$ 576,000WOOD GULCH - BAKER COUNTY, OR

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Location:	Hereford, OR	Price:	$ 576,000
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County:	Baker	Bedroom:	0
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Tax Year:		Acreage:	1280
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Description: Located approximately one mile above the Hereford Post Office, Wood Gulch overlooks the irrigated hay meadows and pastures of the Burnt River Valley and offers huge mountain scenery from elevations of nearly 5,000 feet descending to under 4,200 feet. A spring fed pond at the upper end of the perimeter fenced Wood Gulch property provides water for wildlife and livestock. Big game species known to frequent the area include Rocky Mountain Elk, Mule Deer, Pronghorn Antelope, Cougar and Black Bear. The majority of the 1,280 acres is heavily treed creating excellent holding cover and hunting opportunities. The rugged terrain lends itself to glassing the hillsides and timbered valleys within this very private eastern Oregon retreat. Wood Gulch is accessed by turning north from State Highway 245 at Hereford and traveling approximately 3 miles up the Water Gulch County Road to a private ranch road leading into the northeast portion of the property.

The small ranching town of Unity is less than a 20 mile drive to the south and Baker City, the main service community for Baker County, is approximately 40 miles to the north. Wood Gulch is included in the northern portion on the Sumpter Wildlife Management Unit #51 and is qualified to receive 3 Landowner Preference Tags for all hunts permitted within the Unit. Year-round fishing is available nearby on the 926 surface-acre Unity Reservoir. Storing as much as 25,000 acre-feet of water, Unity Reservoir provides a significant amount of quality recreation. Unity State Park offers improved campsites, a day use area and a paved boat ramp just above the dam. Anglers catch rainbow trout, smallmouth bass and black crappie.

Wood Gulch is best described as "WILD and WOOLLY". Heavy Juniper treed thickets dominate the western portion of the property creating a canopied sanctuary for wildlife. The eastern portion supports an element of Ponderosa Pine trees on the steep hillsides and narrow valley bottoms. South sloping native grasslands run off rocky ridges with ancient Junipers forming a classic western foreground to the "touchable" mountain views beyond. This is a land left alone to the elements producing a natural beauty rarely found in today's rapidly changing west.

SIZE: 1,280 acres per Assessor.

Zoning: Exclusive Farm Use.

County: Baker County. Population: 16,470.

Annual Precipitation: 10.91 inches at Unity.

Elevations: 4.040 feet to 4,996 feet.

2006-2007 Property tax and fire patrol: $767.96 with Fire Patrol Assessment.

Offering Price: $640,000 Cash to Seller.

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