30 Alum Creek

30 Alum Creek Road is a 49.48-acre recreational and rural residential retreat in northern Crook County, Wyoming, on the northern fringe of the Wyoming Black Hills. A 2010 home offers 1,920 square feet of finished living space plus a 1,280-square-foot unfinished walkout basement and covered deck with long hill views. The Alum Creek drainage traces the southern boundary. A permitted 15-gallon-per-minute well and fiber internet serve the property.

Land

The 49.48-acre parcel occupies a transitional terrain position on the northern edge of the Wyoming Black Hills, combining open pasture and native grassland with wooded draws, rocky benches, and dry drainage terrain. Elevation ranges from the Alum Creek seasonal drainage along the southern boundary to over 4,050 feet at the upper benchlands – a variation in topography that creates natural thermal cover, edge habitat, and productive wildlife movement corridors.
Approximately 40 acres consist of open and partially wooded pasture ground carrying native grasses suitable for livestock grazing and haying operations. The balance is comprised of wooded draws and rocky outcroppings dominated by ponderosa pine and native brush, providing cover that holds mule deer, whitetail deer, and wild turkey on the property year-round.
The land is classified as a wooded and view lot with no floodplain designation. Terrain is accessible by county road and internal tracks. The property is not subdivided and carries no HOA. Covenants of record are the Boyle Land Use Covenants established November 2007 – livestock-friendly, expressly permitting horses, cattle, corrals, barns, and residential structures, while prohibiting mobile homes and nuisance uses. These covenants are an asset to the property and should be communicated clearly to buyers as protective of value.

Improvements

Home – Built 2010, Frame Construction, 3,200 SF Total (1,920 SF Finished)
The residence is a 1.5-story frame home with manufactured siding and a metal roof, constructed in 2010 on a poured concrete foundation. The home’s 1,920 square feet of finished living space is distributed across a main level and upper level, with an additional 1,280-square-foot full walkout basement left unfinished.
The main level encompasses 1,280 square feet of finished space and includes the primary bedroom (15 x 13), an open kitchen (16 x 14) with breakfast bar, dining room (16 x 12), living room (16 x 14) with gas log fireplace, a mudroom (15 x 9), and a main floor laundry. Flooring is tile and carpet throughout, with vaulted ceilings and ceiling fans. Large view windows are positioned throughout to capture the Wyoming hills landscape.
The upper level adds 640 square feet of finished space including a second bedroom (19 x 10) and a 30 x 14 loft area suitable for use as a den, bunkroom staging, additional sleeping space, or home office.
The full walkout basement (1,280 SF, unfinished) presents direct exterior access and concrete foundation walls ready for buyer development into additional bedrooms, a bathroom, a wet bar, or a secondary living area. This represents significant expansion value at minimal additional cost relative to the purchase price.
Heating is radiant in-floor (TruFlow manifold system, propane-fueled) on the main level, providing consistent and efficient thermal comfort through Wyoming winters. The gas log fireplace in the living room provides supplemental and ambient heat. No central air conditioning is present – not atypical for this elevation and climate. Water heater is electric. Electrical service is 200 Amps and 220 Volts.
The covered deck frames elevated views across the property and surrounding hills, suitable for both everyday use and entertaining.
Outbuildings / Site Infrastructure
RV parking is available on the property. The property is confirmed horses-allowed under the governing covenants. The site has adequate ground for future corral, barn, or outbuilding construction consistent with the Boyle Land Use Covenants.

Recreation

30 Alum Creek Road is a property designed, by terrain and setting, around recreational use. The combination of open pasture, timbered draws, rocky benches, dry drainage terrain, and elevation variation creates a self-contained hunting and wildlife habitat that holds game year-round without requiring off-property access.
Mule deer, whitetail deer, and wild turkey are documented on the property. Wooded draws, rocky benches, and ponderosa pine ridgelines provide thermal and escape cover – the structure that separates a property with visible wildlife from a property that holds mature animals.
The home functions equally well as a full-time residence and as a hunting camp. The open kitchen-dining-living layout, wraparound deck, gas fireplace, and large loft accommodate a full hunting party with comfort. The unfinished walkout basement offers future bunkroom development potential that is already framed by the existing foundation and walkout access.
Cook Lake, a recreational lake within the Black Hills National Forest, is 22 miles from the property. The broader Black Hills National Forest provides additional riding, hiking, and recreational access within a short drive. Devils Tower National Monument is accessible from the Crook County corridor.
Celerity internet service is connected and operational – a meaningful differentiator for the buyer who works remotely from camp or requires connectivity for security and communication.

Agriculture

The property supports limited but legitimate agricultural operations consistent with its 49.48-acre footprint. Approximately 40 acres of open pasture and native grassland are suitable for livestock grazing. The terrain and water infrastructure support a small cow-calf or horse operation without the capital burden of a full ranch.
The 15-gallon-per-minute well is permitted for both domestic and stock watering under Wyoming State Engineer Permit U.W. 188393, issued with a priority date of August 18, 2008. This dual-use authorization eliminates the water supply constraint that limits many similarly sized properties from supporting livestock.
The Land Use Covenants expressly permit cattle, horses, corrals, and barns – buyers seeking to establish livestock infrastructure will find no covenant barrier to building out operations. The site, well permit, and acreage support a small cow-calf or horse operation.
Hay production potential exists on the open meadow ground, though current use and yield figures should be confirmed with the seller. Agricultural value on 49 acres is secondary to recreational and residential value in this corridor, but the infrastructure and water position this as a genuinely functional rural property, not merely a recreational retreat on grass acreage.

Water/Mineral Rights & Natural Resources

Domestic Water Well
The property is served by a drilled domestic well completed November 9, 2009. Well specifications: Permit U.W. 188393, total depth 220 feet, static water level 68 feet below surface, casing diameter 5 inches, factory screen set from 180 to 220 feet. The principal water-bearing formation is encountered between 180 and 220 feet and consists of white sand and blue shale.
Pump test yield: 15 gallons per minute with 55 feet of drawdown after 1 hour of pumping. Pump is a 3/4-horsepower submersible unit set at 158 feet, powered by electricity. This yield is well above the threshold required by rural residential lenders and comfortably supports both household use and stock watering.
Well use authorization under Permit U.W. 188393 includes both domestic and stock watering uses. Water priority date: August 18, 2008.
Surface Water
The Alum Creek drainage is a seasonal dry drainage that traces the southern boundary of the property. It does not carry consistent surface water. No surface water rights are conveyed with this property.
Wastewater System
The property is served by a permitted gravity septic system with chamber trench leach field, installed in 2009. System components: 1,000-gallon Boom Concrete single-compartment tank; leach field is a two-trench chambered system. Soil type at leach field: sandy loam. Percolation rate: 15 minutes per inch (slowest of three test holes). Seasonally high groundwater at leach field site: 28+ feet below surface. System was designed for a three-bedroom residential load at 450 gallons per day.
Mineral Rights
Any mineral rights owned by the seller will convey to the buyer at closing. The specific extent of mineral ownership has not been independently verified. Buyers requiring a mineral title opinion should engage a Wyoming-licensed title attorney or request a mineral search through the title company.
Timber
Ponderosa pine and native brush timber cover is present on the timbered portions of the property. No commercial timber appraisal has been conducted.
 

General Operations

The property operates as an owner-occupied rural residential and recreational holding with integrated livestock infrastructure. Day-to-day operations are straightforward and consistent with the 49.48-acre footprint.
Access to the property is by county road, unpaved, maintained year-round. Private roads and tracks on the property are owner responsibility. Directions from Belle Fourche, SD: 14 miles east on Highway 34, right on Oak Creek Road, left on Pine Creek Road to Alum Road, right into property, follow signs.
Utilities include propane (leased tank) for heat and cooking, electric service (220V), a private well for water, and a permitted gravity septic system with leach field (Wyoming DEQ (Department of Environmental Quality) Permit No. 09-316, Crook County Statement of Compliance issued July 2009). Celerity internet is connected. No municipal water, sewer, or natural gas service is available at this location.
Fencing on the property includes metal and wood fence. Covenants governing the property are the Boyle Land Use Covenants (November 2007), which permit livestock, corrals, barns, and residential structures while prohibiting mobile homes and nuisance uses. No homeowner’s association (HOA) is in place.
Wyoming’s tax structure is a consistent draw for out-of-state buyers in this market: no state income tax, low property taxes, and no inheritance tax. For buyers relocating or establishing a second home or ranch base, Wyoming’s fiscal environment is a material consideration. Real estate taxes on this property were $2,287 for tax year 2023. Real estate taxes: $2,287 (2023 tax year, Crook County, Wyoming).

Region & Climate

30 Alum Creek Road occupies the northern fringe of the Wyoming Black Hills, one of the most productive recreational land corridors in the Northern Plains. The region is characterized by rugged terrain, ponderosa pine timbered ridgelines, open native grasslands, seasonal creeks, and strong wildlife density – the landscape that defines northeastern Wyoming’s premium recreational land market.
The Black Hills region experiences a semi-arid continental climate with four distinct seasons. Winters are cold with significant snowfall, moderated somewhat by the elevation and terrain that defines the Hills relative to the surrounding High Plains. Springs are wet and productive. Summers are warm and dry at elevation. Fall brings cooler temperatures and the high season for hunting activity, which drives the primary buyer profile for this property type.
Elevation at the property ranges from the southern drainage boundary to over 4,050 feet at the upper benchlands. The growing season is approximately 100 to 120 days. Average annual precipitation in the northern Black Hills corridor is 14 to 18 inches, with the bulk falling as spring and early summer rain and winter snowpack.

History

The property was platted and improved under current ownership, with the residence constructed in 2010. The 49.48-acre parcel was assembled from portions of Sections 26 and 27, Township 55N, Range 62W, in northern Crook County – the Aladdin corridor, a historically agricultural and ranching area on the northern approach to the Wyoming Black Hills.
The governing land use covenants were established in November 2007, preceding the current improvements. The covenants were designed to protect property values along the Alum Creek Road corridor by prohibiting nuisance uses and mobile homes while expressly permitting the agricultural and livestock uses that define the character of the area.
The domestic well was permitted in 2008 with a priority date of August 18, 2008, and drilled to completion November 9, 2009 – one year prior to home construction, establishing the water supply foundation before the residential structure was built.
The Aladdin and Beulah corridor of Crook County has historically served as a transition zone between the agricultural High Plains to the north and the recreational Black Hills to the south, with land use patterns reflecting both cattle ranching heritage and, increasingly, the recreational and lifestyle demand that has reshaped the northern Wyoming land market over the past two decades.

Location

30 Alum Creek Road is located in the Aladdin area of northern Crook County, Wyoming, addressed to Aladdin, WY 82710. The property is situated within the northern approach to the Wyoming Black Hills, accessible by county road off Pine Creek Road.
Distances to key destinations:
– Hulett, WY: 29 miles southwest
– Sundance, WY (Crook County seat): 30 miles south-southwest
– Belle Fourche, SD: 28 miles east
– Spearfish, SD: 40 miles southeast
– Cook Lake (Black Hills National Forest): 22 miles
– Devils Tower National Monument: approximately 45 miles southwest
– Rapid City Regional Airport (RAP): approximately 100 miles east
– Gillette-Campbell County Airport (GCC): approximately 95 miles west
– Black Hills National Forest boundary: within close proximity to the south
The property is within comfortable driving distance of full-service communities in both Wyoming (Sundance, Hulett) and South Dakota (Belle Fourche, Spearfish), providing access to groceries, medical services, fuel, and retail. The Aladdin community is a small rural settlement without commercial services.