277 Tongue River Road, Miles City, MT 59301 - Custer County

The ranch is located twelve miles south of Miles City MT. The ranch is across the road from the 12-mile diversion dam on the Tongue River and the confluence of Pumpkin creek and the Tongue River. Miles City has a population of 9,000+ and is the regional trade center with all the modern services of a larger city, airport, hospital, community college, livestock market, banks, motels, accounting, and insurance services. The ranch has average precipitation of 13-14+/- inches per year.

Acreage: 1,582+/- total, 1,262+/- Deeded Acres, 320 ac State lease. Open fields and hay meadows on the creek bottom, with rolling hills and breaks along the creek. The State lease land is on the south side of the ranch. The irrigation water for the pivot is pumped from the Tongue River. 110+/- acre center pivot, 120+/- acres hay meadows, 1,030+/- pasture

The ranch has a 3,700 barn/shop, three stall garage, 3 2,500bu bins, two open faced livestock sheds and 3 smaller livestock sheds. Modest wood corrals. Ranch is fenced with mostly with four wires barbed. Fences are in good to fair condition. Water development is good, two electric wells, 1 artesian well, pipelines with tire and fiberglass tanks. Valley 7000 series center pivot, six towers. Irrigation water is pumped with an electric pump from the Tongue River.

Historically the ranch has been a cow calf unit, with small grain and feed production from the pivot and hay meadows. Carrying capacity of the ranch is subject to management and rainfall. The ranch will raise excess feed in relation to the pasture available.

There are 7+/- separate fenced pastures and fields to allow for the rotation of livestock, haying and crop production. TRWUA, (Tongue River Water Users Association), 465 shares of water for irrigation pivot.

Many outdoor activities can be enjoyed on the ranch. There are Mule and Whitetail deer, upland birds, pheasants, geese, and predators. The Tongue River 12-mile recreation area is across the road from this place.