Hwy 160
BRUCE SPRUCE RANCH LTD · Mineral County, CO
Registered entity: BRUCE SPRUCE RANCH, LTD. (Exists)
Needs review means a record exists that requires verification. No record means nothing is on file — which is not an all-clear.
A split estate — the minerals beneath are federally owned.
- 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.
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.
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.
- 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.
PO BOX 3099 PAGOSA SPRINGS, CO 81147
The land
What the ground itself is — cover, soils, buildability, water, minerals, and the public land around it.
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.
- Mean annual precipitation
- 30.5 in
- Mean annual snowfall
- 130 inHeavy snow load
- Mean annual temperature
- 43°F
- Frost-free season
- 172 days/yr(long 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.
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.
- Permitted wells
- 1
- Primary use
- Commercial
- Deepest well
- 70 ft
- Most recent permit
- 1992-06-25
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· 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.
- Mineral rights designation
- No Minerals
- Federal estate acres overlapping
- 2,565
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.
| Incident | Acres | Contained | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rio Blanco | 1,388 | 100% | 20.9 mi |
| Diamante | 83 | 80% | 32 mi |
| Elk | 7,256 | 33% | 48.9 mi |
| Gold Mountain | 39,718 | 87% | 56.6 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 D▾
FEMA-mapped Zone D. Moderate hazard; flood insurance is not federally mandated but should be considered.
- FEMA NFHL zone
- D
- Special Flood Hazard Area
- No
- Acrescope flood component (0-100)
- 10
Actions that move this rating- Preferred Risk Policy (PRP) — Non-SFHA NFIP coverage is cheap (often $400-700/yr) and protects against the surprise flood event a moderate zone implies.
- In Special Flood Hazard Area?
- No
- Nearest SNOTEL station
- Upper San Juan4.4 mi · 10,140 ftSnowpack reference for this area — link out for current SWE + 30-year normal.
- Fires within 5 mi
- 2
- Most recent
- WINDY PASS — 2013
- Total acres burned within 5 mi
- 1,443
Show all 2 fires ▾
- WINDY PASS20131,417 ac· 4.0 mi
- EAST FORK201226 ac· 4.1 mi
- Paths within 2 mi
- 20
- Closest path
- West Fork Bank0.17 mi
Show all 20 paths ▾
- West Fork BankMP 1580.17 mi
- Far West BankMP 157.90.31 mi
- Point of Interest BankMP 158.650.58 mi
- Treasure Falls BankMP 1590.83 mi
- Half BridgeMP 159.10.90 mi
- OverlookMP 160.450.97 mi
- Palisades IMP 159.51.08 mi
- SwitchbackMP 160.551.16 mi
- Palisades IIMP 159.61.17 mi
- Palisades IIIMP 159.61.24 mi
- Stud MuffinMP 160.71.25 mi
- Stud Muffin IIMP 160.81.33 mi
- Tunnel CurveMP 159.91.40 mi
- HairpinMP 1601.45 mi
- Little CoyoteMP 161.11.54 mi
- Big CoyoteMP 161.31.76 mi
- Upper CoyoteMP 161.21.83 mi
- Boulder Creek E/WMP 161.42.04 mi
- SnowflakeMP 161.62.12 mi
- Sheep BankMP 1622.13 mi
CAIC's published path inventory covers state-highway corridors. Backcountry avalanche terrain off highways is not included.
The owner
Who holds it, through what entity, and what else that owner holds.
- Entity name
- BRUCE SPRUCE RANCH, LTD.
- Status
- Exists
- State of formation
- CO
- Formation date
- 1996-06-27
- Entity type
- DLP
- Registered agent
- GEORGE C. HINGER
- 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.
- 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
- c72ea35d-3961-4cfe-8d82-2c823184bc78
- APN
- 539307200002
- Schedule
- R002259
- 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.