Brush Creek Ranch - Wyoming, Platte County & Albany County, Wheatland

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Headquarters Unit:

The Headquarters Unit is situated just below Squaw Peak and the South Cooney Hills in the foothills of the Laramie Mountain Range. Terrain and vegetation on the Headquarters varies from open pastures and irrigated meadows to the tree lined creek bottom along the nearly 1.5 miles of Brush Creek. There are incredible views of the plains to the east and Laramie Peak and the surrounding mountains to the north and west.

The ranch has valuable water rights to irrigate approximately 300 acres. There are 130 pivot irrigated acres and 170 are flood and sub-irrigated. There is also a supplemental water right for 188 acres when there is an abundance of water in the Wheatland Irrigation District. There are also a number of wells on the property. The balance of the ranch offers healthy native grasses and additional pasture.


Laramie Plains Unit:

The Laramie Plains Unit is located southwest of the Headquarters Unit, and primarily consists of rolling dry land pasture. It provides excellent summer grazing.

The Laramie Plains Unit is owner rated at 150 to 165 cow calf pairs from mid May to November. The adjoining 580 acre BLM lease is the Flat Top Allotment #09186 rated for 132 AUMs.

Headquarters Unit:

The Headquarters is improved with a modest 1,600 sq ft log sided home with 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. There is also a shop, barn, open faced machine shed, corrals and a feedlot. Livestock water on the Headquarters Unit is provided by a number of wells and Brush Creek, a seasonal stream.

Laramie Plains Unit:

The property is perimeter fenced, but there are no structural improvements on the ranch Livestock water is provided by two windmills, one spring and Moore Reservoir.


The Headquarters Unit is located south of Highway 34 approximately 15 miles southwest of Wheatland. The Laramie Plains Unit is also located north of Highway 34 approximately 35 miles north of Laramie and 45 miles southwest of Wheatland.


The area is rich in pioneer history as the Oregon, Mormon and Immigrant Trails all passed in this area around the North Platte River. You can find hand carved inscriptions of early immigrants in the sandstone cliffs at Register Cliff near Guernsey and deep ruts carved by thousands of wagon wheels that passed through.


Brush Creek Ranch is conveniently located in southeast Wyoming and provides easy access to nearby towns and regional airports. The ranch is 15 miles from Phifer Airfield, which offers private air service including a 5,900 foot paved runway with jet fuel. It’s only 180 miles from Denver, Colorado, 70 miles from Cheyenne, Wyoming, and 100 miles from Casper, Wyoming.

Wheatland, Wyoming, with a population of approximately 3,500, is the county seat for Platte County. The town offers a number of grocery stores, restaurants, hotels, banks, hospital, veterinary services, farm equipment dealers and feed stores. It is conveniently located just 15 miles from the ranch along Interstate 25.



The Wheatland area receives approximately 13 inches of rainfall per year and averages 41 inches of snowfall. There are generally 230 sunny days per year and high temperatures range from 89 degrees in July to 41 degrees in January.