Land Find · No. 1 · A buyer's find
22.41 acres in Texas County, Missouri for $80,000
Texas County, Missouri · Published November 5, 2026
Asking price and acreage from the public listing on LandWatch, read November 5, 2026. Listings change and sell; check the original listing on LandWatch for today's price.
Yes, this one holds up. It is Ozark hardwood woods with a road on the Census Bureau's map about 430 feet from the listing's pin, the soil suits both a standard septic system and a garden, and none of the hazards we measure cost it a point. The catches are a deep well and the slope: the typical well nearby goes about 300 feet, and the ground tilts to the northwest, which matters for solar panels.
What our data says
Water: PRISM's 1991-2020 normals put about 46 inches of rain a year here. The typical well in the USGS records nearby is about 300 feet deep, so drilling is the biggest line in the setup budget: our cost table puts it at about $12,000 to $27,000. The National Hydrography Dataset maps no stream or pond within a mile, though USGS aerial photos show a small pond about 450 feet northeast of the pin.
Woods and ground: The University of Maryland's Global Forest Change map shows no tree loss here from 2015 to 2024. About a third of it was cut in 2009, and USGS aerial photos show closed woods again, with a dirt track running through. The ground slopes about 11% on average and faces northwest, so solar panels will want a clearing on the south side or a pole mount aimed south. FEMA maps no high-risk flood zone at the pin, the Forest Service rates the wildfire hazard low, and NOAA's tornado record here is low.
Soil and season: USDA's soil survey maps a moderately well drained silt loam, which suits a standard septic system. The soil is close to neutral (pH 6.2) with some organic matter, a fair start for a garden. Our frost readings give about 191 days between the last spring frost and the first fall frost, mid-April to late October.
Check this first
The well: A 300-foot well is the biggest single cost here and the part public data knows least about. Before you offer, ask a local licensed well driller what wells on this ridge have needed, and look up nearby well records with the Missouri Geological Survey, part of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Neighbors' depths say more than our median.
What we could not know from public data
- Whether the soil passes a septic test where the house would go. The county health office and the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services decide that.
- Whether the small pond in the aerial photos is on this parcel. A survey will show where the lines run.
- Whether wired internet reaches the land. The FCC map shows service near the pin, not at it.
- Whether Texas County zones this land. Missouri leaves zoning to each county, and we have no zoning map for Texas County.
How it compares
This parcel's 93 is above the typical parcel in Texas County (92) and above the typical one in Missouri (90), in our survey of private rural land.
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