14850 Hwy 149
Creede, CO 81130
LA GARITA RANCH LP · Mineral County, CO
Registered entity: La Garita Ranch LP (Good Standing)
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.
- Out-of-state owner (TX)
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.
Verify augmentation plans + diligence on the priority date
Recommendedwater19 water rights with oldest priority 1888. 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.
- 3.
Verify owner mailing address is current
OptionalcomplianceOwner of record is out-of-state. If you are the owner, ensure your county assessor has a current mailing address — undelivered tax bills are the most common precursor to tax-lien foreclosure.
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.
Why this differs from the assessor value above: Colorado assesses agricultural-classified land on grazing productivity (ag-use value), typically ~30–40× below market. This estimate instead applies the county median $/acre from clean single-parcel arms-length ag sales (bulk multi-parcel deeds, government/exempt land, and nominal transfers excluded). 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.
- 1970-01-01$0 / non-arms-length
Source: county assessor sale records. $0-price entries are typically non-arms-length transfers (quitclaim, intra-family, estate). They appear on the deed chain but don't reflect market value.
10608 RANCH RD 962 E CYPRESS MILL, TX 78663
The land
What the ground itself is — cover, soils, buildability, water, minerals, and the public land around it.
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.
- Mean annual precipitation
- 17.8 in
- Mean annual snowfall
- 73 inModerate snow load
- Mean annual temperature
- 40°F
- Frost-free season
- 150 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.
Senior decreed water with priority back to 1888 — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1888-12-01 | BELLOWS CR D 1(Ditch)WDID 2000531 ↗ | BELLOWS CREEK | 1 C |
| 1888-12-10 | BELLOWS CR D 4(Ditch)WDID 2000526 ↗ | BELLOWS CREEK | 1 C |
| 1888-12-10 | BELLOWS CR D 2(Ditch)WDID 2000532 ↗ | BELLOWS CREEK | 1.2 C |
| 1888-12-10 | BELLOWS CR D 3(Ditch)WDID 2000533 ↗ | BELLOWS CREEK | 1 C |
| 1951-12-31 | W2886 WELL NO 01(Well)WDID 2013008 ↗ | GROUNDWATER: RIO GRANDE | 0.067 C |
| 1955-04-26 | MCKINNEY GULCH D(Ditch)WDID 2000738 ↗ | MCKINNEY CREEK | 2 C |
| 1908-12-31 | PHIPPS SPRING NO 2 & PL(Spring)WDID 2001076 ↗ | RIO GRANDE | 0.022 C |
| 1935-12-31 | PHIPPS SPRING NO 1 & PL(Spring)WDID 2001075 ↗ | RIO GRANDE | 0.045 C |
| 1947-12-31 | PHIPPS SPRING NO 9 & DIV(Spring)WDID 2001083 ↗ | RIO GRANDE | 0.044 C |
| 1972-10-18 | PHIPPS SPRING NO 3 & DIV(Spring)WDID 2001077 ↗ | RIO GRANDE | 0.036 C |
| 1982-08-16 | WEST BELLOWS CREEK MSF(Minimum Flow)WDID 2001850 ↗ | WEST BELLOWS CREEK | 3 C |
| 1982-08-16 | EAST BELLOWS CREEK MSF(Minimum Flow)WDID 2001748 ↗ | EAST BELLOWS CREEK | 3 C |
| 1982-08-16 | BELLOWS CREEK MSF(Minimum Flow)WDID 2001726 ↗ | BELLOWS CREEK | 6 C |
| 1907-03-02 | USFS QP41H2(Minimum Flow)WDID 2001998 ↗ | EAST BELLOWS CREEK | 208 C |
| 1890-05-03 | LA GARITA RANCH LAKE 4(Reservoir)WDID 2003686 ↗ | BELLOWS CREEK | 1.76 A |
| 1890-05-03 | LA GARITA RANCH LAKE 1(Reservoir)WDID 2003637 ↗ | BELLOWS CREEK | 31.1 A |
| 1890-05-03 | LA GARITA RANCH LAKE 2(Reservoir)WDID 2003684 ↗ | BELLOWS CREEK | 1.58 A |
| 1890-05-03 | LA GARITA RANCH LAKE 3(Reservoir)WDID 2003685 ↗ | BELLOWS CREEK | 2.07 A |
| 2015-09-24 | 15CW3025 LA GARITA RANCH EXCHANGE(Exchange Plan)WDID 2004030 ↗ | BELLOWS CREEK | — |
- Permitted wells
- 3
- Primary use
- Household use only
- Most recent permit
- 2015-03-02
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· IRASnowshoe Mountain Roadless AreaSnowshoe Mountainparcel inside unit boundary0 mi31K 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.
- Mineral rights designation
- No Minerals
- Federal estate acres overlapping
- 47,541
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.
| Incident | Acres | Contained | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elk | 7,257 | 33% | 31.5 mi |
| Gold Mountain | 39,718 | 87% | 43.3 mi |
| Rio Blanco | 1,388 | 100% | 45.9 mi |
- 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.
- In Special Flood Hazard Area?
- No
- Nearest SNOTEL station
- Rat Creek12.2 mi · 11,680 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.
- Entity name
- La Garita Ranch LP
- Status
- Good Standing
- State of formation
- TX
- Formation date
- 2026-04-13
- Entity type
- FLP
- Registered agent
- —
- Median household income
- $58,929
- Median home value
- $379,000
- Median gross rent
- $824/mo
- Median age
- 54.7
- Owner-occupied
- 24.4%(308 of 1,261 units)
- Bachelor's degree or higher
- 57.7%
- Vacancy rate
- 66.9%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2022 5-year estimates, block group 080799736001. 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
- 19d43460-25f5-4870-b932-1732fb2808c6
- APN
- 484312200015
- Schedule
- R001657
- 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.