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<blockquote data-quote="MacFromOK" data-source="post: 3345820" data-attributes="member: 40864"><p>If you find a place, visit the OSU Agricultural Extension Office in that county <strong>before you buy.</strong> Oklahoma has extension offices in all 77 counties.</p><p></p><p>They will have aerial photos, soil maps, and floodplain info for any property you're interested in. Services are free, though if you want copies of aerial photos there may be a fee.</p><p></p><p><strong>Pay attention to the soil maps.</strong> You don't want 6 inches of soil (or less!) on top of solid rock. Been there... we bought our home place when I was 18, and they had to blast out a hole for our septic tank with dynamite. <img src="/images/smilies/biggrin.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p></p><p>I wouldn't recommend blackland (clay) soil either, unless you're a serious farmer/rancher. It will grow most anything, but your feet can weigh 5lbs each when it's muddy , and that gets old after a while. We had 228 acres of it in the '90s, and lived there a couple years. As one old farmer told me, "It can be too wet to plow at sunrise, and too dry to plow by noon." Septic systems are also a nightmare, because it holds water like a bathtub. You'll want to have a "perc test" done in any case, no matter the soil type.</p><p></p><p>This site will help you locate the Ag office in any county.</p><p><a href="https://extension.okstate.edu/county/" target="_blank">https://extension.okstate.edu/county/</a></p><p></p><p>Happy land hunting!. <img src="/images/smilies/new/drunk.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":drunk2:" title="Drunk 2 :drunk2:" data-shortname=":drunk2:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacFromOK, post: 3345820, member: 40864"] If you find a place, visit the OSU Agricultural Extension Office in that county [b]before you buy.[/b] Oklahoma has extension offices in all 77 counties. They will have aerial photos, soil maps, and floodplain info for any property you're interested in. Services are free, though if you want copies of aerial photos there may be a fee. [b]Pay attention to the soil maps.[/b] You don't want 6 inches of soil (or less!) on top of solid rock. Been there... we bought our home place when I was 18, and they had to blast out a hole for our septic tank with dynamite. :D I wouldn't recommend blackland (clay) soil either, unless you're a serious farmer/rancher. It will grow most anything, but your feet can weigh 5lbs each when it's muddy , and that gets old after a while. We had 228 acres of it in the '90s, and lived there a couple years. As one old farmer told me, "It can be too wet to plow at sunrise, and too dry to plow by noon." Septic systems are also a nightmare, because it holds water like a bathtub. You'll want to have a "perc test" done in any case, no matter the soil type. This site will help you locate the Ag office in any county. [URL]https://extension.okstate.edu/county/[/URL] Happy land hunting!. :drunk2: [/QUOTE]
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