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Data as of 2026-08-22
Parcel record

35115 Hwy 149

Creede, CO 81130

RIO OXBOW RANCH INC · Mineral County, CO

Registered entity: RIO OXBOW RANCH, INC. (Good Standing)

Entity (CO)UnmappedZone X (minimal)
Est. market value
$7,817,371
$/ac comp · low confidence
Assessor: $978,220
Water rights
3
decreed right record(s) associated
Lot size
1,459.55 ac
63,578,172 sf
Structure
None on record
6,764 sf
Value, lot & structure: Mineral County Assessor · Water rights: CO Division of Water Resources (CDSS) · Retrieved 2026-08-22

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.
7/100
low signal

A split estate — the minerals beneath are federally owned.

Federal Mineral Estate (Split Estate)
Federal-owned minerals below (split estate)
Ranch Candidate
Senior Water Asset
3+ pre-1900 water rights
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 7/100 (low) — Low-signal · typical for the county
Motivated Seller Score
5/100
low
Low-motivation — ranks high only because most county parcels carry few signals
Acrescope Risk Model v0.2 · experimentalNot yet calibrated — the cited records outrank the number. How it’s computed · geohazard/soil coverage for this parcel: 0%
Map view
Esri World Imagery · 37.72835, -107.06734· 108 water rights within 5 mi (nearest 80 mapped)· 3 NIFC fire perimeters within 50 mi
Parcel Water right Fire perimeter · 3 within 50 mi 10 min drive 20 min 30 min

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 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.

  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.

Ranch land value estimatemedium confidence
Comp model — clean single-parcel arms-length ag sales, by county $/acre.
Estimated land value
$7,817,371
range $4,439,963$11,123,261
County median
$5,356/ac
1,459.6 ac · 14 comps
This parcel's recorded sale
⚠ 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
  • 1970-01-01
    $0 / non-arms-length

Source: county assessor sale records. $0-price entries are typically non-arms-length transfers (quitclaim, intra-family, estate). They appear on the deed chain but don't reflect market value.

Tax mailing

4432 WHITEWATER CREEK RD ATLANTA, GA 30327

The land

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

Land cover
NLCD 2021 — Grassland/Herbaceous predominant. “Open” = grazable shrub, grass, pasture & crop.
Forest15%
Open / grazable64%
Developed1%
Water / wetland20%
Buildability
Construction feasibility synthesized across slope, soils, landslide & flood — the constraints a land buyer pays for, joined to one parcel.
Build constraint
Favorable

No significant build constraints in the data available for this parcel.

Partial coverage — based on the soil/geohazard layers present for this parcel; the read sharpens as those backfill.

Climate profile
Long-run climate normals at the parcel centroid, averaged over 20142023. Drives growing season & water for ranch/ag use, plus snow load for buildability.
Mean annual precipitation
21.8 in
Mean annual snowfall
93 inModerate snow load
Mean annual temperature
38°F
Frost-free season
136 days/yr(moderate growing season)

Source: Open-Meteo Historical Weather archive (ERA5 reanalysis), 20142023 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.

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 1888 — 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: 1888-06-01
PriorityStructureSourceDecreed
1888-06-01WOODFERN D(Ditch)WDID 2000913WOODFERN CREEK3.2 C
1896-06-30HILTON CR RIVER D(Ditch)WDID 2000669WOODFERN CREEK0.7 C
1956-08-02CLIFF CREEK RES(Reservoir)WDID 2003597CLIFF CREEK110.75 A
Water wells (2)
2 permitted water wells fall within this parcel (primarily domestic). 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
2
Primary use
Domestic
Max yield
10 gpm
Deepest well
10 ft
Most recent permit
2006-06-13

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.

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· WA
    Weminuche Wilderness
    parcel inside unit boundary
    0 mi
    500K 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.

Federal mineral estate
Split estate · find more
This parcel's centroid sits inside 3 BLM-mapped federal mineral-estate polygons — meaning the federal government owns some or all of the minerals beneath this surface property (a “split estate”).
Mineral rights designation
No Minerals
Federal estate acres overlapping
25,745

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.

Active wildfires within 50 miles (3)
Source: NIFC Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS) current perimeters. Updated multiple times daily.
IncidentAcresContainedDistance
Elk7,25633%26.5 mi
Gold Mountain39,71887%35.3 mi
Rio Blanco1,388100%40.7 mi
Climate & environmental risk
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 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
Nearest SNOTEL station
Middle Creek7.8 mi · 11,260 ft
Snowpack reference for this area — link out for current SWE + 30-year normal.
Past fires near this parcel
Historical wildfire perimeters within 5 miles of the parcel centroid. Source: NIFC InterAgencyFirePerimeterHistory.
Fires within 5 mi
1
Most recent
WEST FORK 2013
Total acres burned within 5 mi
49,283
Show all 1 fire
  • Papoose2013
    49,283 ac· 5.0 mi
Emergency services proximity
Drive time via OpenRouteService. Falls back to straight-line distance until cached. Service locations from OpenStreetMap.
Nearest fire station
11.7 mi
Creede Volunteer Fire Station
1201 North Main Street, Creede, CO, 81130
Nearest hospital
32.9 mi
Pagosa Springs Medical Center
95 South Pagosa Boulevard, Pagosa Springs, CO, 81147
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
RIO OXBOW RANCH, INC.
Status
Good Standing
State of formation
CO
Formation date
1978-12-04
Entity type
DPC
Registered agent
Neighborhood demographics
Block group 973600-1 · ACS 2022 5-year estimate. Population 794.
Median household income
$58,929
Median home value
$379,000
Median gross rent
$824/mo
Median age
54.7
Owner-occupied
24.4%(308 of 1,261 units)
Bachelor's degree or higher
57.7%
Vacancy rate
66.9%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2022 5-year estimates, block group 080799736001. Block groups average ~1,500 people; these stats describe the surrounding community, not this parcel specifically.

Where the free page ends
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  • 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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Mineral County Assessor · record of parcel
Parcel ID
c2508411-ae13-404f-b22f-82f2af69f12a
APN
502914300048
Schedule
R002120
Retrieved 2026-08-22
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
2026-08-22
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.