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Kuykendall Draw Dark Canyon Ranch

 Location:  Approximately 20 miles southwest of Carlsbad NM in the foothills of the Guadalupe Mountains.  This ranch is accessed by a paved road and close to the large metropolitan cities of Lubbock TX and El Paso, TX.  Closest airport is Carlsbad NM.

 Acreage:    TOTAL:  14303 Ac.     Approximately 22.35 sections

 Improvements:  Headquarters --- 1992 Palm Harbor manufactured home with 2080 sq. ft.  A beautiful 3BR/2B with a large living room, large dining room, separate breakfast nook and nice kitchen.  A covered veranda with views to the western mountains opens off the front of the home.  Owners have replaced carpet throughout the home in 2004.  There is a large 40’ x 80’ shop with cement floors and easy access from trucks.  A 20’ x 40’ hay barn has cement floorings and a saddle house within.  Several other storage buildings for your feed/mineral, etc.  There are two sets of corrals and working pens on the ranch.  Headquarters has a loading chute, squeeze chute and a certified scale.  A roping arena is almost complete, just needs a return alley.

Water:  There are seven wells, four of which are windmills, 6’, 8’ and 10’.  One windmill has access from gravity flow line and is currently being serviced from a storage tank.  There are many steel storage troughs, several big cement and rock storage tanks and three springs.  Kuykendall spring is the largest of these.  There are also several large rock holdings, approximately 75’ x 35’ long that hold for a number of months after heavy run-off rains.  Water is run all over the ranch by pipeline. 

Carrying Capacity:  285 head year round

 Terrain:  Low mountains to wide draws.  North and South Kuykendall draw converge with Robina Draw and flow into Dark Canyon.  These provide an abundance of grass and easy access to cattle.  Several soil types  and vegetation consists of various grama grasses, tobasa, burrograss, filaree, mesquite, fourwing saltbush, various stalk cactus and seasonal weeds.

 Climate:  Warm summers to mild winters.  Winters will have occasional snow.  Rainfall is averaged at 15-17” yearly.  Generally an eight month growing season. Frost occurs historically in late October to late November.

 Comments:  This is an easy access well-improved ranch ready for your operation.  Owners have made many improvements with a new separating pasture fence, pipelines and storage troughs and a solar pump to be installed.  There is a cooperating agreement between the BLM and the NRCS for a large brush control project.  This was completed in 2006.  This has proven very successful on neighboring ranches insuring a better utilization of grasses and grazing capacity.  Many species of wildlife inhabit this place from Desert Mule Deer, bobcat, fox, mountain lion, quail, dove and many other small species.  Just a generally all around good ranch. 

Offered at $610,000.00

 Sold in cooperation with Dunagan Associates.