Leadville CO
Leadville, CO 80461
Private owner · Lake County, CO
Needs review means a record exists that requires verification. No record means nothing is on file — which is not an all-clear.
A rare combination — senior water and low climate risk at a below-median value.
Action plan for this parcel
- 1.
2 rebate programs match this address
RecommendedrebateAcross 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.
Pull the water-right ownership chain
RecommendedwaterThis parcel has 1 senior water right (oldest priority 1879). Verify ownership chain via the CO Division of Water Resources — senior rights conveyed with the parcel are worth materially more than unbundled values suggest.
- 3.
Build a comp set of similar parcels
OptionalcontextHidden Gem parcels often cluster — there may be 3-5 other under-the-radar properties in the same county fitting this profile. Browse the county Discoveries panel for sibling parcels.
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.
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.
PO BOX 1582, LEADVILLE, CO 80461
The land
What the ground itself is — cover, soils, buildability, water, minerals, and the public land around it.
- Mean annual precipitation
- 22.7 in
- Mean annual snowfall
- 108 inHeavy snow load
- Mean annual temperature
- 35°F
- Frost-free season
- 132 days/yr(moderate growing season)
Source: Open-Meteo Historical Weather archive (ERA5 reanalysis), 2014–2023 daily normals. Frost-free days count days whose overnight low stayed above 32°F. The snow-load band is a buyer-facing heuristic from annual snowfall, not an engineered ground-snow-load design value — confirm with the local building department before relying on it.
1 decreed water right on record (oldest priority 1879) — a transferable water asset that conveys with the land.
| Priority | Structure | Source | Decreed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1879-05-15 | YOUNGER DITCH NO 2(Ditch)WDID 1100521 ↗ | ARKANSAS RIVER | 1 C |
- Permitted wells
- 1
- Primary use
- Domestic
- Max yield
- 12 gpm
- Deepest well
- 45 ft
- Most recent permit
- 1992-01-21
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.
- BLM· WSRArkansas River Segment 1parcel inside unit boundary0 mi11K ac
- USFS· NFGunnison National ForestGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forestsparcel inside unit boundary0 mi1,667K ac
- FWS· FOTHLeadville National Fish HatcheryLEADVILLE NATIONAL FISH HATCHERY1.5 mi3K 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% | 1.7 mi |
- Wildfire damage potential (CO-WRA)
Very Low▾
Wildfire damage potential is Very Low. Stay current on defensible space; track changes as fuels shift year-to-year.
- CO-WRA bld_dmg_pot tier
- Very Low
- Acrescope wildfire component (0-100)
- 10
Actions that move this rating- Annual fuels check — Even low-tier parcels can drift upward as nearby vegetation grows. Re-run this lookup yearly; adjust home-hardening priorities accordingly.
Source: Colorado Wildfire Risk Assessment (CO-WRA) · bld_dmg_pot
- FEMA flood zone
Unmapped▾
Flood zone is not yet mapped for this parcel.
- 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
- Nearest SNOTEL station
- Ivanhoe11.1 mi · 10,540 ftSnowpack reference for this area — link out for current SWE + 30-year normal.
- Brownfields (ACRES) sites
- 6 · closest 1.78 mi
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- BFSITE 55E814 PORTER J PLACER, LEADVILLE1.78 mi
- BFSITE 55B5701 ELBERT PLACER, LEADVILLE1.86 mi
- BFSITE 55A5697 MASSIVE PLACER, LEADVILLE2.26 mi
- BFSITE 55F849 LITTLE SISTER PLACER, LEADVILLE2.56 mi
- BFCLOUD CITY CONSERVATION CENTER366 450 MCWETHY DRIVE, LEADVILLE2.94 mi
- BFSITE 55C4526 NATIONAL UNION PLACER, LEADVILLE2.97 mi
Source: EPA EMEF (Superfund NPL + Brownfields/ACRES). Brownfields often reflect HISTORICAL contamination that has been remediated; the registry includes both active and closed cases. Verify case status via the EPA profile link before drawing conclusions.
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 household income
- $64,871
- Median home value
- $283,300
- Median age
- 34.4
- Owner-occupied
- 51.9%(348 of 671 units)
- Bachelor's degree or higher
- 42.2%
- Vacancy rate
- 39.9%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2022 5-year estimates, block group 080659617021. 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
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- Parcel ID
- 103ee1c1-3a98-4345-a61a-5a34a64e6350
- APN
- 263332200005
- Schedule
- R004899
- 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.