Harding Co

HARDING COUNTY

NEW MEXICO RANCH

RANCH DESCRIPTION INDEX


Location…………………… 3




Headquarters……………… 18




Acreage………………..…... 4




Taxes & Fees……………… 24




Carrying Capacity……. …... 5




Hunting & History………... 26




Grasses & Vegetation……... 6




Topography & Soils………. 30




Climate/Elevation/Details…15




New Mexico Map…………. 32




Fences………………… …... 16




Contact Information……… 33

Vega and Casa Blanca Pastures

The ranch is located approximately thirty miles northwest of Logan, New Mexico, via New Mexico Highway 39. The ranch lays eight miles north of Highway 39 via a county maintained road.

South Casa Blanca Pasture windmill

9,736 deeded acres, more or less 9,120 acres of New Mexico State lease, more or less 18,856 total acres, more or less

CARRYING CAPACITY

The present Owners are running a Black Angus cow/calf operation. They run over 550 cows plus replacement heifers.

GRASSES AND VEGETATION The predominant grasses on the ranch will be several species of grama, little blue stem, sand drop seed, Indian grass and other species found in sandy loam soils. The predominant browse will be blue sage and Yucca.

PASTURES Southeast Pasture windmill and branding pens

Headed south, entering the Buffalo Springs Pasture

West Buffalo Springs Windmill

South Buffalo Springs Pasture windmill and pens

Headed north, leaving Buffalo Springs Pasture

Lucero Pasture meadow

Looking south to North Lucero Pasture windmill

Casa Blanca Pasture, near Ute Creek

Casa Blanca Pasture Looking west (below)

Casa Blanca Pasture, looking into the Casa Verde Pasture

The ranch lays nearly perfect, 8 miles by 5.5 miles. There are several tracts of land which are ‘traded out’ with the neighboring ranches which allows the operating lands to remain contiguous to one another. The elevation of the ranch will average 4,490 feet. The average precipitation will be about 15 inches per year with an average growing season of 190 days.

The ranch’s fence construction are excellent, both interior and exterior.

New grass growth flourishes amongst the recently killed salt cedars.

RANCH HEADQUARTERS

The ranch has telephone and electricity. Fuel for heating is provided by propane gas. 1 – 5 bedroom, 2½ bath, split level wood frame, stucco; remodeled in 1996 1 – 1 bedroom, 1 bath wood frame stucco bunkhouse

Main working pens and calving barn

Two overhead bulk feed storage units Modern metal barn with concrete floor and electricity

Saddle house Scales

Wood hay barn with metal roof

TAXES AND FEES The New Mexico State lease cost for 2006 was $1.14 per acre per year. The ranch is enrolled in the Range Stewardship Incentive Program. The 2005 real estate taxes were $942.

Low spot of North Two Section Pasture

North Two Section on the left; South Two Section on the right

HUNTING & HISTORY

The ranch contains excellent hunting opportunities. There are numerous quail and dove. The biggest muledeer are found in the Lucero Pasture (pictured at left).

Antelope are also frequently seen.

The Casa Blanca Pasture holds several interesting reminders of the past. Near the Ute Creek lie the ruins from an old brick home. There is also a settler’s gravesite fenced in, circa 1912.

Vega Pasture

Weaning calves down in the Vega

TOPOGRAPHY & SOILS The soils of the ranch are primarily sandy clay loam with a underlying bed of caliche. There are around 600 acres classified as sub-irrigated lands and will have a heavier soil profile. These acres have a much higher carrying capacity. The topography of the ranch will be gentle rolling to flat.

UTE CREEK Ute Creek runs through the western portion of the ranch and is primarily a ‘run off’ water shed, although, there are numerous springs throughout the length of the river. The creek generally runs year-round or will ‘pond’ during dry years.

THANE AND REX MCCLOY Rex’s cell: 806.898.1920