Unaddressed parcel — 100-37-301
RUZANSKI RANCH INC · Custer County, CO
Registered entity: RUZANSKI RANCH, INC. (Good Standing)
Needs review means a record exists that requires verification. No record means nothing is on file — which is not an all-clear.
Senior, pre-1900 water rights on record at or near it — valuable under Colorado's prior-appropriation law if they convey.
Action plan for this parcel
- 1.
2 rebate programs match this address
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- 2.
Verify augmentation plans + diligence on the priority date
Recommendedwater3 senior water rights on record at or near this parcel (oldest priority 1874). 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.
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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.
975 I ST, PENROSE, CO 81240
The land
What the ground itself is — cover, soils, buildability, water, minerals, and the public land around it.
- Mean annual precipitation
- 23.2 in
- Mean annual snowfall
- 70 inModerate snow load
- Mean annual temperature
- 41°F
- Frost-free season
- 158 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 1874 — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1874-05-25 | HAMLIN DITCH NO 3(Ditch)WDID 1300865 ↗ | SOUTH TAYLOR CREEK | 0.25 C |
| 1886-05-25 | HAMLIN DITCH NO 1(Ditch)WDID 1300867 ↗ | SOUTH TAYLOR CREEK | 1.68 C |
| 1887-06-15 | HAMLIN DITCH NO 4(Ditch)WDID 1300888 ↗ | SOUTH TAYLOR CREEK | 0.8 C |
- Permitted wells
- 2
- Primary use
- Domestic
- Max yield
- 8 gpm
- Deepest well
- 300 ft
- Most recent permit
- 2004-06-24
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.
No oil & gas wells within ½ mile of this parcel. Sourced from the Colorado Energy & Carbon Management Commission (ECMC) public registry.
- USFS· NFRio Grande National Forestparcel inside unit boundary0 mi1,839K 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aspen Acres | 102,003 | 77% | 23.3 mi |
- Wildfire damage potential (CO-WRA)
Moderate▾
Wildfire damage potential is Moderate. Stay current on defensible space; track changes as fuels shift year-to-year.
- CO-WRA bld_dmg_pot tier
- Moderate
- Acrescope wildfire component (0-100)
- 55
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Source: Colorado Wildfire Risk Assessment (CO-WRA) · bld_dmg_pot
- FEMA flood zone
Unmapped▾
Flood zone is not yet mapped for this parcel.
- 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
- Elevation
- 8,343 ft · 2,543 m
- Nearest SNOTEL station
- South Colony9.9 mi · 10,790 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.
- Entity name
- RUZANSKI RANCH, INC.
- Status
- Good Standing
- State of formation
- CO
- Formation date
- 2004-08-20
- Entity type
- DPC
- Registered agent
- VANETTE GAY BENESCH
- Median household income
- $55,188
- Median home value
- $406,300
- Median age
- 58.1
- Owner-occupied
- 35.6%(264 of 742 units)
- Bachelor's degree or higher
- 54.7%
- Vacancy rate
- 60.2%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2022 5-year estimates, block group 080279701012. Block groups average ~1,500 people; these stats describe the surrounding community, not this parcel specifically.
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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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- Parcel ID
- b53bfbca-48aa-443d-a5c7-0de7aa4fa9c0
- APN
- 100-37-301
- Schedule
- —
- 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.