Pearson Mtn. Properties, LLC

Elgin, Oregon

Price  $724,000.00

Area:

Union County is located in the Blue Mountains of Eastern Oregon. The largest city, LaGrande, is the county seat for Union County and has a university (Eastern Oregon University). The area consists of foothills, nearly level valley floors, and low terraces and timbered mountains. Union County is surrounded by National Forests and has abundant recreation sites including campgrounds, picnic areas, and ski areas. Recreational activities include hunting, fishing, hiking, camping and skiing.
 
Union County is a sparsely populated rural county with the major population center at LaGrande. Timber manufacturing and agriculture are the primary industries. LaGrande offers a full selection for goods and services. Additional goods and services are available at Pendleton about 50 miles northwest, Boise about 160 miles southeast and Portland about 260 miles west, all from LaGrande. Union Pacific Railroad services the LaGrande area, and the main east-west track runs through downtown LaGrande. Bus service is available and air services are available at Pendleton, Oregon or Tri-Cities, Washington 110 miles northwest of LaGrande.

Recreation:

The property is unique and offers a nicely blocked parcel of land that offers a quiet lifestyle with fantastic views without interference from the outside world. The unit offers hunting for elk, deer and bear. There are cougar, coyotes and a host of small critters. There are grouse for bird hunting. The fishing is very good from the Grande Ronde River. It has excellent runs of steelhead, salmon and very good trout fishing. It is also a great place for cross-country skiing and has lays of area to run four wheelers. The property has enough acreage to have LOP Land Owner Preference tags for the state of Oregon for hunting.
 
The Grande Ronde River of Oregon is one of the most beautiful river corridors you can take a float trip on and a great steelhead destination. The headwaters of the Grande Ronde begin in the Elkhorn Mountains in the Whitman N.F. of Oregon and eventually empty into the Snake River in Washington.
 
The Grande Ronde is a small jewel of a river sequestered away in a remote corner of northeastern Oregon. Here you can taste the rare privilege of having summer steelhead rip a dry fly from the surface film in an eruption that leaves the rippling water. This fabulous little river provides a year round fishery for many species. While it is best known as a winter steelhead destination for most of it dedicated followers, it also harbors a good population of Rainbow trout and Smallmouth Bass. It is also prized by many local residents as a casual float trip river.
 
As mentioned above, Grande Ronde Steelhead fishing tops the list in popularity but the river hosts a good population of Rainbow Trout and Smallmouth Bass which provide very good fishing throughout the late spring, summer and fall months.

Location:

The unit is located in the Blue Mountains about 16 +/- miles southeast from Elgin, Oregon. The roads are mostly improved county roads.

Size:

The property is approximately 361.76 total acres as shown by the Union County Assessor’s Maps. It is situated along the Grande Ronde River and has a small partition of land that fronts the river.

Mineral Rights:

The owner does not warrant that there are any mineral rights available. However, any mineral or geothermal rights owned by seller are included as part of the property being offered for sale.

Zoning:

County zoning is regulated by the State of Oregon, and farm and agriculture zoning discourages development of agriculture and forest lands. This is accomplished through mandating large parcel sizes for home site development and very strict environmental and building codes.
 
The zoning for this tract is A4 timber grazing. The zone allows for a minimum lot size of 240 acres on timbered ground and 321 acres on rangeland. A complete code for this zoning can be obtained from the Union County planning department @541-276-1014. This zoning is intended to ensure the continual use of timber and grazing and restrict development that would preclude such use.

Building Improvements:

Cabin-
There is one cabin that Union County Assessor has approved for 756 square feet. It is on Rock with vertical wood siding and steel roof. It has 3 rooms with a wood heating stove and a Monark wood kitchen stove. Well water and 2 sinks.
 
Shed-
On rock steel Rf. Vertical board siding approximately 12’x14’ poor condition.

Power:

Oregon Trail Electric is the Power Company that services this area. The lines run through the property but have not been used. They are located at 107 Elm Street LaGrande, Oregon 97850. They can be reached by phone at: 541-963-3155. The water system is run from a solar panel.

Water:

There is a well near the cabin that has a solar panel and cistern.

Soils:

The soils are mostly silt loam that are moderately deep well drained soils. The soils are formed in colluvium and residuum derived dominantly from basalt. The soils as shown by the soil survey by the USDA for Union County. They are as follows:
 
33E Klicker stony Loam, 2 to 40% slopes
34 F Klicker stony Loam, 40 to 65% south slopes
59E Tolo Silt Loam, 12 to 35% slopes
18F Gwinly-Rockly complex, 40 to 70% slopes
6F Anatone - Klicker complex, 40 to 65% slopes

Elevation:

The elevation runs from 2,355 feet to about 3,180 feet.

Rainfall and Frost-Free Days: 

The average rainfall runs from about 17 inches to about 3 inches per annum with frost-free days being about 100 to 120 days.

Taxes:

The taxes for last year, 2010, were $794.38.

Other:

The view of the Grande Ronde River, and the serenity it brings, make this property very special. Power runs through the property. Looking Glass Creek runs through a portion of the property. The creek is a State of Oregon fish hatchery and has lots of history. The hatchery is about 1 ½ miles from the property road. The property has frontage on the Grande Ronde River. Palmer Junction was a stop for the Union Pacific Railroad.

Offered by:
The Whitney Land Company

Robin Fletcher, Broker
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