404 Totten Rd

Description

Tee Cross Ranch encompasses more than 3,437+/- deeded acres halfway between Colorado Springs and Pueblo. Founded in 1950, Tee Cross offers I-25 road frontage and it's own dedicated Interstate exit visible from both sides of I-25. There is 4.5 miles of Fountain Creek on the property and a resident heard of elk and deer. This ranch has a superb location and offers excellent opportunities to make an owner money. One of the keys to this ranch is its I-25 road frontage and visibility. There is also a railroad track along I-25 and plenty of room for a rail spur if a buyer is interested. The ranch features approximately 4.5 miles of river frontage, and includes both sides of Fountain Creek. Fountain Creek generates ample water for the ranch, in addition to the premier water rights being sold with this property. Contributing to the good overall ecological health of this ranch, the 4.5 miles of creek bottom also help boast an impressive wildlife habitat, great recreation and high agricultural production for the Tee Cross Ranch. In addition to the fantastic tree-lined creek bottom, this property is well irrigated, with good native grasses, good carrying capacity and extensive water infrastructure. An array of wildlife and game animals inhabit the ranch; including trophy whitetail, mule deer, antelope and turkey, along with great waterfowl and upland game populations. Elk are also known to frequent the ranch, with the ranch located in the Colorado Game Management Unit C which is over the counter elk permits from August to January. The ranch featuring Fountain Creek offers good trout fishing as well with native brown trout and rainbow trout. +-480 Acres of Irrigated hay ground. This property is an excellent hay ranch with a great consumptive use history to maximize the value of the water rights of these senior water rights. It boasts 480+/- irrigated acres, with seven irrigation wells for supplemental water delivering approximately 760 +/- acre feet of decreed rights and rights to all related augmentation plans (see attached Well Permits). With the sale of this property also comes the opportunity to purchase some premiere water shares for an additional purchase price (approx. $13,000/acre consumptive use). Water includes: 100% interest in the Burke Ditch and a like interest in the 7.72 second feet of water allowed to flow therein under Priority Number 9; a 100% interest in the Jackson and Burke Ditch and a like interest in the 10.85 second feet of water allowed to flow therein under Priority Number 37; together with any and all other water rights, ditch rights, reservoir rights and rights of way therefore appurtenant to the real property. The water rights have been utilized to their fullest potential and the sellers will provide a water use affidavit to prove the use. We are estimating around 450 acre feet of consumptive use water rights from the senior ditch rights. (See attached water docs for additional info.) Located just 20 miles north of Pueblo, CO and just 12 miles south of Fountain, CO, Tee Cross Ranch borders a large stretch of I-25 with Fountain Creek cutting through the middle of the property. With nearly 3.5 miles of interstate frontage, access to the ranch is terrific. In addition, with this rare and unique interstate frontage, development or expansion possibilities are endless. This property also has its own permanent exit off I-25.