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A Personal Sanctuary

About 3,000 feet water frontage

Across from Crows Nest Nature Preserve

Unique, Rare property on Accokeek Creek, tidal tributary to the Potomac River

  • Approximately 131.5 acres

  • Shown by appointment only with the listing agent

  • Two houses on farm with barns and sheds

  • Both houses are rented; do not bother tenants;

  • Access to houses will be granted upon Purchaser demonstrating financial ability and meeting of the minds on price;

  • All improvements sold in "As-Is" condition

  • Property is sold subject to Stafford County Land Use Taxation; Seller will pay NO roll-back taxes 

  • Across from Crows Nest, a 2,872 acre wildlife preserve owned by the Commonwealth of Virginia

Possible Division of Property

Owner will give consideration to selling the farm as a 72 acre tract with all improvements for $950,000 and/or the 60 acres for $600,000.  The entire farm is for sale at $1,400,000, per the terms as noted above.

Viewing the Property

The property is shown by appointment only.  Both houses are rented.  The Owner does not want the tenants bothered. Therefore, the first showing is for the exterior of the property and walking the property.  If the parties are at a meeting of the minds on price and terms, then a showing inside the houses will be made.  Of course, a contract will be subject to house inspections, etc.

 

More than water views, this unique large tract is across from Crows Nest, a

Nature Preserve owned by the State of Virginia; 2,782 acres preserved and the view-shed for this property.

 

Value

Value of the property is in the amount of land and marsh and the large hardwood trees, all combining to make a very private and unique personal sanctuary.  This is one of the last large tracts on tidal water in that neighborhood.  Please review the tax map to see how the Marlborough Point area has been divided into parcels. Marlboro Farm offers gifts of privacy and seclusion few other tracts have this close to the Nation's Capital.

Uplands are dominated by hardwood forest and a treat to walk

What is "Land-Use Taxation"?

Land Use Program
The Land Use Program allows for agricultural, horticultural and forest land to be assessed at use value, rather than its market value. The program was implemented to encourage land preservation and the protection of agricultural and rural land while promoting proper land use planning and orderly development. Applicants must meet certain requirements based on the classification of their land to qualify. Once they qualify the land is assessed at its use value with the understanding that once the property changes use they are responsible for paying the county a roll back tax based on the fair market value of the property.

Above is from Stafford County Commissioner of Revenue Office:  Ph: (540) 658-4132

Above, GIS map of farm using tax map, Ortho, streets, and RPA overlay data from Stafford County; for purposes of illustration only, not guaranteed in terms of accuracy and/or scope. Proposed division of farm is illustrated. 

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JPEG of plat of survey; double click to view or save and print.

Double click HERE for a PDF of plat

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Above, Location Map; double click to enlarge

Below, close-up

Above from the web site "Save Crows Nest"; below hot link to that web site which has history of Crows Nest.

http://savecrowsnest.org/about_crow's_nest.htm

Crow   

Above and below, from Virginia Department of Conservation, which now owns 2,872 acres of Crows Nest.

SITE DESCRIPTION:
The protection of Crow's Nest has been one of Virginia's highest land conservation priorities for more than ten years. In July 2009, the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation added 1,110 acres to the Crow's Nest Natural Area Preserve. This brought the total Preserve acreage of Virginia's 54th state natural area preserve to 2,872 acres. Funding for this purchase came from a variety of sources including DCR, Stafford County, the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality and the Aquatic Resources Trust fund of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, The Nature Conservancy, and the Virginia Land Conservation Foundation.

Crow's Nest is a highly significant and beautiful place and the topography of Crow's Nest is quite varied. The high, narrow peninsula rises 160 feet above the tidally influenced Potomac and Accokeek Creeks, and is deeply dissected on both its northern and southern sides by a series of ravines cutting steeply down to the bordering creeks. The Crow's Nest Natural Area Preserve supports:

  • 750 acres of tidal and non-tidal wetlands. The wetlands on the Crow's Nest peninsula account for 60 percent of all the marshes in Stafford County, and represent some of the best examples of diverse and intact wetland habitats in the Potomac River drainage.
     
  • 21 miles of stream, riparian and wetland buffer;
     
  • 2,200 acres of mature hardwood forest including two forest types that are recognized as globally rare by DCR's Natural Heritage Program;
     
  • nesting bald eagles, habitat for the federally listed short-nose sturgeon, and habitat for twenty-two plant species that are significant for the Coastal Plain of Virginia;
     
  • habitat for about 60 species of neotropical migratory songbirds, nearly 60 percent of which are experiencing population declines, including ten species that are high global priority species of Partners In Flight;
     
  • spawning, nursery and/or feeding habitat for 49 species of interjurisdictional fish and seven species of mussels and commercially valuable shellfish;
     
  • a property that has played an important role in the Native American, Colonial and Civil War histories in Virginia.

Below, land distribution in the neighborhood. 

Note the Subject Farm is the largest privately held property in the area.

 

Below, soils report by M & M Soils (540.373.3414 showing areas most likely to perc.

Most of the good soils are up near the road.  An engineer can advise you about pumping back to the good soils.

Double click to enlarge

Below, double click to view

 

GIS map with topography at two foot contours, RPA overlay data from Stafford County; for purposes of illustration only, not guaranteed in terms of accuracy and/or scope. Proposed division of farm is illustrated.   

Above, the entry into the farm

 

Above, brick house overlooks Accokeek Creek; built circa 1967; 3 Br, 2Ba.

Above, view of Accokeek Creek; 

 

Above, second house, rented; 3br, 1 ba; on bluff overlooking Accokeek Creek; circa 1996

Above, Disclosure:  the brick house is built on clay and has settling, this being the largest.

Below, pond on farm

Below, boat house

Below, view of interior road; all that you see is the Property.

Below, one of the fields

Above, and below, barns and sheds

Below, trail down thru the woods .....................

History

Below, source:  http://www.virginiaplaces.org/nativeamerican/poca.html    

In real history, Pocahontas was a key player in establishing a form of peace between the Powhatans and the English. Six years after Jamestown was founded, when Pocahontas was about 16 or 17 years old, she was visiting the main town of the Potomack tribe at the mouth of Potomac Creek on what today we call Marlborough Point.

Marlborough Point

The Potomacks had a town there, near the fresh water of Accokeek Creek and the oysters and fish in the brackish Potomac River. It was fortified with wooden palisades made from tree trunks placed vertically in the ground. The first two archaeological sites excavated in Stafford County, ST1 and ST2, were on Marlborough Point - evidently the center of occupation moved a few hundred feet over time. Archaeologists determined that the town was protected by a palisade after studying the pattern of postholes in the ground. Close examination of the site revealed circles of darker earth, caused by the decay of the organic wood in otherwise-light sand and clay soil. Archaeologists identified the location of the wall where the postholes were lined up in a row.

The English built a similar wall to protect Jamestown, but obviously they were not the first to fortify a site. The romantic idea of "noble savages" living in peace and harmony before the arrival of the English is far from the reality of pre-colonial Virginia, and a walled town was also excavated on Wolf Creek in Bland County when I-77 was constructed.

More Information at: 

http://history.librarypoint.org/marlborough_point_in_the_stream_of_history  

 

Below, FEMA floodplain map

 

Subject is Stafford County Tax Map #  49-C-1-1-7  and is 131.5 acres, per the tax rolls.

When speaking to County personnel, you will need to use the Tax Map number.

What can I do with the land, or can I subdivide the land? 

Stafford County Department of Planning and Community Development

The Planning and Zoning Department provides guidance to the Board of Supervisors and appointed boards and commissions in developing the vision of Stafford County. This guidance ensures future orderly development and economic growth that is reflective of the community’s desires and needs.
 

NOTE:  when speaking to Department personnel, use the TAX MAP number, above. 
Contact Info:

1300 Courthouse Rd.  Stafford, VA 22554  Map  Ph: (540) 658-8668     Hours  Monday - Friday 8:00 am - 4:30 pm


Web site for Stafford Planning Department:      http://www.co.stafford.va.us/index.aspx?nid=478 

Zoning

The Property is zoned A-2 Rural Residential.  There are no pubic water or sewer resources present in that immediate area.

Please NOTE:  information below is provided as a convenience.  You are urged to contact Stafford County for additional information and/or seek out competent legal advice as to zoning matters.  Other rules, regulations, and/or legislation apply.

Stafford County Planning Department:  540.658.8668

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Source:  http://library.municode.com/index.aspx?clientId=11500&stateId=46&stateName=Virginia

A-2 Rural Residential.

The purpose of the A-2 district is to provide a transition between rural and urban areas, where public water and sewer utilities may be provided.

 (a)  Uses permitted by right:

Accessory dwelling.

Agriculture.

Aquaculture.

Automobile avocation.

Bed and breakfast inn.

Community use.

Equestrian use and bridle path.

Golf course.

Group family day care home (in accordance with section 28-39(g)).

Home occupation.

Manufactured home.

Noncommercial kennel.

Park and playground.

Place of worship.

Public facilities/utilities but not including generating facilities, substations, switching stations and wastewater treatment facilities which are permitted as a conditional use permit and not including propane and heating fuel distribution facilities.

Public works excluding wastewater treatment facilities.

School.

Single-family dwelling.

Small family day care.

 (b)  Conditional use permit:

Club, lodge, fraternal organization.

Communication facility.

Hospital.

Marina.

Nursing home.

Public facilities/utilities for generating facilities, substations, switching stations and wastewater treatment facilities (except for the expansion or modification to a wastewater treatment facilities existing prior to October 17, 2006).

Recreational enterprise.

 (c)  Special exception:

Home business.

Parking and storage of commercial vehicles.

(d)  Requirements:

 (1) Intensity:

Open space ratio for public works, cemetery, club, lodge, fraternal organization, schools, and places of worship  .....0.50

Open space ratio, other uses .....0.80 ratio

 (2)  Minimum lot area (in acres) .....1

(3)  Minimum yards:     Feet

Front .....40

Side .....10

Back .....35

(4)  Maximum height (in feet) .....35

(5)  Minimum lot width (in feet) .....100

 (Ord. No. 094-29, 8-9-94; Ord. No. 095-10, 3-7-95; Ord. No. 095-41, 5-16-95; Ord. No. 095-49, 6-20-95; Ord. No. 096-09, 2-6-96; Ord. No. 097-18, 2-18-97; Ord. No. 097-19, 2-18-97; Ord. No. 002-17, 6-18-02; Ord. No. O03-29, 6-17-03; Ord. No. O06-83, 10-17-06; Ord. No. O07-66, 9-4-07; Ord. No. O09-13, 6-16-09)

 

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Please NOTE: Information and comments are not guaranteed in terms of accuracy and/or scope.  You are urged to independently verify and investigate any and all information and/or circumstances.

Mr. Alex Long, ALC, CCIM, AICP                  540.371.8700      Licensed in Virginia

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