18500 County Road 21A
Yampa, CO
Private owner · Routt County, CO
Needs review means a record exists that requires verification. No record means nothing is on file — which is not an all-clear.
A rare combination — senior water and low climate risk at a below-median value.
Action plan for this parcel
- 1.
3 rebate programs match this address
RecommendedrebateAcross state, county, and local sponsors — up to $1,300 stackable. Includes Routt County Wildfire Mitigation Council Resident Rebate; Colorado Wildfire Mitigation Income Tax Credit; Forest Restoration and Wildfire Risk Mitigation (FRWRM) Grant.
- 2.
Pull the water-right ownership chain
RecommendedwaterThis parcel has 12 senior water rights (oldest priority 1888). Verify ownership chain via the CO Division of Water Resources — senior rights conveyed with the parcel are worth materially more than unbundled values suggest.
- 3.
Verify augmentation plans + diligence on the priority date
Recommendedwater12 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.
- 4.
Build a comp set of similar parcels
OptionalcontextHidden Gem parcels often cluster — there may be 3-5 other under-the-radar properties in the same county fitting this profile. Browse the county Discoveries panel for sibling parcels.
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.
- · County-level comp model — no adjustment for condition, view, or remodel. An estimate, not an appraisal.
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.
PO BOX 268, YAMPA, CO 80483-0268
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)
- 6s
- Land-capability (non-irrigated)
- 6s
- Drainage
- Well drained
- Hydrologic group
- C
- Slope
- 15%
- Avail. water capacity
- 0.16 cm/cm
- Moderate slope (~15%)
- Group-C soil — slow infiltration
Partial coverage — based on the soil/geohazard layers present for this parcel; the read sharpens as those backfill.
- Mean annual precipitation
- 27.0 in
- Mean annual snowfall
- 121 inHeavy snow load
- Mean annual temperature
- 38°F
- Frost-free season
- 138 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1888-05-01 | EGERIA DITCH(Ditch)WDID 5800622 ↗ | YAMPA RIVER | 8.62 C |
| 1917-06-01 | LAWSON CREEK DITCH(Ditch)WDID 5800732 ↗ | LAWSON CREEK | 3.27 C |
| 1966-11-01 | HIGHROCK WELL(Well)WDID 5805036 ↗ | GROUNDWATER: YAMPA RIVER | 0.033 C |
| 1939-05-01 | L L WILSON DITCH(Ditch)WDID 5800721 ↗ | LAWSON CREEK | 3 C |
| 1978-05-31 | R & R STOCKWATER(Other)WDID 5801578 ↗ | MILL CREEK | 0.033 C |
| 1984-08-01 | R & R DITCH 2(Ditch)WDID 5801579 ↗ | LAWSON CREEK | 0.533 C |
| 1989-05-31 | R & R DITCH 1(Ditch)WDID 5801577 ↗ | MILL CREEK | 3 C |
| 1978-06-01 | BIRD STOCKWATER NO 2(Other)WDID 5801645 ↗ | LAWSON CREEK | 0.033 C |
| 1978-06-01 | MEADOW SPRING NO 2(Spring)WDID 5801648 ↗ | YAMPA RIVER | 0.033 C |
| 1978-06-01 | BIRD STOCKWATER NO 1(Other)WDID 5801644 ↗ | LAWSON CREEK | 0.033 C |
| 1978-06-01 | TOM'S STOCKWATER NO 2(Other)WDID 5801646 ↗ | LAWSON CREEK | 0.033 C |
| 1978-06-01 | MEADOW SPRING NO 1(Spring)WDID 5801647 ↗ | YAMPA RIVER | 0.033 C |
- Permitted wells
- 3
- Primary use
- Domestic
- Max yield
- 2 gpm
- Deepest well
- 230 ft
- Most recent permit
- 1990-12-26
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· NFRoutt National ForestMedicine Bow-Routt National Forestparcel inside unit boundary0 mi1,126K 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.
| Incident | Acres | Contained | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fishhook | 309 | 100% | 17.3 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
- Crosho8.5 mi · 8,960 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.
Individual owner of record. No Colorado Secretary of State business entity matched to this parcel's owner name.
- Median household income
- $108,674
- Median home value
- $785,400
- Median gross rent
- $2,259/mo
- Median age
- 39.5
- Owner-occupied
- 67.1%(635 of 946 units)
- Bachelor's degree or higher
- 59.4%
- Vacancy rate
- 24.2%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2022 5-year estimates, block group 081070008002. 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
- a8f6614f-de12-40cc-a4e0-84e4618cb67d
- APN
- 960351001
- Schedule
- R6043950
- 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.