36325 Fruitland Mesa Road

Description

Come check out this Crawford Colorado Fruitland Mesa Ranch. This 320 acre ranch couples farming and ranching while nurturing wildlife habitat. With 2500 shares of Fruitland Mesa Irrigation water to run your center pivot and gated pipe you can grow some great hay for a small herd of cows or other livestock. There is about 43 acres of irrigated ground on the ranch. Two ponds with their water levels varying from year to year help provide water for livestock and wildlife on the ranch. There is filed spring on the ranch that ran even when we had the drought years. It is piped into two concrete tanks. Domestic water is supplied by 3 Fruitland Mesa Water taps. Which is run into a 20,000 gallon cistern and is enough for the two home and stock waterers in the corrals. The main house has some remodels done and has been upgraded in areas. It has lots of room with the 3287 sq/ft. There is a single door 2 car garage connected to the house. A shop for your toys or projects that you may need to work on. The guest house sits down away from the main house a bit giving both places some privacy. There is a hay barn to store some hay and some sheds for, tack, wood, chickens and tools as well as an outdoor bar area in the old coal shack. The property is fenced and has some cross fencing. There are some partial corrals and pens. A nice lean-to shed for a couple horses in the front pasture. There is great hunting on the ranch for mule deer and elk. Land owner vouchers are available from the state through application to get 1 or 2 buck vouchers each year. The ranch sits in unit 63 which is an over the counter elk unit for most seasons accept muzzleloader, 1st rifle and 4th rifle. Buck tags must be drawn and are highly sought after. The ranch has produced some trophy bucks scoring into the 190's and there are elk that come and go from the ranch year round. Property is under a conservation easement but has several 3 acre building envelopes that have not been utilized.