County assessor to tax land with farming wells at higher values

A well head is capped on farm land east of Kingman where nut farmers from California are cultivating orchards. Mohave County Assessor’s Office has determined that some wells have been undervalued for tax purposes. / Photo by Hubble Ray Smith / Daily Miner

 

By Hubble Ray Smith | Daily Miner

Farmers who’ve moved into Mohave County over the last few years to take advantage of 100-year-old water laws have been getting away cheap on their property taxes, but that’s about to change.

County Assessor Jeanne Kentch said it’s a “valuation challenge” because some of the wells they’ve drilled cost upward of $1 million, while they were being valued at one-fourth of that amount.

Kentch is going to be adjusting property values to reflect a higher value for wells that have been drilled on agricultural land and are capable of pumping 2,000 gallons of water a minute.

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