Rio Communities About 40 Miles South Of Albuquerque

Socorro County New MexicoLand * Real EstateWide Open SpacesSIZE: 6.51 +/- acresAPN#: R039488STATE: New MexicoCITY: Rio Communities-BelenCOUNTY: SocorroLegal Description: Tierra Grande Unit 18 Block 23 Lot 6GENERAL LOCATION: about 3 miles west of Hwy 47. about 11 miles S-SE of Rio CommunitiesGPS (approx.): 34.477824 , -106.584938GENERAL ELEVATION: 5260'GENERAL INFORMATION: Zoned Residential. This is part of the Tierra Grande POA/HOATYPE OF TERRAIN: levelZONING: Zoned ResidentialPOWER: NOPHONE: cell phones workWATER: no. would need to install well or holding tank.SEWER: No. Only needed when/if you build.ROADS: dirt-unimproved dirtPROPERTY TAX: $80 a year CLOSING/DOC. FEES: $115TIME LIMIT TO BUILD: noneASSOCIATION DUES: Tierra Grande POA/HOA info linkTITLE INFORMATION: Free and clearOwner financing available.No Qualifying. No Credit Checks.Gps/lats/longs coordinates are provided as a tool to assist the Buyer.FINANCING INFO and PURCHASE INFOGo to 1881.com area land pageSocorro County The county seat is Socorro.  The county was formed in 1852 as one of the original nine counties of New Mexico Territory.   With multiple mountain ranges, extents of grasslands and marshes providing a wide array of available habitats, Socorro County is home to an extensive variety of ecosystems and wildlife. Socorro County contains 826 species of wildlife, including 14 amphibians, 60 reptiles, 336 birds, and 96 mammals.  Wildlife in the County includes coyote, deer, elk, pronghorn antelope, bighorn sheep, Barbary sheep, black bear, mountain lion, wild turkey, various furbearers, Mexican spotted owl, and quail.The high mountains, remote canyons, pristine forests and diverse wildlife found on the area's national forests, national wildlife refuges, national monuments, and BLM's national system of public lands provide for phenomenal recreation opportunities, including picnicking, hiking, backpacking, wildlife viewing, horseback-riding, and hunting. In fact, the four biggest elk in New Mexico were bagged in Socorro county and the Datil Mountains. The two most popular recreational activities on the Cibola National Forest are hiking/walking and viewing natural features with 35% and 15% of visitors citing these as their main activities, respectively. The Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge hosts the Festival of the Cranes every November, celebrating the arrival of sandhill cranes and other migratory birds. Rare whooping cranes are also found occasionally on the Bosque del Apache.Outlaw renegades Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch and notorious Apaches like Cochise and Geronimo have ties to Socorro County's San Mateo Mountains. Vicks Peak was named after Victorio, “a Mimbreño Apache leader whose territory included much of the south and southwest New Mexico.”[6] Famous for defying relocation orders in 1879 and leading his warriors “on a two-year reign of terror before he was killed,” Victorio is at least as highly regarded as Geronimo or Cochise among Apaches. Perhaps most famous outlaw was the Apache Kid whose supposed grave lies within the Apache Kid Wilderness. Stories of depredations by the Apache Kid, and of his demise, became so common and dramatic that in southwestern folklore they may be exceeded only by tales of lost Spanish gold. Native Americans lingered in the San Mateos well into the 1900s. A mining rush followed the Apache wars – gold, silver, and copper were found in the mountains. It wasn't until this time that extensive use of the area by non-Native Americans occurred. While some mining activity, involving gold, silver, and copper, occurred in the southern part of the range near the end of the nineteenth century, the prospecting/mining remnants are barely visible today due to collapse, topographic screening, and vegetation regrowth. While miners combed the mountains for mineral riches during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, stockmen drove tens of thousands of sheep and cattle to stockyards at the village of Magdalena, then linked by rail with Socorro. In fact, the last regularly used cattle trail in the United States stretched 125 miles westward from Magdalena. The route was formally known as the Magdalena Livestock Driveway, but more popularly known to cowboys and cattlemen as the Beefsteak Trail. The trail began use in 1865 and its peak was in 1919. The trail was used continually until trailing gave way to trucking and the trail officially closed in 1971.[ COURTESY of WIKIPEDIA ]>