820 Acres in Vya, NV - $749,000
Old Yella Dog Ranch
A classic ranch where early wagon trains traveled the historic Applegate-Lassen Emigrant Trail, the 820-acre Old Yella Dog Ranch offers privacy and ample water with 250 acres of flood irrigated meadows, year round springs and a 5-acre, spring fed pond.
Situated in a spectacular setting on the edge of the Black Rock Desert in Long Valley, Old Yella Dog Ranch offers picturesque topography improved with 3 homes and outbuildings and views reminiscent of a time gone by.
Encompassing the historic ghost town of Vya, Nevada, Old Yella Dog Ranch presents a gentlemans ranch, an income producing vacation rental, and a low-maintenance cattle operation seasonally grazing 90 to 150 cows.
Abundant, flowing water exists on Old Yella Dog Ranch through assigned water rights and is supplied via a large, spring-fed pond and multiple springs.
The large, 5-acre pond is spring fed and it, along with o...
The large, 5-acre pond is spring fed and it, along with other year-round springs, flood irrigate 250 acres of meadows. One of the springs is dedicated to the Old Yella Dog Ranch House and overseers mobile home. Another spring provides water to the Owners Residence. Both the Ranch House and Owners Residence each have a 1,400 gallon water storage tank equipped with an electric pump.
Old Yella Dog Ranch has been developed as a working ranch with seasonal cattle grazing lease, typically running 90-150 cows. Upgrades to the existing water system could allow for potential pasture of up to 400 acres.
Additional income is generated through a year-round log cabin vacation rental plus RV sites with water and electricity hook ups. Average annual income is $12,000 to $18,000.
There is an unfinished structure west of the Old Yella Dog Ranch compound as well as an active water hydrant, domestic water rights, two septic systems, and a nearby electric distribution building with electric meter.
Old Yella Dog Ranch is improved with two 21st Century Log Homes, custom dog runs and shelters, four outdoor water hydrants, a workshop, horse corrals and shelters, 40+-foot round pen, storage trailers and ranch equipment.
The owners residence is a 1,500 square foot, 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom log sided home, custom built in 2010. The second log home, used as a vacation rental, also comprises 1,500 square feet and sleeps up to 6 persons. It is a 1.5-story, 2 bedroom + loft, 1 bathroom, fully furnished home with two porches and an attached dog run.
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