Griffin RanchBellevue, Idaho
For Owners & Visitors

General Information

Map of the property, access rules, irrigation, water rights, and useful local resources.

Subdivision Map

The lay of the land.

Griffin Ranch is comprised of two adjoining subdivisions on a single historic ranch property, south of Bellevue, Idaho. The red line indicates the boundary between the P.U.D. and the Bench.

Map of the Griffin Ranch subdivisions showing the P.U.D., the Bench on Sterling Drive, and the BLM access trail at the north end

Subdivision boundary · Click image to enlarge.

Griffin Ranch P.U.D. — lots and common areas except Sterling Drive
The Bench — 16 lots along Sterling Drive
BLM Access Trail — north end of Sterling Drive
Joint Boundary — line dividing the two subdivisions
Access

BLM & Hunting Access

Griffin Ranch is a privately owned subdivision, including the roads. Property owners are responsible for all road maintenance and associated costs. Because of this, we only allow non-motorized access through the subdivision.

Visitors are welcome to park outside the gate in the designated parking area and proceed on foot, bike, or horse to the BLM access point at the north end of Sterling Drive. Anyone proceeding through the gate with a motorized vehicle is trespassing.

Quick reference

Parking: designated area outside the gate
Allowed: foot, bicycle, horse
Not allowed: any motorized vehicle past the gate
BLM trailhead: north end of Sterling Drive

Operations

Irrigation

Irrigation water is shared between the two subdivisions and operated under the Joint Operating & Irrigation Agreement. Each lot's allotment and turn-out schedule is set annually and posted on the news page each spring.

If your pivot, head gate, or turn-out is not delivering as expected, contact the Joint Operations lead before adjusting anything upstream of your lot.

Joint Ops: Cory Wolfley · (208) 720-4348

Pivot irrigation over the barley field at sunrise
Pivot irrigation over the common barley field.
Records

Water Rights

Water rights for Griffin Ranch are administered jointly between the two HOAs under the Joint Operating & Irrigation Agreement. A detailed summary of priority dates, points of diversion, and decreed amounts is being compiled for this page.

In the meantime, owners with specific water rights questions should contact Joint Operations directly, or look up the property's records on the Idaho Department of Water Resources website.

Need water rights records now?

· Idaho DWR Water Right Search: research.idwr.idaho.gov
· Blaine County recorded documents: Blaine County Recorder's Office
· Joint Ops: Cory Wolfley · (208) 720-4348

Useful Links

Local resources.

Government offices and reference resources that come up regularly for owners and prospective buyers.