15605 Johnson Road , Red Bluff, CA 96080(Tehama County)

This fertile property ranges from 620’ to 740’ with prime grazing land and a variety of trees. Reeds Creek traverses the ranch with a large +4.5-acre spring-fed year-around pond near the center of the property. There are two additional seasonal ponds providing even more water for livestock and wildlife. The land is sectioned off into multiple pastures and cattle traps/corrals with numerous water troughs throughout the ranch. Approaching the property from either direction along Johnson Road provides rich views of this highly desirable ranching area. The property is zoned AG-1, has great livestock carrying capacity and is enrolled in the Williamson Act. The land also provide rich habitat for area wildlife.

APNs: 022-190-022-000 (26.99-ac), 025-010-018-000 (179.30-ac), 025-010-020-000 (13.49-ac), 025-010-091-000 (2.64-ac).

Improvements

MAIN HOME: Approx. 3000-sq. ft. newer home. The nicely appointed home includes spacious front and rear entry areas, complete kitchen with pantry storage, adjacent dining area, brightly lit great room, office/multipurpose room, laundry/storage, multiple first floor bedrooms and closets, first floor bathrooms, second floor bedroom and closet, additional loft area, and second floor bathroom. The home has many windows providing outstanding views to the ranch. A full wrap-around covered patio area provides generous shaded and weather-protected outdoor living areas. The home is fully landscaped with spacious entertaining areas. A septic system and propane tank serves the home and guest house.

GARAGE: ~576-sq. ft. approx. 24’x24’ garage building with separate single garage door and laundry hook-ups. A large, covered patio connects the garage and the main home.

GUEST HOME/SHOP: ~1,440-sq. ft. approx. 60’x24’ building with an ADU including complete kitchen, bar/counter area, front room, dining area, bedroom, bath and more. Building includes two large separate locked storage/shop rooms with exterior entrances and 220V power. A ~480-sq. ft. approx. 8’x60’ covered concrete porch area along the full length of the north side of the building provides shade and weather protection.

MAIN BARN: ~7,000-sq. ft. multi-purpose wood-framed barn with ~200 sq. ft. vet room, ~200 sq. ft. tack room, seven (7) horse stall/pens, 110v power, water, power, lighting and more. This fully equipped barn includes four (4) large sliding/locking main access doors. The barn also includes mezzanine storage areas with external access doors.

PUMPHOUSE WELL BUILDING: Wood building for water well pump and more. The well is ~300’ deep with a static level of ~95’. A new 7.5-hp pump was installed in 2016. The well previously supplied 650 GPM when it was used to irrigate multiple pastures.

STORAGE CONTAINER: 8’w x 8’h x 20’ long steel container unit located on the east side of the guest home building.

OTHER: The land is fenced and cross-fenced with 5-strand barbed wire and t-post fencing with internal ranch access, welded pipe gates and other features and equipment. The ranch includes multiple pens, corrals, loading chute and more. The main driveway off Johnson Road is also gated.

Buildings, structures, square-footages and other details are approximate.

Recreation

The property is located in the upland foothills west of Red Bluff. The Trinity National Forest is to the northwest, Mendocino National Forest to the southwest, Shasta-Trinity National Forest to the north and the Lassen National Forest to the east. The region has many lakes, rivers, streams, foothills and mountains providing a wide range of outdoor recreation activities. The river valley cuts a rich, 20 mile wide swath through the Central portion of Tehama County, which provides endless varieties of outdoor recreation. The Sacramento River is one of the largest salmon spawning rivers in the world. Tehama County is the central point of widespread recreation and the local recreation opportunities are outstanding with nearby camping, hunting, fishing, golfing, snow skiing, and boating resources as good or better than anywhere in California. Camping opportunities throughout the County range from fully developed campgrounds to secluded sites. With more than 300-miles of trails, hiking within Tehama County can be a day-trip adventure or a weeklong backcountry experience.

Agriculture

With its great water supply and fertile soil, the property is well suited for horse and cattle grazing with additional farm/ag opportunities. A large portion of the land is set up for irrigation.

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Region & Climate

Red Bluff is home to the Red Bluff Round-Up, the largest three-day rodeo in the country, with a tough cowboy reputation. The event proudly hosted its 100th anniversary in 2021. The town is also home to The Red Bluff Bull and Gelding Sale which began in 1941 when a small group of local ranchers and a local farm advisor decided to start a Hereford show and sale in Red Bluff. What developed out of that Hereford show 80 years later is considered the greatest stock show and sale west of the Rockies. The sale has evolved into a western extravaganza, revered by consignors, buyers and attendees as the premier Bull and Gelding Sale; and a top destination for anyone in the ranching industry. Red Bluff is also home of the Tehama District Fairgrounds and Fair. Red Bluff and neighboring towns offer year-round residents and visitors varied climate and weather. Red Bluff has a Mediterranean climate with cool, wet winters and hot, dry summers. An average of 100 days annually have highs of 90F or higher and an average of 21+ days with lows of 32 F or lower.

History

RED BLUFF: In the early 19th century, the Siskiyou Trail was the main north-south path connecting Northern California and Southern Oregon first used by the Native Americans and later fur trappers and hunters. The first European to settle the northern Sacramento Valley in what was then Alta California was Peter Lassen, who in 1844 was granted the 24,000-acre Rancho Bosquejo tract from the Mexican government near present-day Vina, about 20 mi southeast of Red Bluff. There, he proposed to establish a town, but his attempts were thwarted when the California Gold Rush stole the focus of the settlers he had gathered in Missouri. Regardless, the publicity from his colonization efforts attracted new settlers to the valley. In the late 1840s, riverboat traffic began expanding northward along the Sacramento River. Lassen’s initial attempt to navigate to his ranch in 1849 had failed, but the following year, a riverboat managed to make the arduous 125-mile journey from Sacramento in 5 months before ultimately being sunk. The discovery of gold near Yreka, California, in 1851 brought a new rush northward and settlers soon flooded the area, looking for the quickest route to the gold fields. A site on the Sacramento River just north of Reeds Creek was determined to be the river’s navigable head, and a small community soon sprung up around the important landing. First known as Leodocia then Covertsburg, by the time a post office was established on October 17, 1853, residents had settled on the name Red Bluff, in recognition of the titular geographical features once prominent along the banks of the Sacramento River.

TEHAMA COUNTY: Formed from parts of Butte, Colusa, and Shasta Counties in 1856. The first permanent non-indigenous settlers in the area that is now Tehama County were Robert Hasty Thomes, Albert Gallatin Toomes, William George Chard, and Job Francis Dye. The four men were each given land grants by the government of Mexico in 1844. Thomes received Rancho Saucos, Toomes received Rancho Rio de los Molinos, Chard received Rancho Las Flores, and Dye received Rancho Primer Caon o Rio de Los Berrendos. Later in the same year Josiah Belden received Rancho Barranca Colorado. Famous early figures include Kit Carson, who took part in a fight that gave name to Bloody Island and Battle Creek, Jedediah Smith, John C. Fremont, and William B. Ide, the first and only president of the California Republic.

Source: Wikipedia

Location

Red Bluff Ranch is approximately 13-miles to downtown Red Bluff. The County Seat, Red Bluff, is located on Interstate 5 and the Sacramento River approximately 135-miles north of Sacramento and 35-miles south of Redding. Nestled in the northern Sacramento Valley, Tehama County lies approximately midway between Sacramento and the Oregon border. Starting in the snowy Sierras to the east, the County unfolds onto rolling foothills, excellent range land, and spectacular, flat-topped buttes, and then sweeps down onto the fertile floor of the Sacramento River Valley.