72399 US Hwy 40
MERCHANT RANCHES LLC · Grand County, CO
Registered entity: Merchant Ranches LLC (Delinquent)
Needs review means a record exists that requires verification. No record means nothing is on file — which is not an all-clear.
Owned by an entity not in good standing — possible distress or abandonment.
- Owner entity delinquent
- Group-D soil — high runoff, septic & foundation 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 Grand County Wildfire Council Cost-Share Program; Colorado Wildfire Mitigation Income Tax Credit; Forest Restoration and Wildfire Risk Mitigation (FRWRM) Grant.
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 1329, FRASER, CO 80442-1329
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)
- 6w
- Land-capability (non-irrigated)
- 6w
- Drainage
- Poorly drained
- Hydrologic group
- A/D
- Slope
- 1%
- Avail. water capacity
- 0.16 cm/cm
- Group-D soil — high runoff; septic & foundation cost
- EPA radon Zone 1 — sub-slab mitigation typical
4 decreed water rights on record (oldest priority 2019) — a transferable water asset that conveys with the land.
| Priority | Structure | Source | Decreed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-08-30 | HIGHLAND AUGMENTATION PLAN(Augmentation/Replacement Plan)WDID 5107341 ↗ | UNDEFINED | — |
| 2019-08-30 | HIGHLAND AUG POND EXCHANGE DEPLETION REACH(Reach)WDID 5109194 ↗ | FRASER RIVER | — |
| 2019-08-30 | HIGHLAND WELL NO 1(Well)WDID 5106095 ↗ | GROUNDWATER: FRASER RIVER | 0.33 A |
| 2019-08-30 | HIGHLAND AUGMENTATION POND(Reservoir)WDID 5103758 ↗ | FRASER RIVER | 4 A |
- Permitted wells
- 3
- Primary use
- Commercial
- Max yield
- 10 gpm
- Deepest well
- 300 ft
- Most recent permit
- 2004-08-03
Source: the Colorado Division of Water Resources well-permit registry (CDSS). These are WATER wells (domestic / irrigation / stock), not oil & gas wells. Wells are matched to the parcel by proximity to its centroid, not by surveyed boundary — a well listed here can sit on an adjacent parcel. Descriptive, not legal advice — confirm the permit location, 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· IRAIndian Peaks Adjacent Area Roadless AreaIndian Peaks Adjacent Areaparcel inside unit boundary0 mi29K 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.
- 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
Zone D▾
FEMA-mapped Zone D. Moderate hazard; flood insurance is not federally mandated but should be considered.
- FEMA NFHL zone
- D
- Special Flood Hazard Area
- No
- Acrescope flood component (0-100)
- 10
Actions that move this rating- Preferred Risk Policy (PRP) — Non-SFHA NFIP coverage is cheap (often $400-700/yr) and protects against the surprise flood event a moderate zone implies.
- In Special Flood Hazard Area?
- No
- Elevation
- 8,337 ft · 2,541 m
- Nearest SNOTEL station
- High Lonesome5.3 mi · 10,630 ftSnowpack reference for this area — link out for current SWE + 30-year normal.
- EPA radon zone
- Zone 1 — highest potential (predicted indoor avg > 4 pCi/L)
Sources: Colorado Geological Survey statewide Landslide Inventory (mapped deposits, not a debris-flow susceptibility model), the EPA Map of Radon Zones (county-level), and the USGS Quaternary Fault and Fold Database. Descriptive, not legal or engineering advice — confirm slope stability, radon, and seismic conditions with a qualified professional before acting.
The owner
Who holds it, through what entity, and what else that owner holds.
- Entity name
- Merchant Ranches LLC
- Status
- Delinquent
- State of formation
- CO
- Formation date
- 2025-02-25
- Entity type
- DLLC
- Registered agent
- Daniel E Merchant
- Median household income
- $96,875
- Median home value
- $878,800
- Median age
- 49.2
- Owner-occupied
- 45%(477 of 1,060 units)
- Bachelor's degree or higher
- 39.3%
- Vacancy rate
- 50.8%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2022 5-year estimates, block group 080490002052. 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
- 6a53a2a1-240d-4e55-a05c-0335b117c3ed
- APN
- 158901100007
- Schedule
- R082892
- 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.