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GENERAL
AREA
Located
in Southern Colorado and North Eastern
New Mexico this working cattle ranch remains unspoiled in a pristine
area unnoticed by many.
Along the Santa Fe Trail, the famous
trapper and traveler, Jediah Smith explored this rich and vast region in
the 1830’s. This beautiful
parcel of land offers an unlimited, bountiful area with unending
potential especially for ranching, energy usage and recreational
opportunities perhaps unmatched in the Western
United States. This
area is yet to be re-discovered!
GEOGRAPHY
The
ranch lies on either side of the South Eastern Colorado/North
Eastern New Mexico
border.
The ranch office and
residence lies approximately 20 miles due West of Kenton, Oklahoma on
New Mexico State Highway 456.
This un-noticed area nearly borders 5 states including Colorado, New
Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas.
All are within an hour or
more drive. Only 1 hour
east of Raton, New Mexico
and 1 hour North of Clayton, New Mexico,
the ranch is an easy drive to
ski resorts in New
Mexico
and Colorado.
Situated in Las Animas County, Colorado and Union County, New
Mexico, the ranch lies along the
Dry Cimmaron State Scenic and Historic Byway.
NATURAL
TOPOGRAPHY
The ranch offers a stunning landscape including
buttes and mesas, grasslands with Cedar, Juniper, Ponderosa Pines,
Pinion Pines, Oak Brush and Cottonwood trees, Cactus and Wild Flowers
with well-watered pastures and
meadows in the Dry Cimmaron Valley.
With its majestic views
and vistas, the Shallow Water Ranch lies directly on the Dry
Cimmaron
River (for 1.5 miles) and
epitomizes the vast beauty and grandeur of the American West.
ACERAGE
Deeded*: Approximately 3,664.62 Acres (Colorado)
Approximately
1 555.01 Acres (New Mexico)
5,219.63 Acres
Available for Sale
Leased**: Approximately
189.92
Acres (Colorado)
Approximately 1,441.54 Acres (New Mexico)
1,631.46 Acres Available
for Lease
*Per Las Animas and Union County
Assessment
Values. (See Exhibits)
**Per Colorado
and New Mexico State Lease Records.
(See Exhibits)
TAXES
Colorado
Las Animas County
$ 573.02
New Mexico
Union
County
$1,415.17
Total
$1,988.19
STATE
LEASES
Colorado 189.92 acres Grazing Rent
$
250.00
New Mexico 1,441.54 acres
$1,587.11
Total
$1,837.11
IRRIGATED
LAND
Approximately
100 acres of Alfalfa hay meadows are currently irrigated with a small
additional acreage of approximately 25 acres still available.
BOTTOM
LAND
Approximately 400 acres of River Bottom
Land lies directly on the Cimmaron River.
CARRYING
CAPACITY
According to the owner, the current carrying
capacity for the ranch is 200 cow/calf pairs with additional 8 to 10
bulls. If a new purchaser
is more ambitious additional units could live on the current pasture
land.
ABUNDANT
WILDLIFE
Wildlife viewing by nature advocates and 1st
class trophy hunters is unmatched in this natural haven for animals
including deer (white tail and
mule), elk ( some of the largest in the country), bighorn sheep,
antelope, wild turkey, mountain lion, bear, bobcat as well as bald and
golden eagles.
MINERAL
RIGHTS
All mineral rights convey with the land with an
exception of 1000 acres of Colorado land on the northern part of the
ranch.
WATER
RIGHTS
All water rights convey with the entire acreage of
the ranch in Colorado and New Mexico.
CURRENT
WATER AVAILABILITY
There
is an abundance of water on the Shallow Water Ranch
including 7 stock wells, 7 ponds
and 2 irrigation wells.
House Well
The
residence water well is located at Sec. 26, Twp 32N, Range 33E, SE1/4 of
SW1/4 New Mexico.
Stock
(Corral Well
Also (by the house) is a windmill with storage tank
for domestic and livestock.
Irrigation
Dam & Ditch
Headgate Location at SW1/4, NE1/4, SE1/4 of Section
27, Twp 32, Range 33E.
Lands entitled to use 118.15 acres located in Sections 26, 35 and 36
with 177.23 acre ft. of water annually.
The priority for the use of water thus adjunicated to these
118.15 acres is as of Dec. 31, 1901.
2
Irrigation Wells
Reciept
of recording with New Mexico State Engineer’s Office is # 34361 as of
Dec. 2, 1969 with control # 45780 thought to be filed in
Union
County in 1955.
West Well 1st drilled in 4/25/55 with
12” ID casing (12 ft deep raise).
Filed with Albuquerque/Santa Fe under Misc. 31-47.
East Well 2nd drilled in 6/26/63 with
16” ID casing. Filed with
Albuquerque/Santa Fe under Misc. 31-47.
This filing is a supplement irrigating 118 acres from Dry Cimarron
River and 42 acres
besides.
Jesus
Canyon New Mexico
Stock Well
NE corner of NE1/4 of Section 23, Tnp
32, Range 33E. Unknown date
drilled or depth known. The
well has been cleaned out and a solar pump has been installed delivering
8 GPM.
Stock Well
# 6
Range 33E, Twp 32N almost on line of Sections 25 &
36. Drilled in 1944.
Humphry
Canyon
(Flat Head Canyon)
Stock Well
No record on when drilled and probably not
recorded.
Andy
Canyon
(Deer
Canyon)
Colorado
Stock Well
Drilled during homestead days.
No record to show when drilled and probably not recorded.
Windy Stock
Well New Mexico
Section 19, Twp 32N, Range 34E SW1/4.
These sections are short due to being on CO boundry line.
Drilled in 1960.
HISTORY
The Shallow Water Ranch is located in the beautiful
Dry Cimarron Valley of Northeastern New Mexico and is very well-watered.
The rugged and gorgeous landscape, located along the
Santa Fe Trail, has a very long history of visitors and
inhabitants from Native Americans and Pioneer Explorers alike.
After the prehistoric inhabitants, the area was also once home of
the Jicarilla Apache, the Comanche and Kiowa.
Many petroglyphs exist around the area.
Several artifacts have been found on the Shallow Water Ranch.
By 1680, the Spanish began to control and rule the area and the
Mexican government controlled it in 1819 and eventually the area became
a U.S. Territory by 1846.
Prior to the U.S.
involvement, William Becknell established a direct trade route through
the Cimarron valley to Santa Fe, thus
establishing one of the first commercial routes into the South West from
the Eastern United States.
Traces of these pioneers’ homesteads are still found on the
Northern part of the ranch.
Information was obtained from sources deemed reliable, but Broker makes
no guarantees as to accuracy. All prospective buyers urged to fully
inspect property and rely on their own conclusions |
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