State Highway 30, College Station, TX 77830 - Grimes County

Hidden Creek Ranch is a fantastic undeveloped property with a 65-acre reservoir in the middle of the property. The reservoir is an outstanding fishery and a duck magnet. Gibbons Creek runs through the western half of the ranch, with the eastern half rising to over 80 above the creek bottoms. The property primarily has old-growth forests with a tremendous variety of giant trees along multiple creeks that cross through the property. The ranch is less than 20 minutes from College Station and the Texas A&M campus.

LOCATION

The ranch is located 14 miles southeast of College Station in Grimes County. The ranch has over 6,000 of frontage on the south side of Hwy. 30 just east of the town of Carlos.

TOPOGRAPHY, RANGELAND & HABITAT

The ranch has a wonderful variety of ecosystems, including a large lake, old-growth forest, and more open grasslands.

The lake has approximately 67 acres of surface water, including a lot of shallow areas that create ideal wetland areas that attract a huge variety of waterfowl and other wetland fowl. The lake has abundant aquatic vegetation, creating an attractive habitat for waterfowl.

Approximately 446 acres of the property are covered with various old-growth forests. Approximately 160 acres of the wooded area is found in the floodplain along the banks of Gibbons Creek. This area is dominated by towering water oaks, hackberries, elm, loblolly pines, and black hickory trees with an undergrowth primarily of yaupon, American beautyberry, and trumpet vine. The remaining 286 acres of mature woodlands are found along the higher country to the east side of the property. They are a unique mixture of an evergreen-deciduous woodland area. This area holds an assortment of post oak, water oak, blackjack oak, hickory, persimmon, tupelo, red oak, willow oak, elm, and loblolly pine. The undergrowth here is much sparser than the west side and is easy to walk through.

The remaining acreage is primarily open grasslands.

WILDLIFE

The tremendous variety of trees and undergrowth over the ranch creates an excellent habitat for white-tailed deer. No hunting on the ranch has occurred in the last two years, and the deer are plentiful.

Waterfowl hunting on the property is tremendous, and the huge shallow lake creates an outstanding habitat for ducks that migrate through the area during the winter. With Gibbons Creek Lake so close and numerous other large private lakes, this area is one of the best duck hunting places in the Brazos Valley.

Doves, hogs, alligators, and predators are very common on the property. The ranch's diverse ecosystems are home (year-round or during annual migration) to all types of other animals and birds. Bald eagles and osprey are very common on the property.

WATER

The primary feature of Hidden Creek Ranch is the roughly 65-acre reservoir. This lake was originally built to be much larger, so the dam is over-engineered to hold the water. It currently holds just below the 200 acre-feet threshold, so no special permit was required to finish the lake. The lake was created out of damming up Peach Creek, which runs most of the year and only quits running during times of extreme drought. The lake is stocked with largemouth bass, bluegill, and redear sunfish and is an excellent fishery.

Approximately 2,400 of Gibbons Creek runs through the west side of the property (both sides of the creek are on the ranch), and this waterway runs year-round.

Both sides of Peach Creek run through the middle of the property into the reservoir. Several other small creeks on the property also run into Peach Creek before entering the reservoir and usually have running water through seeps that keep the water draining into the lake.

ELECTRICITY

Electricity is found along the highway frontage on HWY 30. 

MINERALS

There is one well location on the property near the highway that is producing. The sellers are believed to own 50% of the mineral estate.

AREA HISTORY

Turner-Peters Log Cabin was originally found on this property and has since been transferred to Boonville Heritage Park as a historic site where the dog-house cabin can be visited by tourists. It was built on a hill on the property overlooking Peach Creek near a spring along the creek.

Turner-Peters Log Cabin was originally found on this property and has since been transferred to Boonville Heritage Park as a historic site where the dog-house cabin can be visited by tourists. It was built on a hill on the property overlooking Peach Creek near a spring along the creek.

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