20.2-acre parcel in Ravendale, Lassen County, zoned U-C-2 (Upland Conservation/Resource Management), offering flat, level terrain ideal for agricultural use, a single-family homesite, or off-grid rural living. Power lines run along the street, providing a significant head start for buyers planning to build or establish operations. The lot sits within a mile of BLM land, with open sightlines toward Spanish Springs Peak and Observation Peak — wide-open high desert landscape with no trees and no obstructions. Unpaved road access via Marr Rd. At 879,912 sq ft, this is a workable parcel for grazing, dry farming, hunting, camping, or a rural homestead. U-C-2 zoning allows one single-family dwelling by right, along with general agriculture, animal husbandry, crop farming, and recreational uses. Additional uses available by use permit. Located in Lassen County near the Nevada border, this is a low-cost entry point into California rural land ownership. Priced at $19,900.
Dodge Ranch is one of the largest remaining ranches in California, with 111 assessor's parcels totaling 23,600 deeded acres and 224,971 acres of federal grazing allotments, spanning approximately twenty square miles on the Madeline Plains, east of the unincorporated community of Ravendale, California. Currently, the ranch produces organic alfalfa on approximately 3,700 irrigated acres. Fourteen quality Nelson bubbler pivots deliver most of the water to the crop, and all but five of the pivots were installed new within the last five years. The holding consists of four ranches: Horn Ranch, Marr Ranch, Evans Ranch, and Dodge Ranch (the property's headquarters). A summary of the property's structures includes five houses, a duplex, two bunkhouses, a guest house, four corrals/stables, five storage shed/barn buildings, a mechanic's shop, a seed shop, and several additional structures dedicated to ranch operations. The ranch is supplied with water through a system that includes over 20 wells, a series of canals, pipelines, lift pumps, culverts, and ponds, and the rights to abundant surface water from Dodge Reservoir and Buckhorn Reservoir.
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Ravendale is located in California. Ravendale, California has a population of 40. Ravendale is less family-centric than the surrounding county with 15.79% of the households containing married families with children. The county average for households married with children is 21.06%.
The median household income in Ravendale, California is $33,906. The median household income for the surrounding county is $59,292 compared to the national median of $69,021. The median age of people living in Ravendale is 60.5 years.
The average high temperature in July is 85.1 degrees, with an average low temperature in January of 14.9 degrees. The average rainfall is approximately 9.8 inches per year, with 15.2 inches of snow per year.
