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Delta, CO 81416
HOTCHKISS RANCHES INC · Delta County, CO
Registered entity: HOTCHKISS RANCHES, INC. (Good Standing)
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Large acreage with the land and water profile of a working ranch.
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.
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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.
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.
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.
1233 SUNSET DR, DELTA, CO 81416-2775
The land
What the ground itself is — cover, soils, buildability, water, minerals, and the public land around it.
- Mean annual precipitation
- 11.8 in
- Mean annual snowfall
- 29 inModerate snow load
- Mean annual temperature
- 52°F
- Frost-free season
- 225 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.
No oil & gas wells within ½ mile of this parcel. Sourced from the Colorado Energy & Carbon Management Commission (ECMC) public registry.
- BLM· ACECAdobe Badlands Area of Critical Environmental ConcernAdobe Badlandsparcel inside unit boundary0 mi6K ac
- USFS· NFUncompahgre National ForestGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests0.2 mi953K 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 310 | 603 | 100% | 44.8 mi |
| Gold Mountain | 39,744 | 92% | 47.4 mi |
- 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 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
- Elevation
- 5,092 ft · 1,552 m
- Nearest SNOTEL station
- Mesa Lakes18.6 mi · 10,160 ftSnowpack reference for this area — link out for current SWE + 30-year normal.
- Fires within 5 mi
- 1
- Most recent
- Doc Mesa wildfire 1 — 1987
- Total acres burned within 5 mi
- 571
Show all 1 fire ▾
- Doctor wildfire 11987571 ac· 5.0 mi
- Brownfields (ACRES) sites
- 1 · closest 2.73 mi
Show all 1 site ▾
- BF202 GUNNISON RIVER DRIVE202 GUNNISON RIVER DRIVE, DELTA2.73 mi
Source: EPA EMEF (Superfund NPL + Brownfields/ACRES). Brownfields often reflect HISTORICAL contamination that has been remediated; the registry includes both active and closed cases. Verify case status via the EPA profile link before drawing conclusions.
The owner
Who holds it, through what entity, and what else that owner holds.
- Entity name
- HOTCHKISS RANCHES, INC.
- Status
- Good Standing
- State of formation
- CO
- Formation date
- 1965-01-04
- Entity type
- DPC
- Registered agent
- KENNETH JAMES FARMER
- Median household income
- $50,074
- Median home value
- $268,800
- Median gross rent
- $1,014/mo
- Median age
- 62.1
- Owner-occupied
- 66.6%(245 of 368 units)
- Bachelor's degree or higher
- 19%
- Vacancy rate
- 8.7%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2022 5-year estimates, block group 080299648004. 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
- d3248d6d-2176-48e0-b60a-9cc1c8480163
- APN
- 323536300003
- Schedule
- R004736
- 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.