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Data as of 2026-08-27
Parcel record

254 CR 500

Bayfield, CO 81122

WE RANCH LLC · La Plata County, CO

Registered entity: WE Ranch LLC (Good Standing)

Entity (CO)Very LowZone X (minimal)
Est. market value
$262,800
$/sqft comp · high county comp coverage
Assessor: $3,807,560
Last sale: $2,122,500 on 2019-02-01
Water rights
3
decreed right record(s) associated
Lot size
64.46 ac
2,807,878 sf
Structure
Built 1955
900 sf
Value, lot & structure: La Plata County Assessor · Water rights: CO Division of Water Resources (CDSS) · Retrieved 2026-08-27

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.
18/100
low signal

Senior, pre-1900 water rights on record at or near it — valuable under Colorado's prior-appropriation law if they convey.

Senior Water Records Nearby
3+ pre-1900 water rights on record nearby
Water-Rights Parcel
Decreed water-right record(s) associated
Regenerative-Potential Land
Next2 rebate programs match this addressaction plan · 3 items
Acrescope Indicators
Filings: dormant
Proprietary multi-domain composite — distress, fire, geohazards, soils, ownership & water records joined to one parcel.
Signal 18/100 (low) — Low-signal · typical for the county
Motivated Seller Score
0/100
low
Among the least-motivated in county
Top contributing factor
  • Within a recent wildfire footprint
Acrescope Risk Model v0.2 · experimentalNot yet calibrated — the cited records outrank the number. How it’s computed
Map view
Esri World Imagery · 37.45134, -107.55864· 157 water rights within 5 mi (nearest 80 mapped)· 3 NIFC fire perimeters within 50 mi
Parcel Neighbor boundaryNearby parcel (by risk) Water right Fire perimeter · 3 within 50 mi

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.

  2. 2.

    Verify augmentation plans + diligence on the priority date

    Recommendedwater

    3 senior water rights on record at or near this parcel (oldest priority 1885). Under prior appropriation those RIGHTS stand near the front of the call line in dry years — but they benefit this parcel only if they convey with it. Verify ownership and conveyance, augmentation-plan membership, and any pending change-of-use applications.

  3. 3.

    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.

Estimated market valuehigh confidence
$/sqft comp — clean recent arms-length sales, by county.
Estimate
$262,800
range $165,600$379,800
County median
$292/sqft
900 sqft · 1637 comps
This parcel's recorded sale
$2,122,500
⚠ part of a multi-parcel deed — not a per-parcel price
  • · County-level comp model — no adjustment for condition, view, or remodel. An estimate, not an appraisal.
Ranch land value estimatehigh confidence
Comp model — clean single-parcel arms-length ag sales, by county $/acre.
Estimated land value
$288,394
range $116,028$690,624
County median
$4,474/ac
64.5 ac · 1095 comps
This parcel's recorded sale
$2,122,500
⚠ part of a multi-parcel deed — not a per-parcel price

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.

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.

Sale history
1 recorded sale
  • 2019-02-01
    $2,122,500

Source: county assessor sale records.

Tax mailing

2028 FARRINGTON ST, DALLAS, TX 75207

The land

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

Land cover
NLCD 2021 — Cultivated Crops predominant. “Open” = grazable shrub, grass, pasture & crop.
Forest25%
Open / grazable44%
Developed19%
Water / wetland13%
Soils
USDA SSURGO — Tefton (Tefton loam). Land-capability class rates farm/graze suitability (1 best → 8 unsuited).
Farmland class
Prime farmland if irrigated
Land-capability (irrigated)
3w
Land-capability (non-irrigated)
3w
Drainage
Somewhat poorly drained
Hydrologic group
C
Slope
2%
Avail. water capacity
0.15 cm/cm
Buildability
Construction feasibility synthesized across slope, soils, landslide & flood — the constraints a land buyer pays for, joined to one parcel.
Build constraint
Favorable
  • Group-C soil — slow infiltration
  • Somewhat poorly drained soil
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
Senior

Senior decreed water with priority back to 1885 — a senior priority date under Colorado prior appropriation; what actually conveys, and on what terms, is established by the decrees and title diligence.

Water rights (3)
Oldest priority date: 1885-12-31
PriorityStructureSourceDecreed
1967-06-10WITS END WELL NO 1(Well)WDID 3105090GROUNDWATER: GRIMES CREEK0.0222 C
1885-12-31CUSTER SPRING #3 NORTH(Spring)WDID 3100831GRIMES CREEK0.05 C
1988-01-08WIT'S END WELL NO 2(Well)WDID 3105143GROUNDWATER: GRIMES CREEK0.044 C
Water wells (4)
4 permitted water wells are recorded at or near this parcel (primarily household use only). A permitted well is real, recorded water access from the CO Division of Water Resources — and on unbuilt rural land it is often the gating utility for buildability.
Permitted wells
4
Primary use
Household use only
Max yield
15 gpm
Deepest well
60 ft
Most recent permit
2007-12-26

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.

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.
  • USFS· NF
    San Juan National Forest
    parcel inside unit boundary
    0 mi
    1,866K ac
  • BLM· WSR
    Animas River
    4.9 mi
    9K 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.

Active wildfires within 50 miles (3)
Source: NIFC Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS) current perimeters. Updated multiple times daily.
IncidentAcresContainedDistance
Rio Blanco1,388100%37.8 mi
Gold Mountain39,73487%40.9 mi
Elk7,25752%43.4 mi
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 checkEven 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
0.2 PCT ANNUAL CHANCE FLOOD HAZARD
Special Flood Hazard Area
No
Acrescope flood component (0-100)
25
Actions that move this rating
  • Basement / finished-lower-level coverageEven 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
7,730 ft · 2,356 m
Nearest SNOTEL station
Vallecito3.6 mi · 10,740 ft
Snowpack reference for this area — link out for current SWE + 30-year normal.
Geohazards
Radon zone is an EPA county-level rating — most Colorado mountain counties are Zone 1 (the highest tier), so testing is recommended on any build. The nearest mapped Quaternary fault is shown for context; Colorado’s Quaternary faults are sparse and largely low-slip-rate.
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.

Past fires near this parcel
Historical wildfire perimeters within 5 miles of the parcel centroid. Source: NIFC InterAgencyFirePerimeterHistory.
Fires within 5 mi
6(2 contained this parcel)
Most recent
VALLECITO 2012
Total acres burned within 5 mi
147,432
Show all 6 fires
  • VALLECITO2012
    1,359 ac· 2.7 mi
  • Vallecito2012
    1,373 ac· 2.7 mi
  • BEAR CREEK WFU2003
    1,869 ac· 4.3 mi
  • MISSIONARY RIDGE2002contained parcel
    70,481 ac· 4.6 mi
  • Missionary Ridge2002contained parcel
    70,481 ac· 4.6 mi
  • Bear Creek WFU
    1,869 ac· 4.3 mi
Emergency services proximity
Drive time via OpenRouteService. Falls back to straight-line distance until cached. Service locations from OpenStreetMap.
Nearest fire station
15.1 mi
Upper Pine Fire Protection District
Nearest hospital
20.9 mi
Mercy Regional Medical Center
Centura Health
1010 Three Springs Boulevard, Durango, CO, 81301
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
Colorado SOS registered entity
Entity name
WE Ranch LLC
Status
Good Standing
State of formation
CO
Formation date
2018-12-26
Entity type
DLLC
Registered agent
JUSTIN ROYCE MCCARTY
Owner network · 2 related entities
WE Ranch LLC shares its registered agent or principal address with 1 other LLC — together holding 39 parcels across our 31-county footprint.
Related entityStatusLinkParcels
MCCARTY EXCAVATION AND CONSTRUCTION, INC.(CO)Good Standingshared agent33
Neighborhood cluster · Quiet cluster
80 parcels within 1 mile of this property. Average Acrescope Risk Score: 28/100.
80
parcels nearby
0
with distress
0
high-risk (50+)
Neighborhood demographics
Block group 970602-4 · ACS 2022 5-year estimate. Population 864.
Median household income
$115,234
Median home value
$396,000
Median age
61.8
Owner-occupied
45.3%(387 of 855 units)
Bachelor's degree or higher
39.3%
Vacancy rate
54.7%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2022 5-year estimates, block group 080679706024. 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.
  • Verdict & action planfull write-up with every claim cited to its record (free: summary above)
  • Recommended diligencethe complete prioritized checklist for this parcel (free: top action above)
  • Property & valuationcomp set, ag use-value adjustment, valuation walk-through (free: assessor value above)
  • Land & stewardshipland cover, soils, buildability, regenerative potential
  • Water & subsurfaceeach decreed right with priority date, WDID, and diversion history (free: counts above)
  • Climate & hazardsburn history, insurability workup, mitigation rebate stack (free: tiers above)
  • Distress & ownershipfiling-by-filing record and the owner’s full entity network (free: flags above)
  • Sources & methodologyevery source record linked, dated, and retrievable
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La Plata County Assessor · record of parcel
Parcel ID
ae4d62a1-f18e-445e-b7b5-4ea6c6b04cda
APN
537729100017
Schedule
537729100017
Retrieved 2026-08-27
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.