LARDON ROAD FARM

Location: Property is located in T7S, R2W, Section 9, tax lot 1200, Marion County, Oregon, (Account # R22683), with a physical address of 5603 Lardon Road NE, Salem, OR. 97305. It is bordered on the south by Lardon Road, a paved county road. Property is located approximately ½ east of Cordon Road, the urban growth boundary of the City of Salem and about a ¼ south of Silverton Road (State Hwy #213).

Land: 172.57 tax roll acres with approximately 144 acres in cultivation, 2 acres in the home site and the balance of about 26.57 acres (located on the east end of the property) in native brush and trees. The Marion County Online Area Soil Survey indicates that the soils are approximately 7% Class II Amity Silt Loam, 68% Class II Woodburn Silt Loam, 5% Class III Concord silt loam, 10% Class IV Dayton Silt Loam, 2% Class IV Bashaw clay and 8% Terrace Escarpment. These soils are all well suited to grass seed and row crop production as well as many other specialty crops grown in the Willamette Valley. Farm has generally level topography.

Zoning: EFU (exclusive farm use) zoning

Improvements: Home, according to the Marion County Assessor’s records, the home, which was reportedly built in 1930, has 920 sq ft on the main floor, 600 sq ft upstairs, and 840 sq ft in the basement. There are 4 bedrooms and 1 bath in the home and a detached garage of 638 sq ft. The home, which appears to be in fair condition, is located off Lardon Road, a quiet county road

Irrigation: The Online Oregon Department of Water Resource records indicate that there are primary water rights for 154.9 acres and supplemental rights for 31.6 acres.
Certificate No. 31504 31.6 acres primary, July 2, 1959 priority date
Certificate No. 38708 43.7 acres primary, June 2, 1966 priority date
Certificate No. 42229 79.6 acres primary, June 20 1969 priority date
31.6 acres supplemental, June 20, 1969 priority date




In addition to the above water rights, two well logs were found. They are Well log # 6917, which was drilled in 1959 to a depth of 137 feet and tested at 600 gpm with an 84 foot draw down and 200 gpm with a 21 foot draw down, and Well log # 6908, which was drilled in 1977 to a depth of 87 feet and bail tested at 25 gpm with a 37 foot draw down.

Remarks: This property represents why the Oregon Trail came to Oregon. It is located in an area of excellent farms and farmers. It has great soils, good water rights and fairly well shaped fields. Rarely do these properties come onto the open market, as they normally are purchased within the community. Property is listed with another brokerage but presented here with permission.

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