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Data as of 2026-08-22
Parcel record

Hwy 160

BRUCE SPRUCE RANCH LTD · Mineral County, CO

Registered entity: BRUCE SPRUCE RANCH, LTD. (Exists)

Entity (CO)Very HighZone D
Market value
$278,030
Water rights
none on file
Lot size
3.5 ac
152,460 sf
Structure
None on record
2,352 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.
20/100
low signal

A split estate — the minerals beneath are federally owned.

Federal Mineral Estate (Split Estate)
Federal-owned minerals below (split estate)
Distressed-Entity Owner
Recent Burn Zone
In a mapped burn perimeter — history, separate from the current hazard tier
Next2 rebate programs match this addressaction plan
Acrescope Indicators
Filings: dormant
Proprietary multi-domain composite — distress, fire, geohazards, soils, ownership & water records joined to one parcel.
Signal 20/100 (low) — Low-signal — ranks high only because most county parcels carry few signals
Motivated Seller Score
5/100
low
Low-motivation — ranks high only because most county parcels carry few signals
Top contributing factors
  • Very High wildfire risk
  • No water rights in fire-prone area
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 · 37.43739, -106.88726· 114 water rights within 5 mi (nearest 80 mapped)· 4 NIFC fire perimeters within 50 mi
Parcel Neighbor boundaryNearby parcel (by risk) Water right Fire perimeter · 4 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.

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.

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

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.

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
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), 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
Vulnerable

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.

Water rights

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.

Water well
A permitted water well falls within this parcel (primarily commercial). 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
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.

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
    Rio Grande National Forest
    parcel inside unit boundary
    0 mi
    1,839K 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.

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
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.

Active wildfires within 50 miles (4)
Source: NIFC Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS) current perimeters. Updated multiple times daily.
IncidentAcresContainedDistance
Rio Blanco1,388100%20.9 mi
Diamante8380%32 mi
Elk7,25633%48.9 mi
Gold Mountain39,71887%56.6 mi
Climate & environmental risk
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 stackRun 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 certificationIndependent home-hardening certification. Accepted by Allstate, State Farm, USAA, AmFam — typically reduces premium 10-15% on the standard wildfire surcharge.
  • Schedule a free wildfire assessmentMost 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.

Source: FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer (NFHL)

In Special Flood Hazard Area?
No
Nearest SNOTEL station
Upper San Juan4.4 mi · 10,140 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
2
Most recent
WINDY PASS 2013
Total acres burned within 5 mi
1,443
Show all 2 fires
  • WINDY PASS2013
    1,417 ac· 4.0 mi
  • EAST FORK2012
    26 ac· 4.1 mi
CAIC avalanche paths nearby
Mapped highway avalanche paths within ~2 mi of the parcel centroid. Source: Colorado Avalanche Information Center + CDOT.
Paths within 2 mi
20
Closest path
West Fork Bank0.17 mi
Show all 20 paths
  • West Fork BankMP 158
    0.17 mi
  • Far West BankMP 157.9
    0.31 mi
  • Point of Interest BankMP 158.65
    0.58 mi
  • Treasure Falls BankMP 159
    0.83 mi
  • Half BridgeMP 159.1
    0.90 mi
  • OverlookMP 160.45
    0.97 mi
  • Palisades IMP 159.5
    1.08 mi
  • SwitchbackMP 160.55
    1.16 mi
  • Palisades IIMP 159.6
    1.17 mi
  • Palisades IIIMP 159.6
    1.24 mi
  • Stud MuffinMP 160.7
    1.25 mi
  • Stud Muffin IIMP 160.8
    1.33 mi
  • Tunnel CurveMP 159.9
    1.40 mi
  • HairpinMP 160
    1.45 mi
  • Little CoyoteMP 161.1
    1.54 mi
  • Big CoyoteMP 161.3
    1.76 mi
  • Upper CoyoteMP 161.2
    1.83 mi
  • Boulder Creek E/WMP 161.4
    2.04 mi
  • SnowflakeMP 161.6
    2.12 mi
  • Sheep BankMP 162
    2.13 mi

CAIC's published path inventory covers state-highway corridors. Backcountry avalanche terrain off highways is not included.

Emergency services proximity
Drive time via OpenRouteService. Falls back to straight-line distance until cached. Service locations from OpenStreetMap.
Nearest fire station
12.6 mi
Pagosa Fire Station Number 4
Nearest hospital
16.5 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 ownership
Colorado SOS registered entity
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
Neighborhood cluster · Quiet cluster
32 parcels within 1 mile of this property. Average Acrescope Risk Score: 13/100.
32
parcels nearby
0
with distress
0
high-risk (50+)
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.

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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
c72ea35d-3961-4cfe-8d82-2c823184bc78
APN
539307200002
Schedule
R002259
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.