Location: The Kerns Ranch is located six miles north of Lingle, Wyoming on Rawhide Creek. The ranch is situated on the northern edge of the North Platte valley. Travel six miles north of Lingle on Highway 26 then go one mile east on Tea Kettle Road. Please see the map below.
Ranch Diary: The Sellers have been utilizing this ranch as a cattle & feed operation. They typically produce alfalfa/grass hay while grazing cattle on several different paddocks. There is a tremendous opportunity to expand upon this approach by exploiting the creek as a source of live water for stock. The irrigation wells and associated pipelines are srategically designed to provide optimal use of the water.
Minerals: The asking price includes all the mineral rights the Seller owns, if any.
Real Estate Taxes: Estimated 2006 taxes are $5,185.00
Irrigation Systems:
Northeast big pivot: 1970's Valley
Northwest hay pivot: 1999 Zimmatic
Southeast pivot: 1999 Zimmatic
Southwest pivot: 1970's Valley
South pivot: 1970's Valley
Irrigation Water Rights:
Creek: Adjudicated @ 4.17 cfs (1,800 g.p.m.)
Priority April 1976
Bowman #5: Adjudicated @ 150 g.p.m.
Priority December 1976
Damrow #8: Adjudicated @ 750 g.p.m.
Priority January 1992
Damrow #9: Adjudicated @ 600 g.p.m.
Priority April 20 1993
Jess Skinner: Adjudicated @ 650 g.p.m.
Priority January 1961
Pumps and Motors:
Creek: 30 h.p. pumping directly from creek
Bowman #5: 5 h.p. 45 feet
Damrow #8: 50 h.p. 90 feet
Damrow #9: 30 h.p. 85 feet
Damrow #10: 40 h.p. 90 feet
Jess Skinner: 20 h.p. 90 feet
Rawhide Creek: This natural live water channel wanders through the ranch for approximately 1 1/2 miles. Beautiful sub-irrigated meadows and trees adjoin this creek. Great native habitat for deer, ducks, & geese. Rawhide Creek provides a very reliable source of water for irrigation and livestock.
Improvements: None, other than the irrigation pumps, motors, & center pivots.
State of Wyoming Lease: The Sellers will transfer approximately 18 acres of State Lease land to the Buyer. This is to accommodate that portion of the northeast pivot that traverses the State of Wyoming land.
Acreage Summary (These figures are approximate and based on FSA maps and the Sellers general knowledge of the property):
775 acres m/l center pivot irrigation
242 acres m/l native grass
140 acres m/l sub-irrigated pasture
300 acres m/l creek bottom
20 acres m/l unusable pasture
18 acres m/l State Lease
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1,495 acres m/l Total Acres
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