EVITT ROCK CREEK HEADQUARTERS--The Evitt Ranch is located on scenic Rock Creek in Johnson County, Wyoming. The property has two homes, one of which is a comfortable stone house built in the late 1800's. The spacious second home was built in 1985. Other ranch facilities include a classic red hip-roofed barn, a number of machinery storage buildings, a large outdoor roping arena, and livestock corrals. This picturesque property has been used as a commercial cow-calf operation with the irrigated meadows producing hay and providing winter grazing.Recreationally, the Evitt Ranch provides both fly fishing and big game hunting opportunities on deeded land with adjacent state and federal lands that enhance the recreational use of the property. Rock Creek flows through the ranch for nearly 1.6 miles and offers trout fishing near the homes.ROCK CREEK - Rock Creek originates at an elevation of ~8,000' in the Bighorn National Forest near the Cloud Peak Wilderness. The year-round stream flows through nearly one mile of the deeded acres and then continues across the Evitt's State grazing lease for another 0.6+/- miles. Small brook trout and rainbow trout keep the fly-fishing challenging. Other activities include swimming and tubing in the summer and ice skating in the winter. MOWRY RESERVOIR - This stream-fed reservoir lies above the main home on Mowry Creek. While built primarily to provide stored irrigation water, the reservoir has been stocked with trout and provides yet another fishing and recreation opportunity. WILDLIFE - Whitetail deer, mule deer, antelope, and turkeys are the main game species on the ranch. STATE GRAZING LEASES - The deeded portions of the Rock Creek Headquarters parcel are connected by two State of Wyoming grazing leases. Lease #2-4022 is a 160 acre lease with a permitted 90 AUMs and lease #2-3928 is a 480 acre lease with a permitted 171 AUMs. The leases were recently renewed and will not be up for renewal again until 02/01/2024. WATER RIGHTS and IRRIGATION - The Evitt Ranch owns 7 shares (98 Acre-Feet) in the Rock Creek and Piney Reservoir & Ditch Company. The annual cost of this water has typically run about $100 per share. Other permitted water rights include 25 acres from the Jenny Mowry Ditch, a diversion off of Rock Creek (Proof #2141), 75 acres from Hallie Ditch (Permit 1323), and an unregulated number of acres from Mowry Reservoir (Permit #6652). With a lessee in place, the estimated current number of irrigated acres (estimated from an aerial image) ranges from 180-210+/- acres. The historical number of irrigated acres is closer to 265+/- acres. The ranch has a high ratio of irrigable acres (347 of the 760 deeded acres), according to the Johnson County Assessor's office. Irrigation improvements to fully utilize the irrigable acres would greatly increase the ranch's production capability, particularly on the north end. PROPERTY TAXES - The 2014 property taxes were $6,920 (Johnson County Assessor's website). The primary home is a 4,015+/- square foot historic home built in the late 1800's (per Johnson County Assessor's Office). A stone fireplace with a modern insert is the central feature of the living area. Large windows create an open, sunny atmosphere within the home and frame beautiful views of the mountains, meadows and nearby Mowry Creek. The detached double garage contains a workshop area and a walk-in cold storage locker. The second home was built in 1985 and has 1,664+/- square feet of living space on the main floor and another ~1,664 sq. ft. of living space in the finished basement.In addition to the homes, other buildings on the ranch include a circa 1901 hip-roof style barn, a 1,200+/- sq. ft. steel shop building built in ~1979, a number of open-faced machinery storage structu
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