399 S Windom Way
Durango, CO 81301
VARDELL, JOE FAMILY PROPERTIES LTD · La Plata County, CO
Needs review means a record exists that requires verification. No record means nothing is on file — which is not an all-clear.
Within a recent wildfire footprint — weigh insurability and rebuild risk.
- Very High wildfire risk
- No water rights in fire-prone area
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 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.
- · County-level comp model — no adjustment for condition, view, or remodel. 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.
- 2003-04-02$5,400,000
Source: county assessor sale records.
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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 (non-irrigated)
- 7e
- Drainage
- Well drained
- Hydrologic group
- C
- Slope
- 30%
- Avail. water capacity
- 0.30 cm/cm
- Steep terrain (~30% slope)
- Group-C soil — slow infiltration
No decreed water rights on record — on-site water would rely on a well permit or hauled water. A real constraint in a drought- or fire-exposed area.
No water rights linked to this parcel. We spatially join CO Division of Water Resources records within 200m of the parcel centroid. Most non-agricultural mountain parcels have none on file.
No oil & gas wells within ½ mile of this parcel. Sourced from the Colorado Energy & Carbon Management Commission (ECMC) public registry.
- USFS· NFSan Juan National Forestparcel inside unit boundary0 mi1,866K ac
- BLM· WSRAnimas River1.0 mi9K 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Mountain | 39,718 | 87% | 33.5 mi |
| Ferris | 64,881 | 100% | 41.1 mi |
| Elk | 7,256 | 33% | 42.6 mi |
| Rio Blanco | 1,388 | 100% | 54.3 mi |
- Wildfire damage potential (CO-WRA)
Very High▾
Wildfire damage potential is Very High. Mitigation work materially reduces risk and qualifies for rebates + insurance discounts.
- CO-WRA bld_dmg_pot tier
- Very High
- Acrescope wildfire component (0-100)
- 100
Actions that move this rating- Defensible-space rebate stack — Run the Acrescope rebate-stack tool for this address. CO offers up to $30K+ stackable across state, county, town, and nonprofit programs.
- Wildfire Partners / IBHS Wildfire Prepared Home certification — Independent home-hardening certification. Accepted by Allstate, State Farm, USAA, AmFam — typically reduces premium 10-15% on the standard wildfire surcharge.
- Schedule a free wildfire assessment — Most CO mountain fire districts and county Wildfire Councils offer free on-site risk assessments. Apply outputs to the rebate-stack actions above.
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
- Cascade #26.0 mi · 8,990 ftSnowpack reference for this area — link out for current SWE + 30-year normal.
- EPA radon zone
- Zone 2 — moderate potential (2–4 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.
- Fires within 5 mi
- 5
- Most recent
- 416 — 2018
- Total acres burned within 5 mi
- 57,392
Show all 5 fires ▾
- 416201854,131 ac· 5.5 mi
- GOBLIN20121,074 ac· 5.7 mi
- Goblin20121,074 ac· 5.7 mi
- SCHAFF II2002557 ac· 5.0 mi
- Schaaf II557 ac· 5.0 mi
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
- $41,596
- Median home value
- $339,100
- Median gross rent
- $1,144/mo
- Median age
- 41.1
- Owner-occupied
- 37.5%(377 of 1,004 units)
- Bachelor's degree or higher
- 37.3%
- Vacancy rate
- 39.8%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2022 5-year estimates, block group 080679707052. 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
$99 per parcel — less than a third of one hour with the water attorney it tells you whether you need.
- Parcel ID
- abdfdd76-0cca-4057-ac10-e896e2193623
- APN
- 532511400021
- Schedule
- 532511400021
- 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.