Access to Sand Hills Management

Ranch Description

This 40 +/- acre parcel is located 10 miles north of Casper, Wyoming in the B.B. Brooks Ranch Development. Just 6 miles east of I-25, the property directly borders over 25,000 acres of BLM and State land. Hidden along a private draw at the end of the private road, this property has great opportunity for rural housing development or can be left as is with access to public land that has poor surrounding public access.

Land

The land is mostly rolling flat rangeland dominated by sagebrush and grasslands. With a calculated 2.35 Aum/Acre this property can support 2 horses for 9 months per year without the need for feed assuming continued proper range management. There are fences along 2 of the 4 boundaries of the property with the eastern boundary boarding State of Wyoming land. The lack of fences and development allows for the land to appear largely untouched by human infrastructure.

Improvements

There are no utilities on the property, however, the option is available as there are many properties within the B.B. Brooks development with utilities installed. There is currently no water on the property. The well depth for the direct neighboring property is 490 feet with a static water level of 90 ft, allowing well water access to a high-quality aquifer. Many other properties in the ranch development have drilled wells and added improvements in recent years as Casper city limits continue to spread north with the proposed future development of over 800 homes in the area to the south.

Recreation

This property has an abundance of mule deer and antelope herds roaming the area with the option to explore the vast BLM and State land acreage directly bordering to the North. There are also upland game birds found in the area. This property lies in Antelope hunting unit area 25 type 1. For mule deer, this property is in Deer hunting unit 22 type 1. Both mule deer and antelope hunt areas are limited quota draws with some of the highest resident and non-resident draw odds in the state and good historical harvest data.

The bordering BLM and State Lands allow the owner to take advantage of public hunting and recreation opportunities in an area of the state where public land access is limited. Just 15 minutes from downtown Casper, this property offers the unique opportunity to thousands of acres of recreational land and privacy on the plains, while being conveniently close to the amenities the town of Casper offers.

The property is in close proximity to Casper Mountain Ski Resort and the Medicine Bow National Forest 45 minute drive. Only 30 minutes from Alcova Reservoir along the North Platte River, this area of Wyoming is well known for its abundant fishing, hunting, and reactional opportunities.

Region & Climate

The elevation of the property is around 5,400 ft. The average annual precipitation is 12.2 inches 72 inches of annual snowfall with about 70 of annual precipitation occurring during the growing season from late spring through summer. The mean daily temperature of the area averages 71 degrees in the summer and 22 degrees in the winter.

The Casper-Natrona County International Airport is about 25 minutes away and downtown Casper is about 20 minutes to the south Population 60,000. Natrona County Airport does direct flights to Denver International Airport.

History

The B.B. Brooks Ranch was first established in 1882 by the state's seventh governor Bryant B. Brooks. This historically known ranch mostly ran cattle until 2005, at which point it was parcelled into 40 acre sections to allow for growing rural sprawl and giving access opportunity to privately surrounded public land. The city of Casper Wyoming is the second-largest city in Wyoming. Located in Natrona County, the town began when the railroad arrived west in 1888. The town became an important shipping location for cattle and wool and in 1889 the town of Casper elected its first Mayor. As electricity and telephone services grew in the high plains the population began to grow over the next few decades. As the potential for oil drew prospectors, the population quadrupled from 1910 to 1925. During the next few decades, the town economy was tested by the great recession and a second World War. As oil demand grew, so did the town of Casper. Casper has now grown into an energy-industry, medical and retail hub with a population of 60,000.