9875 Upper Trout Creek Road

Description

The Ranch's 164.74 surveyed acres (163.01 tax roll acres) sits in a scenic setting at the end of the road. The name of the ranch comes from Trout Creek which runs through the ranch and has supplied surface water to it for over 120 years. The ranch diverts water to the north where it is put into a ditch that winds down roughly one mile from the dam to the ponds on the ranch. The ponds supply irrigation water to approx. 35 acres which are irrigated with valves. In the past Bermuda, alfalfa, oats and teff have been farmed. Elevations on the property are 2,460' to 2,800' with the level irrigated land being on the east end along Trout Creek. The west end has elevated views overlooking the Trout Creek Ranch and surrounding Big Sandy Range viewshed.The old historic ranch house remains standing and there is another site built home, four RV hook ups with water/power/septic, hay barn with attached covered horse stalls, roping arena, steel corrals. Water The Trout Creek Ranch's surface water rights are reported to be the oldest, recorded, registered water rights to Trout Creek for the Old Tom Brown place as set forth in Docket No. 38 at page 24, Official Records of Mohave County, Arizona. This claim was made by Frank H. Imus and was originally filed and recorded on May 8, 1911 in Book 2, Water Rights and Mill Sites, Page 52. The ranch is not in an irrigation district and it has registered with the Arizona Department of Water Resources the following surface water registrations: Statement of Claim of Right to Use Public Waters of the State of Arizona #36-10857 & 36-30235: 100 Miner's Inches Total and/or 1,814.6 Acre Feet Annually for domestic, irrigation and livestock uses with a pre-statehood priority date.