DESCRIPTION:
LOOKOUT RANCH is a
small, affordable, “lifestyle” type cattle ranch. Well-improved with a
BRAND NEW manufactured home, old barn, corrals and creek frontage.
Property includes 120 ac. of irrigated ground with good water rights out
of Gooseberry Creek and plenty of adjacent cover for calving and
wildlife. Included is a 75 cow “out the gate” pasture in the huge North
Gooseberry, in-common, BLM allotment. There are 550 acres of deeded land
within this allotment.
LOCATION:
RANCH is located off
Hwy 431, 25 miles west of Worland, WY, 35 miles south of Meteestse and 40
miles north of Thermopolis. HQ is ½ mile off the pavement in a very
private location. School Bus service to the door and mail is delivered
daily.
ACREAGE:
884 ± total deeded
acres
Farm
112 ± ac irrigated
222 ± ac brushy cover (dryland)
334 ± ac
Pasture
550 ± ac
IMPROVEMENTS:
NEW in 2007, 2030 sq
ft manufactured home on a concrete slab with a permanent foundation. New
deep water well, septic and central air.
There is an old,
useable set of corrals on the ranch.
IRRIGATION:
THE FARM has 112 ±
acres of irrigated ground using 1901 water rights out of Gooseberry
Creek. Gooseberry Creek is a typical desert drainage with short season,
high water flows that crest in May and dwindle during the late summer
months. In exceptional years there is ample water for all and in dry years
water may be limited to a couple of months in the spring. This farm is
considered to be one of the better farms on the creek.
PASTURE:
THERE ARE 772 ± ac
of deeded pasture on the Ranch, in two parts;
222 ± ac in and
around the farm ground. This includes approx. 1 mile of Gooseberry Creek
bottom. This provides excellent cover for winter calving and wildlife.
550 ± ac within the
borders if the North Gooseberry Allotment. This is a desert holding
surrounded by B.L.M.
B.L.M
ALLOTMENT:
453 ± animal unit
months. This converts to 85 cows from June 1st through November
30th in normal years. *
*note;
Sellers’ own and are selling another similar farm on the Creek. The
Grazing Allotment may be included with either farm. The Sellers have
placed a value of $20,000 on the permit which may be discounted from the
purchase price in the event that Buyers choose to not take the grazing
privilege. Transfer of the allotment can take up to 1 year. Sellers
agree to escrow $20,000 until the transfer is completed.
WILDLIFE:
AN ABUNDANCE of
wildlife is found on the ranch including HUGE Mule Deer, Turkeys,
antelope, pheasants and numerous small game and varmints. It is a wildlife
haven.
LOCAL
INFORMATION:
Worland, the county
seat of Washakie County, is located within the Big Horn Basin and along
the Big Horn River in Northwestern Wyoming. There is easy access to the
Big Horn Mountains to the east, the Absaroka Mountains to the west and the
Wind River Mountains to the south including the Wind River Canyon. A
community hub for the 5,250 people who reside within the city limits,
Worland offers a sale barn, public schools K-12, hospital, airport with
commercial flights daily to Denver, and other typical commercial support
services.
BROKER
COMMENTS:
THE LOOKOUT RANCH is
a very well improved, beautiful, private, desert ranch with sweeping
vistas of the surrounding mountains, wildlife, live water, irrigation and
has all the components of a “scaled down” ranch at an affordable price.
It is virtually surrounded by thousands of acres of public ground. This
difficult to find type of ranch will sell fast.
PRICE:
$529,000 (Five
Hundred Twenty Nine Thousand Dollars)
