Burson Rita Blanca Creek Ranch

The Burson Rita Blanca Creek ranch is a truly unique western Texas Panhandle ranch consisting of a well blocked, rectangular 18± square miles configured six miles north and south and three miles east and west in south central Hartley County. The ranch’s topography is both diverse and stunning, with the wide fertile valley of Rita Blanca Creek running down the center of the ranch from north to south and being flanked by high mesas and on either side. The mesas rise from the valley, creating several finger bluffs and box canyons that provide ideal cover for wildlife and protection for cattle from winter storms. There are two improvement locations on the ranch, with an owner’s residence at one and a manager’s residence at the second location. Both improvements are located along Rita Blanca Creek and are surrounded by old-growth cottonwoods and planted hardwoods. The ranch has historically been operated as a 400-500 head cow-calf operation with the productive sub-irrigated land along Rita Blanca Creek, providing above-average carrying capacity for a ranch of this size as well as stable forage production during periods of drought. Water is so shallow that the ranch utilizes seven artesian wells that flow year-round at constant temperature and provide domestic, livestock, and wildlife water. Three artesian wells maintain a 16± acre lake in the south-central part of the ranch. The higher elevation areas of the ranch are watered by a combination of windmills, solar and submersible pumps, and seasonal earthen tanks. The Burson Rita Blanca Creek Ranch is home to trophy white-tailed deer, mule deer and is granted two pronghorn antelope permits annually. Bobwhite and scaled quail are common, and the large lake is teeming with waterfowl during the winter months. Dove hunting could be significantly enhanced with small food plots adjacent to the pools on the creek. The ranch is also home to hogs, coyotes, foxes, bobcats, and the occasional mountain lion. The ranch will convey 50 percent of the seller’s owned minerals, along with 100 percent of all surface rights and alternative energy rights.