Ranch For Sale, Farm For Sale, Hunting Property For Sale, Tulelake, California

This 5141 +/- acre property is located in Modoc County about 3 minutes from the town of Newell, CA and approximately 30 miles from Klamath Falls, OR. The closest post office and town with stores is Tule Lake, CA about 15 minutes away.

The ranch is located in the Tule Lake agricultural region of Northern California. This area is part of the Klamath basin which is bordered by the Cascade and Siskiyou mountain ranges to the west, by Mt. Shasta to the south, by Modoc
National Forest to the east, and by the Central Oregon Plateau to the north. The area’s most populous city is Klamath Falls with 20,000 people.

This is a working commercial ranch that grows alfalfa, grass hay, raises beef and used to have a commercial hunting club. It has pivot, wheeline, hand line, 1 ag well, 1 home, outbuildings, and a rock pit valued at $2,500,000.

The property consists of 18 parcels for a total of 5141 +/- acres. The property is zoned unclassified agricultural use and is not in the Williamson act. The owner will be splitting off 20 acres that does not effect the operation of the ranch. The property sits at the 4250 ft elevation.

The ranch has one pivot that irrigates 131 acres, 7.6 acres irrigated with a hand line and 15.92 acres irrigated with wheel lines, all in alfalfa. The well produces 1800 gpm. It costs the ranch about $40-$45 an acre. The power company is Pacific Corp.

The concrete home has a house well and the cattle have two solar wells for stock water. Any mineral rights will convey with the property. The property has no conservation easements.

The property has one home. The owner’s parents live in the home and it is a concrete block home with 3 bedrooms and 1 bath and is about 1325 sq feet.

Horse Mountain is a beautiful landmark that can be seen from miles around. This historic mountain was known for the annual pilgrimage of the Pit River Indians who would come to Horse Mountain to worship. A cave on Horse Mountain documents the Pit River Indians annual pilgrimage to the mountains through petro glyphs.

The ranch grows commercial alfalfa and sells the hay to feed stores for horses. The ranch averages 5 tons per acre for the alfalfa. The ranch gets three cuttings and depending on the weather might get a fourth cutting. The ranch is irrigated with a pivot. The alfalfa stands are six years old. The ranch has about 100 acres of dry land farming where they have planted wheat.

This is a sportsmen paradise. The current owners run a commercial pheasant and chukar hunt club in the past. There are three species of big game hunting, antelope, Mule Deer and Rocky Mountain Elk. As the picture shows the antelope love to winter in the area and are quite a sight to behold. The mule deer are here year round, but come in heavy during May fawning season. The ranch comes with two X2 deer land owner tags. Out the back gate is the Modoc National Forest. If you are lucky enough to get a tag, you can ride out your back gate and get a Rocky Mountain Elk.

For the water fowler, this property is close to some of the best waterfowl staging areas in North America. Tule Lake and Lower Klamath refuges hold superior numbers of Western waterfowl starting in September, and come October, this little basin is a duck and goose hunter’s paradise.

The ranch has the Johnson pit on its property and has a 20 year contract with the county. The county uses the rock for road work and it varies year to year on how much they use. There is approximately 350,000 tons of material in the pit with an approximate market value of $2,500,000.