Hanich Wild Horse Creek Ranch is located in the southeast portion of the famous Nebraska Sandhills on Wild Horse Creek, an intermittent watershed. Portions of the ranch are located in Logan, Thomas, Blaine and Custer Counties. This is a transition area between the Sandhills to the west and north versus improved soils to the east and south. Average annual precipitation at Stapleton is 21.37 inches, and at Anselmo it is 23.2 inches, Hanich Ranch is located halfway between these two points. The ranch soils are predominantly Valentine sands with Els, Elsmere and Dunday soils present in the meadow areas. Hanich Ranch is located approximately 12 miles southwest of Dunning, Nebraska on good county graveled road or 12 miles north Stapleton, Nebraska on US #83 and 18 miles east on the same Dunning road. The ranch includes a total of 16,720 taxed acres with approximately 2,250 acres of sub irrigat...
Hanich Wild Horse Creek Ranch is located in the southeast portion of the famous Nebraska Sandhills on Wild Horse Creek, an intermittent watershed. Portions of the ranch are located in Logan, Thomas, Blaine and Custer Counties. This is a transition area between the Sandhills to the west and north versus improved soils to the east and south. Average annual precipitation at Stapleton is 21.37 inches, and at Anselmo it is 23.2 inches, Hanich Ranch is located halfway between these two points. The ranch soils are predominantly Valentine sands with Els, Elsmere and Dunday soils present in the meadow areas. Hanich Ranch is located approximately 12 miles southwest of Dunning, Nebraska on good county graveled road or 12 miles north Stapleton, Nebraska on US #83 and 18 miles east on the same Dunning road. The ranch includes a total of 16,720 taxed acres with approximately 2,250 acres of sub irrigated and upland meadows with the balance in range. The owner harvested 1,000 acres, in 2007 which yielded 2,500 tons of hay. The ranch is fenced in approximately 35 major pastures and is watered by approximately 60 wind milles with mostly 30 ft. tanks. Seven submersible wells with pipeline and tanks provide water to 21 different lots and close in pastures. The northern portion of the Ranch is watered by the Dismal River. The ranch controls both sides of the Dismal for over 2 miles and borders against the Nebraska National Forest. The successful purchaser must apply for the owners Forest Permit for summer grazing, four months for 349 cow/calf pairs.
Three improvement sites are included in the ranch, the main site includes a brick, three bedroom owners home. This site also includes a double wide hired mans home, shop with attached bunk house, barn and good cattle handling facilities. The second site, called the McGooden place, has a foreman's frame home and cattle handling facilities. Finally, the third improvment site on the ranch includes a home that is considered uninhabitable. It has an older barn, corrals, and steel building. Large wind breaks are present at all three sites and various locations throughout the ranch.