Scottsville
Mehoopany, PA 18629
1406.51 Ac. on Rail w/ Riverfr. · Land For Sale · 1,406.51 AC

1,406 ACRES UNDEVELOPED INDUSTRIAL, COMMERCIAL, OR MIXED USE (the Property). ASSEMBLED UNDER THE THREAT OF EMINENT DOMAIN IN THE 1970's FOR A NUCLEAR POWER PLANT. NEAR MULTIPLE MAJOR NATURAL GAS PIPELINES. NO LOCAL ZONING = MULTIPLE POTENTIAL USES. CONTAINS 3.6 MILES OF SUSQUEHANNA RIVER FRONTAGE, 1.32 MILES OF RAILROAD FRONTAGE, 4.6 MILES OF ROAD FRONTAGE. LOCATED IN WINDHAM, MEHOOPANY AND MESHOPPEN TOWNSHIPS IN NORTHWEST WYOMING COUNTY, NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA No local zoning. Surface land ideal for Energy Intensive Manufacturers, Natural Gas-Fired Power Plant, Gas-to-Liquids Processing Plant, a major theme park, or mixed use development. Two miles from the Proctor & Gamble Mehoopany Paper Products Plant. LOCATED NEAR MAJOR NATURAL GAS PIPELINES: Two Miles from The Auburn Gathering System, approximately 6-7 miles from the Tennessee Pipeline, approximately 30 miles from the Transco pipeline, and approximately 10-12 miles from the Williams Springville Gathering line. TWO PJM INTERCONNECTION PATHS Available for Distribution from a natural gas fired power plant or from solar or wind turbine farms. Site was originally assembled by a major utility for a nuclear power plant. COMES WITH ALL SOLAR RIGHTS for an industrial scale solar farm with nearby connection to the PJM grid. Property is presently not leased for solar. COMES WITH ALL WIND FARM RIGHTS. Proeprty is near an operating wind farm and comes with all wind power rights and has not been leased for wind power. SUSQUEHANNA RIVER ("RIVER") FRONTAGE. The Property, per a 2004 survey, has a riparian meander distance of 7,185 feet of frontage along the northeasterly side of the Susquehanna River and a riparian meander distance of 9,672 feet of frontage along the southwesterly side of the Susquehanna River. Riparian meander distance may or may not include Susquehanna riverfront around the island. ABUNDANT GROUNDWATER Plus Possible Direct Water Withdrawal from miles of Susquehanna Riverfront. HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANT. Potential exists for a small-scale hydroelectric power generation from the Susquehanna River. Has ANNUAL REVENUES from TIMBER and HUNTING LEASES with a FARM LEASE available. The Property is in a sweet spot of the Northeastern Pennsylvania Marcellus Natural Gas Field according to Chesapeake's "Core of the Core" Map and located in the Range Resources "Super-Rich" core. Many of the top wells in Wyoming County are within a few miles of the Property. NOTE: PROPERTY DOES NOT COME WITH NATURAL GAS, OIL, AND ASSOCIATED HYDROCARBON RIGHTS WHICH WILL BE SOLD SEPARATELY. NOTE: Property posted against trespassing. Any visits to the property must be by appointment and accompanied by a representative of the Seller. Trespassers will be prosecuted. PROPERTY ASSEMBLED UNDER THE THREAT OF EMINENT DOMAIN FOR A NUCLEAR POWER PLANT IN THE 1970S and would be nearly impossible to replicate. The Property encompasses most of the former farming village of Scottsville, Pennsylvania. After the utility company assembled and acquired the site, the homes in Scottsville were demolished leaving only foundations hidden today by forest. Scottsville was originally known as Hemlock Bottom and was first inhabited in 1787 by settlers from Connecticut. Farming was the major occupation. The land remained vacant and unimproved from the 70s and was purchased in 2004 by one of the conservancies we manage. SURVEY: The Property has been surveyed as per ALTA/ACSM standards in 2004. ZONING: There is no local zoning in the three townships where the Property is located: Windham, Meshoppen, and Mehoopany Townships, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania. The subdivision and land development in those townships is regulated by Wyoming County, Pennsylvania through its Planning Commission. SAND, GRAVEL, SHALE AND PENNSYLVANIA BLUESTONE RIGHTS: Contains multiple deposits of sand, gravel, shale, and bluestone, however, no mineral assay was performed. The Property contains an old, non-operating, small bluestone (flagstone) quarry North of the River and is contiguous to an existing operating bluestone quarry South of the River. Most of the major sand and gravel mines in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania are located adjacent to the Susquehanna River. TIMBER: The Property is selectively timbered and managed for timber and produces annual timber revenue. ANNUAL LEASES ON PROPERTY: Property is presently leased for hunting on an annual basis and a farmland lease is available. FARMLAND: Approximately 100 acres of farmland can be leased. Some of the farmland is Wyoming County River "flats" which are considered by many farmers to be the best farmland in Wyoming County. Several additional areas of the Property have been previously farmed and can be put back into working farmland. All leases terminate annually. ISLAND: The Property comes with its own island in the Susquehanna River. RAILROAD: The Property on the North side of the River is contiguous to the Blue Mountain Reading and Northern Railroad. NOTE: Seller may retain several small parcels totaling 100 +/- acres and provide a pro-rata acreage deduct in the purchase price. HUNTING: The heavily wooded forest, with excellent habitats and varieties of habitats (mature forest, new growth, mixed forest, field, river, ponds, farmlands, etc.) provide for an excellent hunting experience. The land is fully leased each year by hunting clubs. The site has deer, bear, turkey, grouse, geese, ducks, plus squirrels, coyote, doves, and rabbit. FISHING: The river is well known in the northeast for its Small Mouth Bass, Walleye, and Muskie fisheries. The Property is in a sweet spot of the Northeastern Pennsylvania Marcellus Natural Gas Field according to Chesapeake's "Core of the Core" Map and located in the Range Resources "Super-Rich" core. Many of the top wells in Wyoming County are within a few miles of the Property. NOTE: PROPERTY DOES NOT COME WITH NATURAL GAS, OIL, AND ASSOCIATED HYDROCARBON RIGHTS WHICH WILL BE SOLD SEPARATELY. NOTE: Property posted against trespassing. Any visits to the property must be by appointment and accompanied by a representative of the Seller. Trespassers will be prosecuted. Taxes: $4,503.16 (2021); property is enrolled in Wyoming County Clean & Green, a preferential tax assessment program that bases property taxes on use values rather than fair market values. This ordinarily results in a tax savings for landowners. A change in use of the property may trigger Rollback Clean & Green Taxes due by the Buyer upon the change of use. Any sale is subject to a mutually agreeable purchase and sale agreement drafted by Seller which shall not be legally binding unless and until fully executed and accepted in writing by both buyer and seller. Seller is under no obligation to continue any negotiations with a prospective buyer, and seller reserves the right to discontinue all negotiations at any time up to the point an agreement is fully executed and exchanged. Buyer may do likewise.