Buying Land in Irion County, Texas

Irion County Adopted New Manufactured Home Community Rules in 2025

Case-by-case / verify locally

Irion County's Commissioners Court held a public hearing on May 13, 2025 and adopted new Subdivision and Manufactured Home Rental Community (MHRC) Regulations covering the unincorporated county -- a real, dated local law, not a generic statewide requirement. The regulations specifically govern manufactured home rental communities (multi-unit developments renting manufactured-home sites) separately from ordinary subdivision platting, and state a purpose that includes preventing "colonias or other substandard development." If you're planning to place a manufactured home in a rental-community setting, or develop such a community, in unincorporated Irion County, this is a new and directly applicable local layer on top of TDHCA's statewide installation rules -- see our standalone page for what it requires.

Groundwater District Enforces a Specific Well-Spacing and Density Rule

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Irion County Water Conservation District, formed in 1985 and covering all of Irion County plus part of neighboring Tom Green County, manages groundwater from the Edwards-Trinity (Plateau) aquifer (with the Dockum and Lipan aquifers present in minor amounts). The district enforces a well-spacing requirement of 660 feet between wells, or a density limit of four permitted wells per section, with exemptions available in some cases -- a specific numeric standard that can constrain how densely a tract can be developed with individual wells. Confirm current spacing rules and any applicable exemption directly with the district before planning multiple wells on adjoining or subdivided tracts.

Oil Country: Confirm Mineral Rights and Existing Leases

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Irion County sits over the Spraberry Trend, one of the largest oil fields in the United States, and ranks among the state's more active counties for oil and gas production by volume. Ranch land here is commonly sold with mineral rights already severed or leased from a prior owner, and mineral income is frequently marketed as part of a ranch listing. Confirm the specific status of mineral rights, any existing oil and gas lease, and surface-use agreements for a specific parcel through a title search and mineral-rights attorney before assuming a listing's mineral-income claims apply to the tract as sold.

No General Zoning, but Real Local Subdivision Authority

Generally favorable

Consistent with the statewide default, Irion County has no general zoning ordinance. But its 2025 Subdivision and MHRC Regulations are a genuine, currently-enforced local platting authority covering water, sewer, septic/OSSF, drainage, and transportation infrastructure requirements for new subdivisions and manufactured-home communities in the unincorporated county -- confirm current requirements directly with the County Clerk's office before planning a land split or new community.