A Quiet Shelf of Arizona

Land Description

Owner Financing:

- $100 down (plus the $250 doc fee)

- $100 down $155/Mo for 76 months (plus prorated taxes and a $12/Mo note maintenance fee)

A Quiet Five Acres in Witch Well Ranches, with Ruins in Two Corners and Sky in Every Direction

Pull off Highway 191 south of St Johns, follow the dirt road through an unlocked gate, and ease down the two-track along the eastern lotline. You'll know you're in the right place when the noise from the highway is gone and the only thing left is the wind moving through the juniper. Park where it feels right. Walk a slow loop. There's a reason people come out here and stay longer than they planned.

This is country for the patient kind of buyer. Set up the tent or back the camper in for a long weekend, watch the elk move through at first light, hike the ridges, sight in a rifle for the fall, or just spread a blanket out and let the kids run themselves tired under a sky with nothing in it. Hunter, homesteader, weekend escape artist, husband who needs a quiet place to be useless on a Saturday? There's room for all of you out here.

Now the honest dirt. Access is via dirt and a two-track, and the road gets interesting after rain, which is exactly the kind of thing the right buyer reads as a feature. There are no power posts and no city water, so this is solar, wind, or generator country, with a well or a water haul and a holding tank for the rest. Cell service is 4G out here, which is more than you'd guess. The land is mostly flat with a slight slope toward the east, sandy underfoot, with juniper groves and low cactus and sagebrush filling in the gaps. Annual taxes run about twenty dollars and change. There's no HOA telling you what color to paint the door of a cabin you haven't built yet.

There is history in the sands of Apache County. It might be time to add a story of your own.

SUBDIVISION: Witch Well Ranches

STREET Address: N/A, near N7203, St Johns, AZ 85936

State: Az

COUNTY: Apache County, Az

Zip: 85936

Size: 5.0 acres

LOT Dimensions: 685 feet x 344 feet

Apn: 205-13-037E

Legal Description: The East half of the north half of the north half of the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter of section 28, Township 17 north, Range 29 East, +/-5 acres, Apache County, Arizona; also known as a portion of Lot 122 Witch Well Ranches, Unit 2;Being a portion of Apache County Assessor's Parcel Number 205-13-037

Google Maps Link:

Lat/Long Coordinates:

Nw: 34.846070, -109.273187

Ne: 34.846048, -109.270908

Sw: 34.845134, -109.273206

Se: 34.845103, -109.270923

Elevation: 6,062 feet

ANNUAL Taxes: Approx. $95 per year

ZONING: Agricultural - No time limit to build. No restrictions on dwelling size. You can build anything for residential purposes such as Single Family, Mobile or Manufactured home.Camping & RV's are okay as well (permits required for long-term stay, more than 30 days).Full-Time RV Living: Allowed if tied to an approved septic system. RV on the property while you build: Allowed until a Certificate of Occupancy is issued.?Tiny Homes are allowed with permits; minimum 200 sq. ft.Please contact the Apache County Planning & Zoning Dept. through Devin Brown at.

Land Use:

Building Information

• Time Limit to Build: No. But permits expire after 180 days without a passed inspection.

• Site Built Homes Allowed: Allowed with permits

• Modular Homes Allowed: Allowed with permits.

• Manufactured Homes Allowed: Allowed with permits; must be 15 years old or newer.

• Mobile Homes Allowed: Prohibited.

• Tiny Homes Allowed: Allowed with permits; minimum 200 sq. ft.

Allowable Uses

• Full-Time RV Living: Allowed if tied to an approved septic system.

• RV on the property while you build: Allowed until a Certificate of Occupancy is issued.

• Camping in a RV: Allowed up to 30 days per quarter

• Camping in a Tent: Allowed up to 30 days per quarter.

FLOOD Zone: No

HOA/POA: No HOA.Poa information found online.

IMPROVEMENTS: None

ACCESS: There is a dirt/trail road on the Eastern lotline of the property.

WATER: Would be a well, water haul and holding tank or other similar option

SEWER: Would be by Septic

UTILITIES: Power by solar, wind or generator, Phone by cellular, satellite Tv/Internet/Phone