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Demory farm — site intelligence (Campbell County, Tennessee)

Planning anchor: Production farm / SITE_FARM at Demory, Campbell County, Tennessee (place name as planning label—not a legal property abstract).

Role entity (SITE_FARM): 120-acre production farm (SITE_FARM) — ET two-site. Place entity: Demory farm site (place). County context: Campbell County, Tennessee (two-site context). Package: East Tennessee two-site farm business plan (package).

Epistemic rule: County rent and WSS AOI statistics below are evidence, not proof that every acre matches the ~120 ac planning figure or your deed. Confirm AOI ↔ operating boundary.

Desk portals (TN Property Viewer, Campbell assessor hub, FEMA MSC, NOAA normals—no embedded parcel outcomes): Tennessee two-site — official parcel, GIS, flood, and climate portals. Hardening log: Tennessee two-site — evidence hardening audit (2026-04).

Known (from processed / authoritative sources)

County cash rent (2024 NASS)

Practice (2024 county estimate) Value Notes
Non-irrigated cropland $27.50 / acre Row in TN table: Campbell
Irrigated cropland -- (not published)
Pastureland -- (not published)

Source: USDA NASS Cash Rents County Estimates – 2024 (TN); nass-cash-rents-all-crops-tn-2024.pdf; *-extracted.md; aligned with NASS cash rents TN 2024. Figures are survey estimates, not your lease payment.

Web Soil Survey — soil map tab (processed capture)

Raw: web-soil-survey-campbell-county-aoi-soil-map-tab-capture-2026-04-18.md. Source-note: Campbell County — WSS AOI soil map tab (capture).

Item Value (this WSS session)
Reported AOI total 558.6 ac
Largest map units (by acres in AOI) FbF Fullerton and Bodine gravelly silt loams, 25–70% slopes — ~55% of AOI; FbD 12–25% slopes — ~31%; TaF Talbott–Rock outcrop complex 30–50% slopes — ~10%
Session warning Soil map may not be valid at displayed zoom; mapping scale 1:24,000

Interpretation (cautious): The AOI is strongly sloped and gravelly in aggregate—consistent with road/drainage/fence-on-contour and limited row-crop thinking unless smaller pockets of better land exist inside the AOI (WSS “small areas of contrasting soils” caveat).

Likely but still assumptions

Topic Assumption Risk
AOI = operating farm Capture reflects production land tied to Demory planning. AOI 558.6 ac ≠ ~120 ac scenario label—could include multiple tracts or buffer; re-draw WSS AOI to match management boundary.
Grazing / forage Sloped pasture/hay systems fit regional Extension patterns when water + fence are right. Endophyte, drought, and winter hay demand can outrun generic “grazing-led” optimism—use UT/NRCS sources in Authoritative execution evidence cluster.
Water Streams layer appears in capture imagery—riparian and TDEC rules may constrain crossings and waste stacking. Field + regulatory verification required.

Unknown (parcel-specific verification)

Item Action
Which acres are farm vs woodland vs building envelope Sketch + deed + walk; align to paddock IDs in Farm spatial model.
Operational septic / well / ag structures County permits; not inferred from WSS.
EQIP / NRCS practice eligibility Site visit and CP process—NRCS materials are program context only.
Precise slope class distribution on the ~120 ac If AOI is larger, clip soils to your field polygons.

Implications (two-site plan)

Domain Implication
Buildability Steep, gravelly map units favor smaller building pads, cut/fill discipline, and sediment control—align with Rural road and driveway erosion and NRCS engineering when scaling lanes and pads.
Access Internal roads and gates are high-leverage CAPEX; mud/ice and grade affect batching and trailer class (see Two-site ops model).
Soils / productivity Expect variable crop suitability; hay/pasture economics tie to slope, fertility, and lime/fertilizer reality—not county average rent alone.
Water / hydrology Stock water, crossings, and ponding are design problems on sloped ground; telemetry for tanks and remote observation pays off here first.
Utilities / site work Power drop location, three-phase availability, and solar siting are site decisions; may be weaker retail service than Anderson home base—verify.
Labor / travel Heavy on-site hours; justify trips from Claxton with batching; avoid daily-touch enterprises that ignore distance tax.
Automation / telemetry Gateway / backhaul placement and power at ridge or barn points; LoRa/Meshtastic range and vegetation tied to terrain.
Business-plan sequencing Phase 1: land intelligence (soils, water, fence plan, handling MVP) before herd scale; Phase 2 margin tied to real operating cadence—see Recommended enterprise strategy.
Off-grid-first power + field network Planning default : solar + battery ; local mesh / LPWAN before WAN dependency — see canonical hub below .

Off-grid-first power and connectivity (canonical)

When SITE_FARM is modeled as off-grid-first (solar + battery default ; WAN optional ) , use these pages (not standalone essays ) :

Page Role
Off-grid systems doctrine package — Demory First-class hub: power domains, field nodes, WAN deps, degraded modes, stop rules.
Off-grid power doctrine — Demory farm site Continuous vs duty-cycled loads ; networking as electrical load .
Mesh and field networking strategy — off-grid Demory farm Meshtastic / HaLow / Wi‑Fi roles ; what must work without WAN .
Off-grid degraded modes — power and connectivity SOC + WAN failure classes .
Off-grid infrastructure stop rules — Demory DR- gates ; simplification triggers .*
Off-grid farm execution topology — Demory (Mermaid) Reference / pilot / degraded diagrams .
Meshtastic vs Wi‑Fi HaLow vs conventional Wi‑Fi — off-grid farm operations Operational comparison .
Off-grid power, field RF, and optional WAN — source index Raw / PDF provenance .