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Data as of 2026-08-22
Parcel record

41001 Hwy 139

Rangely, CO 81648

STEELE, JAMES D. TRUST · Rio Blanco County, CO

CO ResidentUnmappedZone X (minimal)
Relevant toFind land· 592 acresRegenerate· regenerative potentialFind water· 1 water rightFind minerals· near producing wellsFederal minerals· federal mineral estate below
Assessed value
$206,270
CO ag-use value — not market
Water rights
1
decreed right record(s) associated
Lot size
592 ac
25,787,520 sf
Structure
None on record
Value, lot & structure: Rio Blanco County Assessor · Water rights: CO Division of Water Resources (CDSS) · Retrieved 2026-08-22
WildfireNo recordCSFSFloodLowFEMA NFHLMineralsNeeds reviewBLM · ECMCWaterNeeds reviewCO DWRDistressClearCounty Clerk

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.
7/100
low signal

Sits over producing oil & gas — confirm whether the minerals convey with the surface.

Operator-Adjacent Mineral Play
Producing well(s) + entity owner
Federal Mineral Estate (Split Estate)
Federal-owned minerals below (split estate)
Recent Burn Zone
In a mapped burn perimeter — history, separate from the current hazard tier
NextVerify mineral severance vs surface-only ownershipaction plan · 2 items ↓
Acrescope Indicators
Filings: dormant
Proprietary multi-domain composite — distress, fire, geohazards, soils, ownership & water records joined to one parcel.
Signal 7/100 (low) — Among the lowest-signal in county
Motivated Seller Score
0/100
low
Among the least-motivated in county
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 · 39.66191, -108.80743· 123 water rights within 5 mi (nearest 80 mapped)· 253 O&G wells within 5 mi (nearest 80 mapped)· 1 NIFC fire perimeter within 50 mi
Parcel Neighbor boundaryNearby parcel (by risk) Water right O&G well Fire perimeter · 1 within 50 mi
Location
Centroid: 39.661910, -108.807432 (WGS84). View on map: Google Maps

Action plan for this parcel

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

    Verify mineral severance vs surface-only ownership

    Criticalminerals

    0 producing wells on the parcel. In CO, surface and mineral rights are commonly severed — pull deed history to confirm what's actually owned. If minerals are reserved to a prior owner, royalties flow to them; if conveyed with surface, royalties + lease bonuses go to the current owner.

    CO ECMC well search →
  2. 2.

    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.

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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.

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

P O BOX 732, RANGELY, CO 81648-0732

The land

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

Land cover
NLCD 2021 — Evergreen Forest predominant. “Open” = grazable shrub, grass, pasture & crop.
Forest75%
Open / grazable23%
Developed1%
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
Secured

1 decreed water right on record (oldest priority 1920) — a transferable water asset that conveys with the land.

Water rights (1)
Oldest priority date: 1920-05-15
PriorityStructureSourceDecreed
1920-05-15FOUNDATION DITCH 1(Ditch)WDID 4300641 ↗BIG FOUNDATION CREEK0.56 C
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.
  • BLM· ACEC
    E. Douglas Creek/Soldier Creek Area of Critical Environmental Concern
    E. Douglas Creek/Soldier Creek ACEC
    1.8 mi
    47K 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 3 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
Federal estate acres overlapping
2,760

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.

Active BLM oil & gas leases (2)
Federal oil/gas leases currently authorized or pending covering this parcel — pairs with the federal mineral estate signal above.

Commodities: Oil & Gas

  • COCO105732094Held by Actual Production
    1,360 ac
  • COCO105322931Held by Actual Production
    2,159 ac

Source: BLM National MLRS Oil & Gas Leases (CO scope). An active lease doesn't guarantee drilling will occur — only that the lessee has the federal right to develop subject to permits.

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
310603100%46.3 mi
Climate & environmental risk
Wildfire damage potential (CO-WRA)
Unmapped▾

Wildfire damage potential is not yet mapped for this parcel.

CO-WRA bld_dmg_pot tier
Unmapped
Acrescope wildfire component (0-100)
0

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.

Source: FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer (NFHL)

In Special Flood Hazard Area?
No
Nearest SNOTEL station
East Willow Creek45.6 mi · 8,300 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
9
Most recent
OIL SPRINGS — 2021
Total acres burned within 5 mi
19,467
Show all 9 fires ▾
  • OIL SPRINGS2021
    12,596 ac· 5.8 mi
  • Red Canyon2018
    5,757 ac· 3.8 mi
  • Radio2014
    12 ac· 1.9 mi
  • Twin Buttes2010
    161 ac· 2.4 mi
  • Douglas Creek2006
    16 ac· 1.8 mi
  • Oil Springs2004
    26 ac· 4.5 mi
  • Oil Springs2004
    743 ac· 5.3 mi
  • Oil Springs2004
    3 ac· 4.0 mi
  • Red Rock2003
    152 ac· 2.8 mi
Emergency services proximity
Drive time via OpenRouteService. Falls back to straight-line distance until cached. Service locations from OpenStreetMap.
Nearest fire station
34.9 mi
Lower Valley Fire District
168 North Mesa Street, CO
Nearest hospital
28.8 mi
Rangely District Hospital
225 East Crest Drive, Rangely, CO, 81648
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The owner

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

Corporate ownership

Individual owner of record. No Colorado Secretary of State business entity matched to this parcel's owner name.

Neighborhood cluster · Quiet cluster
2 parcels within 1 mile of this property. Average Acrescope Risk Score: 9/100.
2
parcels nearby
0
with distress
0
high-risk (50+)
Neighborhood demographics
Block group 952100-1 · ACS 2022 5-year estimate. Population 1,733.
Median household income
$52,750
Median home value
$240,100
Median gross rent
$993/mo
Median age
26.4
Owner-occupied
46.4%(305 of 658 units)
Bachelor's degree or higher
7.5%
Vacancy rate
11.4%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2022 5-year estimates, block group 080459521001. Block groups average ~1,500 people; these stats describe the surrounding community, not this parcel specifically.

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  • 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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Rio Blanco County Assessor · record of parcel
Parcel ID
12e5058a-c84e-42e2-8a25-8587e807cb6a
APN
190335100003
Schedule
R1401445
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.