in San Saba County right now. A 30-day window opens when the county first hits severe drought (D2), jumps to D3 or D4, or after a blizzard, extreme heat or cold, flood or ice warning, a wildfire, or a USDA disaster designation. Keep a Drought Ledger.

Information only; not financial, tax or legal advice. FSA decides eligibility. Cownty sends nothing to FSA.

Drought-sale tax flag IRS list

San Saba County is on IRS Notice 2026-54 (severe or worse drought, Sep 1, 2025 to Aug 31, 2026).

Why it matters: if you sold breeding, dairy or draft livestock because of drought, the tax code may let you put off the gain (more time to buy replacement animals, or report the extra-sale income a year later). Your tax preparer decides whether either applies.

Work out your numbers and print a page for your preparer

Information only; not financial, tax or legal advice. Ask your tax preparer. FSA decides program eligibility. IRS Notice 2026-54 (PDF)

Where it is, with barns within 200 mi

Dots are sale barns USDA reports on. Tap one for its latest prices.

Who owns this land? Open the appraisal district map

Grass grown on rangeland and pasture

Grass grown in 2025: 2,043 lb per acre, a little below normal (89% of the 1991-2020 average of 2,294).

How to read this

Each bar is one year's grass (darker = perennial grasses, lighter = annuals). The dashed line is the 1991-2020 average. A county average with cropland excluded, not your pasture.

How we got this

Satellite estimate of new above-ground growth of grasses and forbs for the year (annual + perennial, lb/acre), averaged over the county's grassland, pasture and shrubland (74% of the county in USDA's 2025 cropland map; farm fields are left out because the estimate isn't valid there, and the same 2025 map is used for every year). About about 120 m (RAP overview). Source: Rangeland Analysis Platform biomass v3 (data, Jones et al. 2021, CC0) and USDA NASS Cropland Data Layer.

Source: Rangeland Analysis Platform, 2025 season. Fetched Nov 1, 2026.

Nearest USDA-reported sale barns

  1. Producers Livestock Auction Co. San Angelo, TX 98 mi · sells Thursdays · latest USDA report Oct 29, 2026
  2. Giddings Livestock Commission Giddings, TX 131 mi · sells Mondays · latest USDA report Oct 26, 2026
  3. Apache Livestock Auction Apache, OK 260 mi · sells Thursdays · latest USDA report Oct 29, 2026

Miles are straight-line from the county center. Sale days come from the barns' recent USDA AMS reports; call the barn to confirm. All barns

Common questions and nearby counties

Is San Saba County eligible for LFP in 2026?

Not on FSA's 2026 LFP county list as of Oct 29, 2026. FSA updates the list as drought changes.

Source: FSA LFP county file of Oct 29, 2026

What is the drought level in San Saba County this week?

On the Drought Monitor map of Oct 27, 2026, most of San Saba County was in abnormally dry (D0), and the worst part was abnormally dry (D0) on 100% of the county. 0 straight weeks with some severe drought (D2) or worse.

Source: U.S. Drought Monitor, map of Oct 27, 2026

Is there a burn ban in San Saba County?

No burn ban is listed for San Saba County. Check with the county before burning.

Source: official state burn-ban map, as of Nov 1, 2026

What sale barns are near San Saba County?

The nearest USDA-reported sale barns: San Angelo (98 mi), last report Oct 29, 2026; Giddings (131 mi), last report Oct 26, 2026.

Source: USDA AMS Market News reports

What are the upcoming FSA and farm deadlines?

Next: Nov 13, 2026: Apply for NRCS conservation cost-share (EQIP, CSP, ACEP) to be considered for 2027 money; Nov 20, 2026: Micro Farm 2027: last day to buy crop insurance. FSA program dates not posted officially are marked "confirm at source" on the calendar.

Source: official agency pages (see Calendar)

Information only; not financial or legal advice. FSA decides eligibility. Always check the linked official source.