Surface Facts

Campus Lands
Campus Lands County Acreage
Texas A&M University Brazos 5,297
Prairie View A&M University Waller 1,274
Texas A&M University-Commerce Hunt 983
Tarleton State University Erath 841
West Texas A&M University Randall 525
Texas A&M International University Webb 300
Texas A&M University-Kingsville Kleberg 257
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Nueces 224
Texas A&M University at Galveston Galveston 58
Texas A&M University-Texarkana Bowie 4
Baylor College of Dentistry Dallas 2
Total 9,765
Percent of Surface Holdings 17.16%
Experiment Station Lands
Experiment Station Lands County Acreage
McGregor Station McLennan 6,219
El Paso Station El Paso 5,718
Sonora Station Edwards 3,462
La Copita Ranch Jim Wells 3,239
Beeville Station Bee 1,322
Stephenville Station Erath 677
Pecos Station Reeves 537
Beaumont Station Jefferson 339
Lubbock Station Lubbock 339
Chillicothe-Vernon Station Hardeman/Wilbarger 337
Dallas Station Dallas/Collin 331
Halfway Station Hale 309
Weslaco Station Hidalgo 209
Overton Station Angelina 195
Angleton Station Brazoria 156
Temple Station Bell 92
Yoakum Station Lavaca 88
Amarillo Station Potter 83
Corpus Christi Station Nueces 56
San Angelo Station Tom Green 52
Munday Station Knox 50
Uvalde Station Uvalde 50
Total 23,770
Percent of Surface Holdings 41.78%
State Forest Lands
State Forest Lands County Acreage
Fairchild State Forest Cherokee 2,789
Siecke State Forest Newton 1,721
Jones State Forest Montgomery 1,672
Kirby State Forest Tyler 796
Total 6,978
Percent of Surface Holdings 12.26%
Active Surface Leases
County Acreage Lease Type
Brazoria 2,456 Agricultural
Loving 1,600 Agricultural
Hidalgo 1,151 Agricultural
Zapata 851 Agricultural
Jim Wells 513 Agricultural
Calhoun 476 Agricultural
Victoria 402 Agricultural
Hale 370 Agricultural
Swisher 163 Agricultural
Chambers 159 Agricultural
Nueces 12 Residential
Waller 10 Residential
Brazos 2 Research
Total 8,170