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Dunham Ranch
13,500± Acres
Hopkins, Delta, Lamar, Franklin, & Red River Counties
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Dunham Ranch - Ranch Investments
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The Dunham Ranch is very unique in that it is all usable fertile river bottomland.  The irrigation water is virtually cost-free and there is lots of it. The Dunham Ranch consists of approximately 13,500 acres of land (somewhat more than 21 square miles) located 75 air miles northeast of Dallas, Texas.  

WATER: With average annual rainfall of 45-50 inches, the property is virtually drought free and, consequently, the cost to provide and use the water is virtually cost free as well. In addition, the ranch is permitted by the State of Texas to take 19,640 feet of water annually from the Sulphur and South Sulphur Rivers for irrigation and recreation purposes. There are roughly 1,000 acres of surface water at an average depth of ten feet, yielding roughly 10,000 acre feet of irrigation water storage which is contained in three large reservoirs. Through gravity flow, these reservoirs or lakes are used to irrigate the fertile river bottom farmland.  Recreational use of the lakes is also popular. Ownership of 19,640± acre feet of water rights is a major feature of this property.  

LAND: This ranch, almost all of which is within the river bottom, is all usable. A flood control levee constructed along the south bank of the Sulphur and South Sulphur Rivers protects the land from flooding.

Climate Data:
  • Average Precipitation: 45-50 inches
  • Average Summer Growing Season: 240 Days
  • Average Winter Temperature:  46°
  • Average Summer Temperature: 82°
  • Average Yearly Temperature:  62°
Farm Land: 6,000± acres of irrigated fertile river bottom farmland with virtually no cost to irrigate. The land is capable of growing a large variety of crops such as rice, corn, soybeans, sorghum, wheat, cotton, etc. The farmland could easily be converted to irrigated pastures for cattle grazing. Approximately 1600 acres are precision land leveled -- an ongoing land improvement practice.

Crops and Bases:
  • Wheat: 3,633.6± Acres
  • Rice:  1,481.1± Acres
  • Corn: 721.1± Acres
  • Grain Sorghum: 1,169.6± Acres
If the farmland was converted to cattle grazing, then the total ranch could run approximately 3,500 cows or 10,000 yearlings. Currently, there are 7,500± acres of ranch land, with about 2,000 head of cattle on the ranch. Farm and ranch management is in place.

The US Department of Agriculture Soil Conservation Service classified most of the soils on the ranch as moderately well drained loamy and clayey soil.

IMPROVEMENTS:
  • Four good homes
  • Large barn used for equipment storage, seed, storage, workshop, etc.
  • Complete office
  • Steel cattle pens with 100,000 lb. Scales
  • 100,000 bushel grain storage. River pumps with diesel engines.
MINERALS: No minerals to be conveyed. Owner does not own any of the minerals.

HUNTING & FISHING: Whitetail deer, feral hogs, squirrels, and varmints abound. There are a few wild turkeys. As mentioned, the reservoirs are used for recreational purposes as well as for irrigating the farming of rice and soybeans. Coupled with all the water resources on the property, you will find some of the very best duck and goose hunting anywhere!


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