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Data as of 2026-08-26
Parcel record

997 CO Rd 5 S

Private owner · Rio Grande County, CO

Out-of-stateVery LowZone X (minimal)
Relevant toFind water· 26 water rightsFederal minerals· federal mineral estate below
Market value
—
Water rights
26
decreed right record(s) associated
Lot size
—
Structure
None on record
Value, lot & structure: Rio Grande County Assessor · Water rights: CO Division of Water Resources (CDSS) · Retrieved 2026-08-26
WildfireLowCSFSFloodLowFEMA 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.
0/100
low signal

A split estate — the minerals beneath are federally owned.

Federal Mineral Estate (Split Estate)
Federal-owned minerals below (split estate)
Water-Rights Parcel
Decreed water-right record(s) associated
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 0/100 (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 · 37.50956, -106.12627· 863 water rights within 5 mi (nearest 80 mapped)· 1 O&G well within 5 mi
Parcel Neighbor boundaryNearby parcel (by risk) Water right O&G well
Location
Centroid: 37.509562, -106.126266 (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.

    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.

    Open Rebate Stack →
  2. 2.

    Verify owner mailing address is current

    Optionalcompliance

    Owner 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.

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

997 E COUNTY ROAD 5 S MONTE VISTA CO 81144-9523

The land

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

Climate profile
Long-run climate normals at the parcel centroid, averaged over 2014–2023. Drives growing season & water for ranch/ag use, plus snow load for buildability.
Mean annual precipitation
13.5 in
Mean annual snowfall
40 inModerate snow load
Mean annual temperature
44°F
Frost-free season
169 days/yr(long 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.

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

26 decreed water rights on record (oldest priority 1905) — a transferable water asset that conveys with the land.

Water rights (26)
Oldest priority date: 1905-01-01
PriorityStructureSourceDecreed
1905-01-01W1842 WELL NO 44(Well)WDID 2011517 ↗GROUNDWATER: CONFINED SAN LUIS VALLEY0.04 C
1918-01-01W1842 WELL NO 51(Well)WDID 2011524 ↗GROUNDWATER: CONFINED SAN LUIS VALLEY0.033 C
1920-01-01W1842 WELL NO 45(Well)WDID 2011518 ↗GROUNDWATER: CONFINED SAN LUIS VALLEY0.045 C
1933-01-01W1842 WELL NO 04(Well)WDID 2011477 ↗GROUNDWATER: CONFINED SAN LUIS VALLEY0.033 C
1933-01-01W1842 WELL NO 30(Well)WDID 2011503 ↗GROUNDWATER: CONFINED SAN LUIS VALLEY0.04 C
1933-01-01W1842 WELL NO 05(Well)WDID 2011478 ↗GROUNDWATER: CONFINED SAN LUIS VALLEY0.033 C
1933-01-01W1842 WELL NO 22(Well)WDID 2011495 ↗GROUNDWATER: CONFINED SAN LUIS VALLEY0.022 C
1933-01-01W1842 WELL NO 06(Well)WDID 2011479 ↗GROUNDWATER: CONFINED SAN LUIS VALLEY0.033 C
1933-01-31W1842 WELL NO 07(Well)WDID 2011480 ↗GROUNDWATER: CONFINED SAN LUIS VALLEY0.033 C
1934-01-01W1842 WELL NO 26(Well)WDID 2011499 ↗GROUNDWATER: CONFINED SAN LUIS VALLEY0.04 C
1934-01-01W1842 WELL NO 11(Well)WDID 2011484 ↗GROUNDWATER: CONFINED SAN LUIS VALLEY0.033 C
1934-01-01W1842 WELL NO 10(Well)WDID 2011483 ↗GROUNDWATER: CONFINED SAN LUIS VALLEY0.033 C
1934-01-01W1842 WELL NO 24(Well)WDID 2011497 ↗GROUNDWATER: CONFINED SAN LUIS VALLEY0.089 C
1934-01-01W1842 WELL NO 12(Well)WDID 2011485 ↗GROUNDWATER: CONFINED SAN LUIS VALLEY0.045 C
1935-01-01W1842 WELL NO 25(Well)WDID 2011498 ↗GROUNDWATER: CONFINED SAN LUIS VALLEY0.045 C
1935-01-01W1842 WELL NO 29(Well)WDID 2011502 ↗GROUNDWATER: CONFINED SAN LUIS VALLEY0.334 C
1935-01-01W1842 WELL NO 09(Well)WDID 2011482 ↗GROUNDWATER: CONFINED SAN LUIS VALLEY0.033 C
1935-01-01W1842 WELL NO 13(Well)WDID 2011486 ↗GROUNDWATER: CONFINED SAN LUIS VALLEY0.067 C
1935-01-01W1842 WELL NO 28(Well)WDID 2011501 ↗GROUNDWATER: CONFINED SAN LUIS VALLEY0.04 C
1935-01-01W1842 WELL NO 27(Well)WDID 2011500 ↗GROUNDWATER: CONFINED SAN LUIS VALLEY0.027 C
1936-01-01W1842 WELL NO 52(Well)WDID 2011525 ↗GROUNDWATER: CONFINED SAN LUIS VALLEY0.045 C
1936-01-01W1842 WELL NO 43(Well)WDID 2011516 ↗GROUNDWATER: CONFINED SAN LUIS VALLEY0.045 C
1950-01-01W1842 WELL NO 23(Well)WDID 2011496 ↗GROUNDWATER: CONFINED SAN LUIS VALLEY0.033 C
1955-01-01W1842 WELL NO 08(Well)WDID 2011481 ↗GROUNDWATER: CONFINED SAN LUIS VALLEY0.033 C
1964-10-31W0247 WELL NO 09(Well)WDID 2008700 ↗GROUNDWATER: RIO GRANDE0.045 C
1920-12-30GETZ WASTE WATER D 5(Seep)WDID 2001636 ↗RIO GRANDE3 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.
  • FWS· NWR
    Monte Vista National Wildlife Refuge
    MONTE VISTA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE
    parcel inside unit boundary
    0 mi
    15K ac
  • USFS· NF
    San Isabel National Forest
    Pike and San Isabel National Forests
    parcel inside unit boundary
    0 mi
    1,109K 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
Other
Federal estate acres overlapping
47,318

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.

Climate & environmental risk
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 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
Elevation
7,628 ft · 2,325 m
Nearest SNOTEL station
Grayback22.7 mi · 11,620 ft
Snowpack reference for this area — link out for current SWE + 30-year normal.
Emergency services proximity
Drive time via OpenRouteService. Falls back to straight-line distance until cached. Service locations from OpenStreetMap.
Nearest fire station
4.8 mi
Monte Vista Fire Department
401 South Broadway Street, Monte Vista, CO, 81144
Nearest hospital
13.6 mi
San Luis Valley Regional Medical Center
San Luis Valley Health
106 Blanca Avenue, Alamosa, CO, 81101
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 ownershipOut-of-state owner

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

Neighborhood cluster · Quiet cluster
7 parcels within 1 mile of this property. Average Acrescope Risk Score: 3/100.
7
parcels nearby
0
with distress
0
high-risk (50+)
Neighborhood demographics
Block group 977002-1 · ACS 2022 5-year estimate. Population 1,444.
Median household income
$110,542
Median home value
$271,200
Median gross rent
$1,311/mo
Median age
44.3
Owner-occupied
71.6%(396 of 553 units)
Bachelor's degree or higher
34.4%
Vacancy rate
6.3%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2022 5-year estimates, block group 081059770021. Block groups average ~1,500 people; these stats describe the surrounding community, not this parcel specifically.

Where the free page ends
Everything above is the free record check. The $99 report is the diligence layer — the same eight sections, taken to source depth, as a PDF you can hand to a lender, insurer, or attorney.
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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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Freeze risk
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Winterization checklist (7,628 ft)

Elevation-driven freeze tier + tiered winterization checklist ordered by what breaks first.

Rio Grande County Assessor · record of parcel
Parcel ID
728ed440-51e8-426f-b45a-913999b1537a
APN
3729100454
Schedule
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Retrieved 2026-08-26
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
2026-08-24
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.