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Data as of 2026-08-22
Parcel record

971 County Road 19

Meeker, CO 81641

CYCLONE RANCH, LLC C/O BENJAMIN, THOMAS L · Rio Blanco County, CO

Registered entity: Cyclone Ranch, LLC (Good Standing)

Entity (CO)HighZone X (minimal)
Market value
$1,301,700
Water rights
6
decreed right record(s) associated
Lot size
1,214 ac
52,881,840 sf
Structure
None on record
Value, lot & structure: Rio Blanco County Assessor · Water rights: CO Division of Water Resources (CDSS) · Retrieved 2026-08-22

Needs review means a record exists that requires verification. No record means nothing is on file — which is not an all-clear.

Acrescope Verdict
Diligence signal · exp.
8/100
low signal

A split estate — the minerals beneath are federally owned.

Federal Mineral Estate (Split Estate)
Federal-owned minerals below (split estate)
Senior Water Asset
3+ pre-1900 water rights
Ranch Candidate
Next2 rebate programs match this addressaction plan · 2 items
Acrescope Indicators
Filings: dormant
Proprietary multi-domain composite — distress, fire, geohazards, soils, ownership & water records joined to one parcel.
Signal 8/100 (low) — Among the lowest-signal in county
Motivated Seller Score
5/100
low
Low-motivation — ranks high only because most county parcels carry few signals
Top contributing factor
  • High wildfire risk
Acrescope Risk Model v0.2 · experimentalNot yet calibrated — the cited records outrank the number. How it’s computed · geohazard/soil coverage for this parcel: 0%
Map view
Esri World Imagery · 40.20002, -107.23612· 225 water rights within 5 mi (nearest 80 mapped)· 13 O&G wells within 5 mi· 1 NIFC fire perimeter within 50 mi
Parcel Neighbor boundaryNearby parcel (by risk) Water right O&G well Fire perimeter · 1 within 50 mi 10 min drive 20 min 30 min

Action plan for this parcel

Prioritized recommendations derived from this parcel's patterns, applicable rebates, and county-level context.
  1. 1.

    2 rebate programs match this address

    Recommendedrebate

    Across state, county, and local sponsors — up to $1,000 stackable. Includes Colorado Wildfire Mitigation Income Tax Credit; Forest Restoration and Wildfire Risk Mitigation (FRWRM) Grant.

  2. 2.

    Verify augmentation plans + diligence on the priority date

    Recommendedwater

    6 water rights with oldest priority 1893. 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.

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The deal

What this parcel is worth, what encumbers it, and what its paper trail says — value, distress, listings, sales, and tax.

Distress signals

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.

For sale

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.

Tax mailing

167 CRISMAN, BOULDER, CO 80302

The land

What the ground itself is — cover, soils, buildability, water, minerals, and the public land around it.

Land cover
NLCD 2021 — Deciduous Forest predominant. “Open” = grazable shrub, grass, pasture & crop.
Forest68%
Open / grazable4%
Developed4%
Water / wetland25%
Buildability
Construction feasibility synthesized across slope, soils, landslide & flood — the constraints a land buyer pays for, joined to one parcel.
Build constraint
Favorable

No significant build constraints in the data available for this parcel.

Partial coverage — based on the soil/geohazard layers present for this parcel; the read sharpens as those backfill.

Water security
Decreed surface-water rights & seniority synthesized into one prior-appropriation read — the water question a ranch or land buyer leads with.
Water security
Senior

Senior decreed water with priority back to 1893 — a senior priority date under Colorado prior appropriation; what actually conveys, and on what terms, is established by the decrees and title diligence.

Water rights (6)
Oldest priority date: 1893-04-15
PriorityStructureSourceDecreed
1903-06-03PERRY LUCAS DITCH AP(Ditch)WDID 4402140EAST FORK WILLIAMS FORK
1893-04-15EGRY DITCH 2 ALT PT(Ditch)WDID 4402210EAST FORK WILLIAMS FORK
1900-07-01BALL SPRING(Spring)WDID 4401211EAST FORK WILLIAMS FORK0.033 C
1961-07-01COLBY SPRING(Spring)WDID 4401212EAST FORK WILLIAMS FORK0.033 C
1970-10-01PHANTOM SPRING(Spring)WDID 4401213EAST FORK WILLIAMS FORK0.033 C
1991-09-01CHESNUT RES NO 1(Reservoir)WDID 4404031EAST FORK WILLIAMS FORK6 A
Water wells (2)
2 permitted water wells fall within this parcel (primarily domestic). A permitted well is real, recorded water access from the CO Division of Water Resources — and on unbuilt rural land it is often the gating utility for buildability.
Permitted wells
2
Primary use
Domestic
Max yield
12 gpm
Deepest well
140 ft
Most recent permit
1987-07-07

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.

Oil & gas wells

No oil & gas wells within ½ mile of this parcel. Sourced from the Colorado Energy & Carbon Management Commission (ECMC) public registry.

Adjacent federal lands
Nearest USFS / NPS / BLM / FWS-managed units within ~5 mi of the parcel centroid. Source: USGS PAD-US v3.0.
  • USFS· RMA
    Unknown Mineral Reserve Area
    Unknown
    parcel inside unit boundary
    0 mi
    37K 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.

Federal mineral estate
Split estate · find more
This parcel's centroid sits inside 6 BLM-mapped federal mineral-estate polygons — meaning the federal government owns some or all of the minerals beneath this surface property (a “split estate”).
Mineral rights designation
Coal Only; No Minerals
Federal estate acres overlapping
13,831

Source: BLM Colorado Federal Mineral Estate (Solid Colors). Split-estate ownership is common in the Western US — verify deed history and any mineral-rights conveyance/reservation before relying on this signal.

The risk

What could burn, flood, slide, or fail to insure — and how exposed this parcel actually is.

Active wildfires within 50 miles (1)
Source: NIFC Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS) current perimeters. Updated multiple times daily.
IncidentAcresContainedDistance
Fishhook309100%30.1 mi
Climate & environmental risk
Wildfire damage potential (CO-WRA)
High

Wildfire damage potential is High. Mitigation work materially reduces risk and qualifies for rebates + insurance discounts.

CO-WRA bld_dmg_pot tier
High
Acrescope wildfire component (0-100)
80
Actions that move this rating
  • Defensible-space rebate stackRun 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 certificationIndependent home-hardening certification. Accepted by Allstate, State Farm, USAA, AmFam — typically reduces premium 10-15% on the standard wildfire surcharge.
  • Schedule a free wildfire assessmentMost 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 coverageEven 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.

Source: FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer (NFHL)

In Special Flood Hazard Area?
No
Nearest SNOTEL station
Ripple Creek7.0 mi · 10,340 ft
Snowpack reference for this area — link out for current SWE + 30-year normal.
Past fires near this parcel
Historical wildfire perimeters within 5 miles of the parcel centroid. Source: NIFC InterAgencyFirePerimeterHistory.
Fires within 5 mi
1
Most recent
ROUGH 2024
Total acres burned within 5 mi
<1
Show all 1 fire
  • ROUGH2024
    <1 ac· 3.6 mi
Emergency services proximity
Drive time via OpenRouteService. Falls back to straight-line distance until cached. Service locations from OpenStreetMap.
Nearest fire station
19.9 mi
Unnamed station
Nearest hospital
28.5 mi
The Memorial Hospital
750 Hospital Loop, Craig, CO, 81625
Drive time is computed on first view; refresh in a few seconds to see actual minutes.

The owner

Who holds it, through what entity, and what else that owner holds.

Corporate ownership
Colorado SOS registered entity
Entity name
Cyclone Ranch, LLC
Status
Good Standing
State of formation
CO
Formation date
2010-03-15
Entity type
DLLC
Registered agent
THOMAS LLOYD BENJAMIN
Neighborhood cluster · Quiet cluster
9 parcels within 1 mile of this property. Average Acrescope Risk Score: 12/100.
9
parcels nearby
0
with distress
0
high-risk (50+)
Neighborhood demographics
Block group 951100-1 · ACS 2022 5-year estimate. Population 535.
Median home value
$416,900
Median age
44.3
Owner-occupied
47%(215 of 457 units)
Bachelor's degree or higher
28.6%
Vacancy rate
49.9%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2022 5-year estimates, block group 081039511001. Block groups average ~1,500 people; these stats describe the surrounding community, not this parcel specifically.

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  • Land & stewardshipland cover, soils, buildability, regenerative potential
  • Water & subsurfaceeach decreed right with priority date, WDID, and diversion history (free: counts above)
  • Climate & hazardsburn history, insurability workup, mitigation rebate stack (free: tiers above)
  • Distress & ownershipfiling-by-filing record and the owner’s full entity network (free: flags above)
  • Sources & methodologyevery source record linked, dated, and retrievable
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Rio Blanco County Assessor · record of parcel
Parcel ID
0f065ec5-c886-46b7-99b6-512ac0f7484d
APN
116726100007
Schedule
R0700080
Retrieved 2026-08-22
Records as of, by domain
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
2026-08-22
Distress filings
2026-08-22
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.