16,528 Acres with Lake Frontage, Hunting Game, Home, Corrals, Barn in De Baca County, Fort Sumner, New Mexico

14,246 ± Deeded Acres     642 ± NM State Lease   1,640 ± US Bureau of Reclamation   We are privileged to announce the exclusive offering of the Oden Lake Ranch. This quality property is one of the best improved, productive Eastern New Mexico cattle ranches to come on the market in recent years. The Oden Lake Ranch has an excellent location, being approximately 8.5 miles north of Ft. Sumner in northern DeBaca County. U.S. Highway 84 splits the ranch providing excellent access to the ranch headquarters, which are east of the highway. The ranch has traditionally been operated as a cow/calf ranching unit, and the property has been conservatively stocked, and well managed. Historic stocking rates indicate a carrying capacity of 300 – 350 animal units. Topography   The terrain of the ranch varies from open rolling plains on the pastures east of Highway 84 with some broken country along the north edge of this portion of the property. As the terrain becomes more broken, juniper outcrops are common. Across the highway to the west, the property slopes and drains to Lake Sumner. The topography is characterized as open rolling grama grass pastures on the south and north, with the central portion having scenic breaks and juniper outcrops as the ranch nears the lake. Overall, soils throughout the property vary from sandy loam to tighter loamy soils. Primary vegetation includes several varieties of grama, sand dropseed, needle-and-thread, New Mexico feather grass, and bluestem varieties found in the sandier areas. In addition, other cool and warm season palatable grass forage can be identified throughout the ranch. Elevations vary from a low of 4,300’± on the west portion of the ranch, near the lake, to 4,500’± on the eastern boundaries. Ranch Improvements   Access to all pastures is good via Highway 84. A well-maintained improved road leads to the headquarters. Two track ranch roads access the majority of the property and a graded county road adjoins a portion of the ranch. A majority of interior and exterior fences have been replaced and now consist of 5-strand barb wire.  The far eastern pasture fence has not been replaced yet, but is in good shape. Overall, fences are considered to be above average to excellent. There are 8 main pastures and 1 trap on the ranch. A total of 13 wells consisting of 4 electric, 3 solar, and 6 windmills water the ranch via pipeline and 23 total drinking troughs. Most are 12’ rubber tire drinkers with a few steel rim drinking troughs. Floats are located in separate float chambers outside of the drinkers, which protects these floats from breakage. The buried pipeline network is mostly 2” welded black poly. Wells vary in depth from 80 ft.-250 ft. There are 2 sets of working pens, one on each side of Highway 84. These pens are very well constructed with highway guardrail laterals, and both sets of pens are equipped with hydraulic chutes. There is a set of branding pens in the south…

Lake Frontage, Hunting Game, Home, Corrals, Barn, Water Well, Hwy-County Rd Frontage, Electricity, Minerals, Water Rights, Fishing

Acreage, Cattle Ranch, Home With Acreage, Hunting Property, Lake Frontage, Ranch, Recreational Land

Fort Sumner, 88119 New Mexico

County: De Baca