2228 Highway 90
Paradox, CO 81429
RICHARDS & RICHARDS LLC · Montrose County, CO
Registered entity: Richards & Richards Ranch, LLC (Good Standing)
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Within a recent wildfire footprint — weigh insurability and rebuild risk.
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.
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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 608 NUCLA, CO 81424-0608
The land
What the ground itself is — cover, soils, buildability, water, minerals, and the public land around it.
1 decreed water right on record (oldest priority 1920) — a transferable water asset that conveys with the land.
| Priority | Structure | Source | Decreed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920-04-01 | SUMNER DITCH(Ditch)WDID 6100534 ↗ | LA SAL CREEK | 1 C |
No oil & gas wells within ½ mile of this parcel. Sourced from the Colorado Energy & Carbon Management Commission (ECMC) public registry.
- BLM· WSRLa Sal Creek Segment 1parcel inside unit boundary0 mi1K ac
- USFS· NFManti-La Sal National Forest1.7 mi0K 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
- 1,863
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ferris | 64,881 | 100% | 34.5 mi |
| Babylon | 107,189 | 100% | 40.9 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
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
- 5,876 ft · 1,791 m
- Nearest SNOTEL station
- Gold Basin15.5 mi · 10,070 ftSnowpack reference for this area — link out for current SWE + 30-year normal.
- Fires within 5 mi
- 18
- Most recent
- Wray Mesa — 2024
- Total acres burned within 5 mi
- 20,705
Show all 18 fires ▾
- Wray Mesa202440 ac· 1.8 mi
- Ray Mesa RX202268 ac· 2.8 mi
- Wray Mesa202143 ac· 4.2 mi
- Lion Creek2010710 ac· 2.5 mi
- Lion Creek20061,491 ac· 5.2 mi
- Lion Creek20061,535 ac· 5.3 mi
- Lion Creek20061,503 ac· 5.3 mi
- LION CREEK20061,491 ac· 5.2 mi
- HANG DOG20025,972 ac· 4.8 mi
- Hang Dog20025,972 ac· 4.8 mi
- Red Ranch199815 ac· 3.0 mi
- Wray199790 ac· 4.0 mi
- Wray (Spot)19975 ac· 4.2 mi
- Wray wildfire 119941,631 ac· 2.5 mi
- LOST FIRE199112 ac· 4.7 mi
- STATE LINE DRAW198948 ac· 5.0 mi
- HOP CREEK198859 ac· 4.8 mi
- TRINITY CREEK198719 ac· 3.5 mi
The owner
Who holds it, through what entity, and what else that owner holds.
- Entity name
- Richards & Richards Ranch, LLC
- Status
- Good Standing
- State of formation
- CO
- Formation date
- 2013-01-03
- Entity type
- DLLC
- Registered agent
- SHAWN LYNN MOCK
- Median household income
- $27,222
- Median home value
- $158,100
- Median gross rent
- $815/mo
- Median age
- 57.1
- Owner-occupied
- 60.5%(210 of 347 units)
- Bachelor's degree or higher
- 7.2%
- Vacancy rate
- 25.1%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2022 5-year estimates, block group 080859661002. 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
- 7f339c7a-423c-4fbd-9e36-ce1525113f05
- APN
- R0002428
- Schedule
- R0002428
- 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.