Valley Branch Ranch - Gonzales County, Gonzales, TX
Valley Branch Ranch - Gonzales County, Gonzales, TX
The Valley Branch ranch spans ±453 acres in eastern Gonzales County, just outside Moulton, Texas. Featuring a mix of grand hardwoods, divided pastures for rotational grazing, and gently rolling hills. Valley Creek, a seasonal creek that meanders through the ranch, provides shaded spots under mature trees that line it’s banks, The property is ideal for cattle ranching, equipped with low fencing, cross-fencing for rotational grazing, and several water sources, including three scenic ponds ranging from 1-4.5 acres and four additional stock tanks in other pastueres for cattle during rotational grazing. A rocky elevation in the northwestern corner presents expansive views to the southeast and enhances the landscape’s intrigue. The ranch offers good road frontage along both CR 396 and CR 397.
Location
The property is located in an ideal Central Texas position, in a short hour drive from the property, you can be strolling the riverwalk in San Antonio, floating down the Guadalupe River, listening to a live concert at Gruene Hall, among many other quintessential Central Texas experiences.
Distances to Texas’s metroplexes from the front gate listed below:
San Antonio: 87 miles, 1 hour 20 minutes
Austin: 80 miles, 1 hour 25 minutes
Houston: 123 miles, 1 hours 50 minutes
Dallas: 271 miles, 4 hours
The property is also conveniently located 25 minutes from Gonzales or Flatonia, Texas, towns that offer the necessities for a buyer, including groceries, gas, and ranch equipment.
Topography, Rangeland & Habitat
The ranch features gently rolling terrain with long views to the southeast. Traversing from the Northwest to the Southwest, there are several natural draws cut through the land—great for hiking and well-traveled by wildlife. Across the pastures, post oaks are scattered like polka dots, adding character to the open landscape. The property is cross-fenced into 16 grazing pastures, with several dedicated hay fields, and a wooded section—set up for efficient rotational grazing.
Wildlife
The Valley Branch Ranch offers an array of hunting opportunities, with a variety of game including white-tailed deer, turkey, hogs, and plenty of dove. The southeastern draw holds potential for further wildlife development, creating even more prime hunting areas.
Improvements
The property has an old two-story farmhouse that has recently been taken down to the studs in the interior. It is a good shell to refurbish into the next owner’s dream. It sits on a small hill under the shade of a tall pine tree overlooking a 1-acre pond and rolling pastures. The property has a Formans cabin near several older pole barn equipment sheds.
Water
The ranch is supplied with water from the Gonzales County Water Supply Corporation. There are three meters: one for the main house, one for the foreman’s house and barn, and a third at the cattle pens. There are several water wells no longer in use, the most notable being a 490-foot well in the Yegua aquifer. In addition, four stock tanks and 3 large ponds are strategically placed across the ranch, providing reliable water sources for both livestock and wildlife in each pasture.
Electricity
Power is available at the headquarters. And several other spots throughout the ranch.
Minerals
There is production on the ranch with two pad sites. Surface estate only.
