Land with Home for Sale in Sweetwater, Texas

Welcome to the Burwick Ranch! Conveniently located just off of Interstate 20, this ranch is the perfect combination of hunting and cattle ranch! The ranch has high elevations on both sides with a level valley running through and almost 2.5 miles of Bitter Creek meandering through the center. Bitter Creek is a seasonal creek but will hold pools of water for extended periods after heavy rains and provides great habitat and cover for wildlife. Headquarters is complete with a 2000+- sq ft, 3/2 brick home, several barns and just about anything you will need to operate the ranch. The ranch is fenced and cross fenced in a way that will make your cattle operation run smoothly. Come and take a look at this great Nolan County ranch before it gets away! Call today for your private showing! The Burwick Ranch is located just east of Sweetwater and approximately 1 mile south of Interstate 20. This is an easy drive from most locations due to its proximity to the interstate! The ranch is approximately 1,425 acres with around 500 acres in cultivation. The ranch has been used as a cattle and hunting ranch, so the fences are in good condition and ready to run your operation. With Bitter Creek running through the ranch, there are lots of elevation changes and diversity of plant life. There is approximately 100 feet of elevation change on the ranch. Most of the ranch has high spots on both sides, so it feels like you own the whole valley below. There are a lot of really pretty views across this ranch! Nolan County has an average annual rainfall of 22.19 inches according to the Texas Almanac online. The ranch is incredibly diverse because you have some rough broken areas as well as the deeper soils in the valley below. There are Cottonwoods, Chinaberries, Hackberries and some massive Native Pecan trees in the bottoms along the creek with the balance being cedar and mesquite pasture. As mentioned earlier, this place is very divers and has some very desirable browse and cover plants for the wildlife! Perimeter and cross fences are barbed wire on steel and cedar posts. The fences are in good to very good condition and should be ready to go on day one. Co-op electricity is available and in place in several locations across the ranch. Rural water is supplied by Bitter Creek Water Supply. The ranch is watered by Bitter Creek Water Supply, 4 water wells and several earth tanks scattered across the ranch. Bitter Creek is seasonal but will hold pools of water for extended periods after heavy rains. The Burwick Ranch is in a great area for whitetail deer, turkeys, bobwhite quail and feral hogs, along with many species of varmints. The ranch's layout makes the ranch feel larger than it is and it will hunt large as well. There are a couple of blinds and feeders that will stay, but many of them belong to hunters who are currently on the ranch. Headquarters is in the northeast corner of the ranch and includes a very nice 3/2 brick home that was built in the 1980s which is approximately 2000 square feet according to the CAD. The home has been updated over the years and is where the owner currently lives. The seller is offering 25% of the currently owned minerals under the ranch. The minerals have recently been leased, but there is no active production on the ranch. As you can see from the map, there are a few pipelines and power lines crossing the ranch which could be an advantage if you are interested in green energy development in the future. The Burwick ranch is priced at $2,500 per acre or a total of $3,562,500.