This is one of the best medium size ranches I have seen in many years within one hour of San Antonio. Diversity of native brush is excellent with large native mesquite and most all varieties of South Texas chaparral brush. There are three fields, two stock tanks and a water well. The property is mostly under low fence. The wildlife is good. There is a comfortable remodeled house and an excellent road system. There is no oil and gas production.
Minerals: Seller will convey 3/8th's of their interest in the mineral estate.
Financial/Asking Price: $4,400 per acre or $765,000
Legal Description: Approximately 173.93 acres of land out of the Henry Schonen Survey 128, Abstract 606 and the Edmund Guerin Survey 135, Abstract 337, Frio County, Texas.
Location/Access: Between Pearsall and Moore and east of FM 2779 (Berry Ranch Road) along the west side of C.R. 2515 (Biediger Road). 11 miles...
Location/Access: Between Pearsall and Moore and east of FM 2779 (Berry Ranch Road) along the west side of C.R. 2515 (Biediger Road). 11 miles northeast of Pearsall and 5 miles southeast of Moore. 0.48 mile of direct county maintained gravel road frontage. 55 miles southwest of San Antonio. Approximately 50 minutes in driving time from San Antonio. Good interior access by a system of recently bladed ranch roads.
Shape/Configuration: Good rectangular shape that is approximately 0.57 mile in width (east/west) and 0.48 miles in length (north/south).
Land Features: Excellent variety of land with good mix of red sandy loam, clay to gravelly soils. Clay soils in the drainage areas. Ranch elevates from east to west with gently rolling sandy land to gravel hills with the highest elevation being located in the southwest quadrant. Eastern portion of the property associated with a drainage of the San Miguel Creek with heavy large native brush. 527 foot elevations along the creek to approximately 550 to 600 feet at the highest point which is the location of the house.
Mostly red sandy loam soils which grow most types of brush species. Excellent cover of South Texas chaparral brush which generally includes large native mesquite, white brush, guajillo, wild persimmon, granjeno, prickly pear, tasajillo, guayacan, coma, elm trees, and a few live oak trees in the drainages. Lower brush species including blackbrush, guajillo, cenizo and others in the gravelly soils.
Three cleared fields which are fenced and planted in improved grasses including Klein Grass and Coastal Bermuda(12, 29 and 6 acres). Good game habitat in the native brush and bird hunting or cattle grazing in the fields.
Stocking rate of approximately 12 to 15 mother cows which is generally in alignment with the historic stocking rate of the property.
Water Features: The property is well watered. 330' deep water well drilled several years ago near the log house with black poly storage tank. Two stock tanks which have recently been cleaned out; one is fairly large and one is small.
Ranch Improvements: Include the log house, covered parking shed, equipment shed, and old ranch house detailed as follows.
Log House - Approximately 1,328 square feet of living area with front and back covered porches. Log construction with concrete slab foundation with some recent foundation work done by G.L. Hunt with lifetime transferrable warranty to a future owner. Corrugated metal roof. Master bedroom with window air conditioning and ceiling fan, closet with wood siding. Three-piece hall bathroom. Upstairs loft bedroom. Den with high vaulted ceiling and wood burning stove with oak parquet floors and fireplace. Kitchen with new appliances, countertops and hot water heater. Half-bath and utility room. Saltillo tile floors. Mostly new windows. Constructed in the late 1980s and recently completely remodeled in 2012 offering comfortable overnight lodging.
Covered Parking Shed - 20 X 58 feet, enclosed wash/storage room with running water, air conditioning and concrete floor with dimensions of 10 X 20 feet. Two 20 X 24 foot covered areas on either side of the enclosed room. Concrete on the south side and dirt floor on the north side. Wood frame supports with metal roof and wood pole supports.
Equipment Shed - 23 X 61 foot four-bay shed enclosed on portions of two sides with dirt floor. Wood frame structure with wooden trusses with metal roof.
Fencing and Livestock Facilities: Fenced and cross fenced. Low, standard height ranch fencing on three sides. West side is high fenced. Three fenced fields with good, standard height five-strand barbed wire fences on steel, pipe, and cedar posts. Large decorative pipe entrance along county road. Pipe fences were constructed in the area of the log house. Basic set cattle pens of wood rails, cattle panels and wood posts with a pipe loading chute.
Easements & Encumbrances: Electricity provided by Medina Electric Cooperative. No current onsite production. Virtex Operating Company, Inc. accesses a meter reading station along the north fence related one small gas well located on the neighboring ranch to the north. Two pipeline easements. Approximately 1.98 acres of the property within the right-of-way of Biediger Road.
Hazards and Detriments: Ranch may have a small area of floodplain along the creek drainage; however, much of the ranch is out of any floodplain. The drainages serve as the location of the stock tanks.
Wildlife and Recreational Appeal: Excellent wildlife area including white-tail deer, wild turkeys, doves, quail, wild hogs, javelinas and seasonal waterfowl. Low fenced on three sides.
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Research Parcel InformationSouth from San Antonio to Moore along IH 35. East along FM 462 to FM 2779 (Berry Ranch Road). South on FM 2779 to CR 2410; east along CR 2410 miles to CR 2515 (Biediger Road. South on CR 2515 to the ranch which is on the west side of the road.