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Ranch Operation:
The ranch has been historically run as a diversified cattle, hay, and small grain unit. Seasonal grazing with pairs or yearlings utilizes the forage plus allows cleanup of the irrigated ground. Yearlings have typically gone over 2.5 lbs a day gain. It lends itself well to any kind of livestock production with the option of continuing crop and hay production or converting to irrigated pasture.

Water:
The heart of any ranch is its water resources. The 16 Ranch Crossing has some of the earliest water rights in the area. They have 400 inches out of Flatwillow Creek which originates in the Snowy Mountains and 250 inches out of Durfree Creek that originates from an estimated 700 gallons a minute spring in the mountains just above the ranch. There is a 90 acre foot reservoir at the lower end of the ranch with a spring estimated at 900 gallons a minute. This reservoir is maintained by the neighbors who own the irrigation rights from the springs that fill it. The well at headquarters is estimated to produce 30-40 gallons a minute and services the home and corrals. Another untapped water resource is an exploratory oil and gas well that is 1,760 feet deep and plugged with a bentonite core. The owner says before it was plugged it flowed water under substantial pressure shooting seven to eight feet from a 2” pipe.