2450 Castle Creek Rd
Aspen, CO
BUTERA MILES IRR TRUST · Pitkin County, CO
Needs review means a record exists that requires verification. No record means nothing is on file — which is not an all-clear.
Anchored by senior, pre-1900 water rights — valuable under Colorado's prior-appropriation law.
- Very High wildfire risk
Action plan for this parcel
- 1.
3 rebate programs match this address
RecommendedrebateAcross state, county, and local sponsors — up to $1,000 stackable. Includes Aspen Fire Protection District Chipper Day; Colorado Wildfire Mitigation Income Tax Credit; Forest Restoration and Wildfire Risk Mitigation (FRWRM) Grant.
- 2.
Verify augmentation plans + diligence on the priority date
Recommendedwater7 water rights with oldest priority 1889. In Colorado's prior-appropriation system, this puts the parcel near the front of the call line in dry years — verify augmentation plan membership and any pending change-of-use applications.
Acrescope presents data and surfaces actions — it does not provide financial, legal, tax, or insurance advice. Confirm with a qualified professional before incurring costs.
The deal
What this parcel is worth, what encumbers it, and what its paper trail says — value, distress, listings, sales, and tax.
- · Wide range — county $/sqft mixes condos, single-family and luxury; the low–high band matters more than the point.
- · County-level comp model — no adjustment for condition, view, or remodel. An estimate, not an appraisal.
No distress filings on record for this parcel. We monitor county clerk recordings (NEDs, lis pendens, liens, judgements) and join them via fuzzy name match.
No active for-sale listings on record for this parcel. We track public-record foreclosure-sale lists (county Public Trustee) and attach them here when a sale is scheduled.
- 2000-02-17$4,700,000
Source: county assessor sale records.
601 E HYMAN AVE, ASPEN, CO 81611
The land
What the ground itself is — cover, soils, buildability, water, minerals, and the public land around it.
- Farmland class
- Not prime farmland
- Land-capability (irrigated)
- 6c
- Land-capability (non-irrigated)
- 6c
- Drainage
- Well drained
- Hydrologic group
- C
- Slope
- 8%
- Avail. water capacity
- 0.16 cm/cm
- Gentle slope (~8%)
- Group-C soil — slow infiltration
Partial coverage — based on the soil/geohazard layers present for this parcel; the read sharpens as those backfill.
Senior decreed water with priority back to 1889 — a senior priority date under Colorado prior appropriation; what actually conveys, and on what terms, is established by the decrees and title diligence.
| Priority | Structure | Source | Decreed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1889-05-11 | MIDLAND FLUME DITCH(Ditch)WDID 3800869 ↗ | CASTLE CREEK | 100 C |
| 1989-07-24 | CCVR WELL NO 4(Well)WDID 3806451 ↗ | GROUNDWATER: CASTLE CREEK | 0.0557 C |
| 1989-07-24 | CCVR WELL NO 4B(Well)WDID 3806465 ↗ | GROUNDWATER: CASTLE CREEK | 0.067 C |
| 1989-07-24 | CCVR WELL NO 3(Well)WDID 3806450 ↗ | GROUNDWATER: CASTLE CREEK | 0.033 C |
| 2000-11-06 | BUTERA POND(Reservoir)WDID 3804289 ↗ | CASTLE CREEK | 2.51 A |
| 2000-11-06 | BUTERA WELL(Well)WDID 3815081 ↗ | GROUNDWATER: CASTLE CREEK | 0.033 C |
| 2000-11-06 | BUTERA FEEDER DITCH(Ditch)WDID 3801963 ↗ | CASTLE CREEK | 1 C |
- Permitted wells
- 8
- Primary use
- Domestic
- Max yield
- 15 gpm
- Deepest well
- 300 ft
- Most recent permit
- 1999-03-01
Source: the Colorado Division of Water Resources well-permit registry (CDSS). These are WATER wells (domestic / irrigation / stock), not oil & gas wells. Descriptive, not legal advice — confirm the permit, decreed use, and yield with CO DWR before relying on them.
No oil & gas wells within ½ mile of this parcel. Sourced from the Colorado Energy & Carbon Management Commission (ECMC) public registry.
- USFS· NFGunnison National ForestGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forestsparcel inside unit boundary0 mi1,667K ac
Distance is measured to the nearest edge of each unit's bounding box (a fast approximation, not precise polygon containment). “Inside unit boundary” means the parcel centroid sits within the unit's bbox; verify against the unit's precise boundary before acting.
The risk
What could burn, flood, slide, or fail to insure — and how exposed this parcel actually is.
| Incident | Acres | Contained | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willow | 7,196 | 80% | 20.8 mi |
- Wildfire damage potential (CO-WRA)
Very High▾
Wildfire damage potential is Very High. Mitigation work materially reduces risk and qualifies for rebates + insurance discounts.
- CO-WRA bld_dmg_pot tier
- Very High
- Acrescope wildfire component (0-100)
- 100
Actions that move this rating- Defensible-space rebate stack — Run the Acrescope rebate-stack tool for this address. CO offers up to $30K+ stackable across state, county, town, and nonprofit programs.
- Wildfire Partners / IBHS Wildfire Prepared Home certification — Independent home-hardening certification. Accepted by Allstate, State Farm, USAA, AmFam — typically reduces premium 10-15% on the standard wildfire surcharge.
- Schedule a free wildfire assessment — Most CO mountain fire districts and county Wildfire Councils offer free on-site risk assessments. Apply outputs to the rebate-stack actions above.
Source: Colorado Wildfire Risk Assessment (CO-WRA) · bld_dmg_pot
- FEMA flood zone
Zone X (minimal)▾
Zone X — minimal flood hazard mapped. Optional flood insurance still recommended for finished basements.
- FEMA NFHL zone
- X
- NFHL subtype
- AREA OF MINIMAL FLOOD HAZARD
- Special Flood Hazard Area
- No
- Acrescope flood component (0-100)
- 0
Actions that move this rating- Basement / finished-lower-level coverage — Even Zone X parcels can flood from snowmelt, hill runoff, or burst pipes. Confirm your homeowner policy covers below-grade water; add NFIP PRP if it does not.
- In Special Flood Hazard Area?
- No
- Elevation
- 8,287 ft · 2,526 m
- Nearest SNOTEL station
- Castle Peak11.3 mi · 11,510 ftSnowpack reference for this area — link out for current SWE + 30-year normal.
The owner
Who holds it, through what entity, and what else that owner holds.
Individual owner of record. No Colorado Secretary of State business entity matched to this parcel's owner name.
- Median gross rent
- $1,166/mo
- Median age
- 48.3
- Owner-occupied
- 21.7%(133 of 612 units)
- Bachelor's degree or higher
- 71.7%
- Vacancy rate
- 48.4%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2022 5-year estimates, block group 080970004021. Block groups average ~1,500 people; these stats describe the surrounding community, not this parcel specifically.
- Verdict & action plan — full write-up with every claim cited to its record (free: summary above)
- Recommended diligence — the complete prioritized checklist for this parcel (free: top action above)
- Property & valuation — comp set, ag use-value adjustment, valuation walk-through (free: assessor value above)
- Land & stewardship — land cover, soils, buildability, regenerative potential
- Water & subsurface — each decreed right with priority date, WDID, and diversion history (free: counts above)
- Climate & hazards — burn history, insurability workup, mitigation rebate stack (free: tiers above)
- Distress & ownership — filing-by-filing record and the owner’s full entity network (free: flags above)
- Sources & methodology — every source record linked, dated, and retrievable
$99 per parcel — less than a third of one hour with the water attorney it tells you whether you need.
- Parcel ID
- 015d0c9a-5592-4774-988c-c473e53ba53d
- APN
- 273523403001
- Schedule
- R014700
- Assessor record
- 2026-08-22
- Sale history
- 2026-06-02
- Water rights
- 2026-08-20
- Well permits
- 2026-06-09
- Oil & gas wells
- 2026-08-20
- Federal mineral estate
- 2026-08-22
- Flood zones
- 2026-06-03
- Fire perimeters
- 2026-08-24
- Distress filings
- 2026-08-24
- Entity registrations
- 2026-08-22
- Conservation easements
- 2026-06-11
The date our copy of that office’s records last changed — domains update on different cadences.