Location
Property is located on the south side of Highway 46 just east of the Kern/San Luis Obispo County line, approximately 24 miles west of Lost Hills, Kern County, California.
Size
+/-402.21 Assessed Acres
Plantings
+/-261.01 Acres of Kerman Variety Pistachios and Peters on PG 1 Rootstock. Trees were planted at 19' x 17' spacing (135 trees per acre):
+/-184.28 acres were planted in 1983.
+/-24.78 acres were planted in 1985.
+/-51.95 acres were planted in 2011.
+/-136.87 Acres of Open Entitlement Ground.
Water
Property is located in Berrenda Mesa Water District and part of Kern Groundwater Authority GSA. There are five (5) one gallon emitters per tree on the 1983 and 1985 plantings. The 2011 planting has six (6) one gallon emitters per tree. There is 1,301.07 acre feet of SWP Table A Entitlement water rights associated with the property. Total SWP Table A Entitlement rights per net planted acre equals 4.99 acre feet per acre. The Property also has water banking rights in Berrenda Mesa Water Bank and Pioneer Water Bank.
Soil
+/-94.8% Grade 1 – Excellent – Panoche clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes.
+/-5.2% Nacimiento-Kilmer complex, 30 to 50 percent slopes.
Legal
Kern County APNs: 057-101-25, 057-033-13, 057-033-12, 057-033-09, 057-033-08, 057-033-07, and 057-032-10.
Groundwater Disclosure
The Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) requires groundwater basins to be sustainable by 2040. SGMA requires a Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP) by 2020. Said plans may limit ground water pumping. For more information please visit the SGMA website at www.sgma.water.ca.gov/portal/ .
Remarks
Production records are available upon request.
