10050 W Fair Oaks Rd, Prescott, AZ 86305

Nestled in the midst of Williamson Valley, the Long Meadow Ranch boasts 1,988 acres of lush pastures and rolling hills. This operational cattle ranch features 400 acres of fenced and irrigated pasture, a concrete show barn, 5 hay/feeder barns, 3 calving sheds, and a feed shed. There are 5+ equipment garages. The centrally located headquarters include a main residence with a lush lawn and garden, managers residence, guest quarters, as well as multiple homes for the ranch care takers. There are 8 wells producing 10-550 GPM for consumption as well as irrigation.<br/><br/>Water Supply:<br/><br/>The Ranch sits atop one of Arizona's great aquifers. Because of the abundant groundwater throughout the Ranch, individual well production is generally determined by the size of the well casing and pump, rather than location. <br/><br/>The Ranch has 8 wells sited throughout the property producing from 10-550 GPM with electric and windmill powered water pumps. Two headquarters storage tanks with 26,400 gallons of capacity serve the residential structures. <br/><br/>Cattle Operations:<br/><br/>The seller represents the carrying capacity to be 250 animal units year round. The Ranch is divided into several smaller pastures on the sub-irrigated and irrigated lands and into seven larger pastures on the deeded rangeland. In addition, there are two pastures on the adjacent 7,191 acre Prescott National Forest grazing allotment. In the summertime, the main cow herd grazes on and is rotated through all the sub-irrigated and irrigated pastures. In addition the Ranch produces 5,000 bales of outstanding grass hay (fescue and red clover) from these fields.<br/><br/>After the calves are weaned in the fall, the cows are driven to the forest allotment and remain there for approximately three months during winter. According to the seller, this Ranch keeps the weaned calves and winters them on the deeded rangeland until spring, when they are sold at market. <br/><br/>Physical Features:<br/><br/>The Ranch combines flat pastures with gently rolling hills. The eastern portion of the Ranch is open hills while the western portion is sub-irrigated and irrigated level pastures. The headquarters' residential and ranch buildings are located on a bench overlooking the meadow pastures. Elevations vary from 4,600 feet in the northern meadow to approximately 4,800 feet on eastern hills.<br/><br/>According to the Soil Conservation Service map, the pastures are comprised of a combination of Lynx Soil and Lynx Soil-Wet Variant. Soils in the rolling rangeland consist of Lonti-Balon-Lynx Association.<br/><br/>The Ranch is a short grass grassland; primary grasses are blue, black, and side oats gramas, Indian ricegrass, cane beardgrass, needleandthread, squirttail, and wolftail. The forage on the Ranch has been well managed and is in good condition.<br/><br/>Improvements:<br/><br/>The Ranch is served by three-phase electric and by both conventional wired and high-speed wireless communications. Domestic water is provided onsite by private well; sewer is by individual septic systems. Please visit http://truewestrealty.com/listing.php-property_id=45 for more details on physical improvements.