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Location: This 528 acre ranch is located only 1.5 hours south of Houston, in the West corner of Jackson County, only 1/2 mile from the Lavaca County line and the Victoria County line. It is an 18 mile drive to Edna, TX and a 19 mile drive to Victoria, TX. It is accessed via a 1 mile deeded gravel easement from J2 Ranch Drive.
Vegetation: The ranch is heavily wooded, covered in hundreds of beautiful, huge live oaks. There are also many water oak, post oak, pecan, elm, hackberry, and sycamore trees. The native brush is typical of the Texas coastal plains, including yaupon and beauty berry, among many others.
Terrain: The main attraction is the 2 miles of creek traversing through the ranch, forming part of the headwaters for Arenosa Creek which after leaving the ranch becomes the Victoria/Jackson County line. The ranch’s terrain is generally flat, with 20 feet of relief draining to the creek bottom. The soils range from productive clay loam to sandy loam. Some of the ranch along the creek is in the 100 year flood plain. Rainfall for the area averages 44 inches per year.
Hunting: The ranch is an island of thick woods, bordered by thousands of acres of active rice farm and open oak motte country, drawing in lots of wildlife in the area. There is an abundance of native wildlife including white-tail deer, turkey, hogs, dove, ducks, and geese. An array of duck species can be hunted in this area, including: pintail, gadwall, wigeon, teal, golden eye, spoonbill, bufflehead, red head, mallard, and wood duck.
Water: There is one 3.5 acre lake, supplemented with piped water from one of the wells, stocked with catfish and bass. There are 7 other small shallow ponds, filled by rain water, suitable for duck hunting or watering livestock and wildlife. There are 3 water wells, 2 equipped with electric submergible pumps and one with a windmill. The creek holds pockets of water year round.
Minerals: No minerals to convey, and there is no production on the ranch.
Improvements: There are 3 homes on the property. The first is a 2-story, 2,100 sq. ft. pier and beam, with 4 bedrooms, 2 full bathrooms, wrap-around porches, and upstairs balconies. The home has vaulted ceilings, exposed trusses, tile floors downstiars, vinyl wood floors upstairs, wet bar, full kitchen, laundry closet, and rustic bead board interior walls. The second home is a 2-story, 1,200 sq. ft. pier and beam, with 4 bedrooms and 1.5 bathrooms, wrap-around porches, and upstairs balconies. This home has vaulted ceilings, rustic bead board interior walls, wood planked ceilings, tile floors downstairs, vinyl wood plank floors upstairs, full kitchen, and laundry closet. The third home is an 800 sq. ft. Metal bunk house, remodeled into a “tiny home” with a lot of character. It has a kitchenette, full bathroom, and is cooled by a window unit. Most of the furniture will convey with the sale, except for a few personal items.
Other improvements include a 16X60 metal barn with 7’ roll up doors on each end and a commercial ice machine. There is also a gun range, cleaning station, feed storage shed, well house, and fuel tank. There are 9 hunting blinds and feeders that will convey with the sale. The 5-strand barbed wire fencing is in good condition, and there are many interior roads that allow for getting around the entire ranch.
Price: $4,400/acre. Cash at closing. There is also an additional 15 acres available 1/4 mile from the gate.
The information contained herein was supplied by sources believed to be accurate. Provider makes no representation as to the accuracy of the information contained herein and therefore assumes no liability for accuracy thereof. All terms and conditions are subject to change without notice. Property is subject to removal from marketplace without notice.