Homesteads west of the mississippi?

[thestartupman]

Does anyone know of any states west of the Mississippi where a person could buy at least 40 acres with a home for around $140,000? I alredy know about Missouri, Arkansas, Texas, Oklahoma, and Nebraska, but I am looking for other areas.

[Alice In TX/MO]

Depends on if you want ground water, rain, etc.

Your question is rather broad.

This might help:
http://www.uslandandranches.com/USLa...newmexico.html

[oregon woodsmok]

Plenty available in Eastern Oregon. Water is going to be an issue.

There is some nice off-grid stuff just east and south of Prineville, OR. You could buy the land and have an Adair put on and be about $140,000. You'd still have to come up with the $ for a well.

[SFM in KY]

There are places in Montana, Wyoming and the Dakotas where you could find that acreage easily enough in that price range, but as others have mentioned, in nearly all of the actual "western" states, water is going to be an issue ... and in many areas 40 acres will not support much livestock. The AU (Animal Units) per acre is much, much lower than it is in states with higher rainfall.

I grew up on a dryland (no irrigation water available) ranch in Montana and our summer pasture for cattle was the original 640 acre homestead. Summer grazing ran from about June 1st to October lst and we pastured maybe 60 to 75 cow/calf pairs for the summer on that pasture.

[sunflower-n-ks]

Kansas. There is a world of difference between eastern and western Kansas. Rainfall, humidity, amount of grass, terrain etc. My place sets over an aquifer with a shallow well (only a few feet down) that never goes dry. I see places with a house and land in that price range a lot if they are not next to a sprawling big town.

[uncle Will in In.]

4 acres in the corn belt will produce you about as much as 40 dryland acres. (without irrigation) Finding a job within reasonable driving distance in those areas could be a problem. I guess finding a good job anywhere right now could be a problem.

[wy_white_wolf]

Originally Posted by SFM in KY

...The AU (Animal Units) per acre is much, much lower than it is in states with higher rainfall.....

Here we say that as "acres per AU"

[windyfarm]

How about....where do you have desires?

40 acres may be hard pressed for 140K in Iowa...land is gold here

[r93000]

Some areas of Colorado, but as stated above jobs (depending on your skill set) and water are both a bit scarce. The views are amazing though!

[Macybaby]

I'm in mid eastern South Dakota.

I have 40 acres, updated house, large shop, many outbuildings, water, fences and all that stuff. . . And it got appraised at $125,000 in January. I'm not selling, but it does show that yes, you can get that in some states. Even though unemployment is low, there are not a lot of jobs (not a lot of people either).

[ldc]

There is a lot of land available in both north and south Louisiana. Figure out if you can deal w hurricanes (south LA) or tornadoes (north)!!! ldc

[Nevada]

The least expensive land in the country is near Montello, NV, located in the NE corner of the state. The land looks desert-like on the surface, but water is abundant at around 150 feet. If you come well enough capitalized to drill a well, setup solar power, and build a home, you can start a nice homestead for down around $50/acre.

[ganoosh]

I second the Nevada location, outside of major cities land is very reasonable and in most locations lots of groundwater available, trying to purchase a house and just had the well tested, flow rate of 25 gpm

[ErinP]

Most of Nebraska will have very easily accessed water, btw. There are very few corners where the Ogallala aquifer aren't easy to hit.