80-Acre Horse Haven in Texas Hill Country!

Texas Horse Property near San Angelo, Texas

Welcome to this one-of-a-kind 80-acre property just outside the city limits of Mertzon, Texas.  This 80-acre, live oak studded, residential and hunting property is perfect for the horse enthusiast and livestock rancher.  It sits just outside the western city limits of Mertzon.  This haven is situated right on the line between central and west Texas providing the best of the west and the best of the Texas Hill Country and is only 20 minutes from San Angelo. With its rolling hills, mature live oak trees, rivers, draws, and vistas, Mertzon provides a scenic and recreational paradise to its residents.  This property is the epitome of the Texas Hill Country.  Additionally, it is right in the middle of the Concho watershed where the whitetail hunting is ideal, and the groundwater is clean and plentiful. Only 45 minutes from Interstate 10 in Ozona.     

Improvements:   This property has a top-of-the-line modular home with a 3-car concrete floor carport, multiple sheds, and equipment barns, two horse facilities with feed and tack rooms, an 8-acre fenced field, good to excellent fences and recently constructed cross fences for easy rotation of livestock—along with 5 traps. There is also a water catchment system attached to the equipment shed.

The home sits on the hill and has a great deck on the front/south side overlooking the oak-studded valley, the pond, the round pen, horse-barn as well as the field. 

School District: This property is in Irion County making it a part of the Irion County School District.

Exemptions/ Programs: Currently this acreage has an Ag exemption along with a homestead exemption. In 2014 this property was a part of an EQUIP program and had 22 acres cleared through said program.  

Equine Facilities:  This property boasts two horse barns that have water catchment systems for extra water storage and additional sustainability.  They have sliding window panels for the horse’s visibility as well as airflow.  Both horse facilities have feed and tack rooms attached.  There is also a round pen on the property that could potentially convey with an appropriate offer.

Fences:  The fences were recently constructed and consist of StaTite-netwire. There is a full perimeter fence as well as cross fences that create 5 traps for easy rotation of livestock.  There is a +- 8-acre field that is also fenced and sits at the bottom land. 

Water wells:  There are 2 active water wells.  One feeds the home, and the other is on a windmill that recently had new leathers installed.  The windmill also is connected to the home functioning as a backup water supply.

Surface water: The surface water consists of a scenic pond that you pass while driving home.  It is filled by windmill water overflow.  The pond and the Oak trees provide beauty and serenity to the property.

Soils: Soils consist of Ector and Silty Clay Loam. We also have a soil evaluation on file that can be shared upon request.

Vegetation: There is plenty of mesquite and cedar cover as well as large oak trees providing excellent cover for wildlife along with native brush such as Persimmon, Algerita, Black Bush, Elbow Bush, and Acacia.   The property hosts abundant strong grasses and forbs such as tallow weed, Filaree, Buffalograss, Little Bluestem, Big Bluestem, Indiangrass, Side Oats Gramma, Blue Gramma, and Switchgrass, among many others. 

Wildlife:  Wildlife is abundant including Whitetail deer, Quail, Dove, migratory birds, Rio Grande Turkey, and varmints. Axis have been spotted in the area, occasionally. The property has good cover and water making it an oasis for wildlife.

Hunting: Being in the Concho watershed area, this area offers great hunting.  With an acceptable offer, blinds and feeders will convey with the property.

Topography:  See the interactive map for the gently sloped elevation changes.  There is about a 50’ elevation difference from the draw to the top of the gently sloped hill. 

Rainfall: Being on the edge of the Chihuahuan desert, this area is arid most years.  Typically, the rainfall ranges from 18-22 inches per year. 

Potential Equipment/Items to Convey: With an acceptable offer the following equipment/items could convey: panels, tractor & implements-- 4060L Kubota tractor with cab, radio, & AC 6’ shredder, rock bucket, regular bucket, brush popper, 6’ box blade—16’ stock trailer, 42” John Deer Mower, UTV Massimo Buck 450 4x4 200 HRS, generator 11,000 wats gas & propane, store rooms, sheds, fridge, washer, and dryer.

Negotiable Items: The tractor, implements, fridge, washer and dryer, round pen, side-by-side tractor, and bumper pull trailer can be negotiated if interested.

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