La Presa Ranch

Available for the first time in approximately 75 years, the La Presa Ranch possesses some of the best features the South Texas Plains has to offer. Red soils converge with caliche and gravelly hills providing real relief, an exceptional diversity of strong browse, very good blacktop access, and good water that combine to make La Presa a fantastic opportunity for a new owner.

LOCATION

Approximately midway between Hebbronville and Zapata, La Presa is located in western Jim Hogg County. Laredo is the closest metro area at approximately 60 miles, with Corpus Christi, San Antonio, and Houston at approximately 120 miles, 190 miles, and 305 miles, respectively. Commercial air travel is available at Laredo International Airport. For private air travel, both the Jim Hogg County Airport and the Zapata County Airport are only 30 minutes away.

The ranch is blacktop to the gate, with frontage on State Highway 16.

TOPOGRAPHY, RANGELAND & HABITAT

The La Presa presents tremendous diversity for a ranch of this size. While the predominant soils are the red sands typical to this area, the ranch also features a really unique combination of rolling caliche and gravelly hills. Wet-weather Los Tanques Creek bisects the northern portion of the ranch.

Elevation ranges from over 800 feet in the hillier, northern portion of the ranch, falling off as you travel south onto generally level sandy plains country with lower 600 foot elevations.

The red sandy loam soils of the ranch grow an exceptionally diverse variety of browse, including blackbrush, guyacan, brasil, guajillo, Texas Ebony and Mexican Olive among the many species located on the ranch. Grass on the La Presa consists predominantly of buffelgrass, which has been responsibly grazed.

WILDLIFE

White-tailed deer are the primary game species on La Presa. With a combination of excellent and diverse browse, good water distribution, and the strong genetics native to the area, the ranch possesses all the ingredients to produce fantastic trophy bucks.

Not surprising, given the diversity of habitat, bobwhite and blue quail are both present in good numbers when conditions are favorable. . Doves, hogs, turkey, javelinas, and varmints round out the primary huntable species.

Portions of the ranch are high fenced and the whitetail deer herd is managed under the Managed Lands Deer Program (Conservation Option, fka Level III).

AGRICULTURE

This working ranch is cross-fenced and has good water distribution. Fencing ranges from good to fair condition. Please note that there are approximately 2,784’ that are unfenced as the adjoining pasture has historically been part of the ranch but is not being offered for sale. Contact Broker for details.

IMPROVEMENTS

The ranch includes an historic masonry camp house for lodging.

WATER

The ranch has 5 water wells and several small tanks. Two of the water wells are windmills, one is equipped with solar (in need of repair), and the other two are on electricity. One of the electric wells is piped to a small depression, which then feeds into a small watercourse of over a half-mile in length, ultimately terminating into one of the tanks, creating an excellent water resource for both wildlife and livestock alike.

ELECTRICITY

Distributed in multiple locations around the ranch.

MINERALS

The northeastern section (640+/- acres) has state classified minerals and the surface owner rights associated with those will convey. Seller’s fee minerals will not convey. There are a couple of inactive oil & gas sites on ranch.

Per the Texas Railroad Commission maps, the property is unimpacted by pipelines.

AREA HISTORY

The ranch is located near “Randado”. The historic townsite was within what was originally a ranch of 80,000 acres owned by Hipolito García. The community name comes from the highly ornate lassos, called randas, that were made on the ranch.

OTHER

Personal property (including furnishings in camp house), livestock, vehicles and non-fixture equipment do not convey.