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Unaddressed parcel — 617502300001

USA IN TRUST FOR · La Plata County, CO

CO ResidentUnmappedZone X (minimal)
Est. market value
$25,658,077
$/ac comp · high confidence
Assessor: $57,350 (ag-use)
Water rights
8
decreed right record(s) associated
Lot size
5,734.93 ac
249,813,558 sf
Structure
None on record
Value, lot & structure: La Plata 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.
5/100
low signal

A rare combination — senior water and low climate risk at a below-median value.

Hidden Gem
Senior water, low risk, below-median value
Senior Water Asset
3+ pre-1900 water rights
Federal Mineral Estate (Split Estate)
Federal-owned minerals below (split estate)
NextVerify mineral severance vs surface-only ownershipaction plan · 5 items
Acrescope Indicators
Filings: dormant
Proprietary multi-domain composite — distress, fire, geohazards, soils, ownership & water records joined to one parcel.
Signal 5/100 (low) — Among the lowest-signal in county
Motivated Seller Score
0/100
low
Among the least-motivated in county
Top contributing factor
  • Group-D soil — high runoff, septic & foundation risk
Acrescope Risk Model v0.2 · experimentalNot yet calibrated — the cited records outrank the number. How it’s computed
Map view
Esri World Imagery · 37.05363, -108.14555· 98 water rights within 5 mi (nearest 80 mapped)· 320 O&G wells within 5 mi (nearest 80 mapped)· 1 NIFC fire perimeter within 50 mi
Parcel Neighbor boundaryNearby parcel (by risk) Water right O&G well Fire perimeter · 1 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.

    Verify mineral severance vs surface-only ownership

    Criticalminerals

    0 producing wells on the parcel. In CO, surface and mineral rights are commonly severed — pull deed history to confirm what's actually owned. If minerals are reserved to a prior owner, royalties flow to them; if conveyed with surface, royalties + lease bonuses go to the current owner.

  2. 2.

    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.

  3. 3.

    Pull the water-right ownership chain

    Recommendedwater

    This parcel has 8 senior water rights (oldest priority 1868). Verify ownership chain via the CO Division of Water Resources — senior rights conveyed with the parcel are worth materially more than unbundled values suggest.

  4. 4.

    Verify augmentation plans + diligence on the priority date

    Recommendedwater

    8 water rights with oldest priority 1868. 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.

  5. 5.

    Build a comp set of similar parcels

    Optionalcontext

    Hidden Gem parcels often cluster — there may be 3-5 other under-the-radar properties in the same county fitting this profile. Browse the county Discoveries panel for sibling parcels.

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 estimatehigh confidence
Comp model — clean single-parcel arms-length ag sales, by county $/acre.
Estimated land value
$25,658,077
range $10,322,874$61,444,040
County median
$4,474/ac
5,734.9 ac · 1095 comps
This parcel's recorded sale
no recorded sale

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.

Tax mailing

SOUTHERN UTE INDIAN TRIBE P O BOX 737, IGNACIO, CO 81137

The land

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

Land cover
NLCD 2021 — Shrub/Scrub predominant. “Open” = grazable shrub, grass, pasture & crop.
Forest17%
Open / grazable81%
Developed1%
Water / wetland1%
Soils
USDA SSURGO — Zyme (Zyme clay loam, 3 to 25 percent slopes). Land-capability class rates farm/graze suitability (1 best → 8 unsuited).
Farmland class
Not prime farmland
Land-capability (non-irrigated)
6e
Drainage
Well drained
Hydrologic group
D
Slope
14%
Avail. water capacity
0.18 cm/cm
Buildability
Construction feasibility synthesized across slope, soils, landslide & flood — the constraints a land buyer pays for, joined to one parcel.
Build constraint
Moderate
  • Gentle slope (~14%)
  • Group-D soil — high runoff; septic & foundation cost
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 1868 — 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 (8)
Oldest priority date: 1868-03-02
PriorityStructureSourceDecreed
1868-03-02R- 426(Reservoir)WDID 3304298CINDER GULCH9.6 A
1868-03-02R- 429(Reservoir)WDID 3304296CINDER GULCH0.84 A
1868-03-02R- 618(Reservoir)WDID 3304322MCDERMOTT ARROYO1.16 A
1868-03-02R- 427(Reservoir)WDID 3304294CINDER GULCH0.17 A
1868-03-02R- 421(Reservoir)WDID 3304284LA PLATA RIVER0.7 A
1868-03-02R- 430(Reservoir)WDID 3304297CINDER GULCH3.94 A
1868-03-02R- 614(Reservoir)WDID 3304321MCDERMOTT ARROYO1.6 A
1868-03-02R- 428(Reservoir)WDID 3304295CINDER GULCH0.65 A
Water wells (17)
17 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
17
Primary use
Domestic
Max yield
15 gpm
Deepest well
360 ft
Most recent permit
2025-08-05

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
    San Juan National Forest
    parcel inside unit boundary
    0 mi
    1,866K 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 6 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
All Minerals; No Minerals
Federal estate acres overlapping
15,783

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 (1)
Source: NIFC Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS) current perimeters. Updated multiple times daily.
IncidentAcresContainedDistance
Ferris64,881100%47.9 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
Mancos26.1 mi · 10,020 ft
Snowpack reference for this area — link out for current SWE + 30-year normal.
Geohazards
Radon zone is an EPA county-level rating — most Colorado mountain counties are Zone 1 (the highest tier), so testing is recommended on any build. The nearest mapped Quaternary fault is shown for context; Colorado’s Quaternary faults are sparse and largely low-slip-rate.
EPA radon zone
Zone 2 — moderate potential (2–4 pCi/L)

Sources: Colorado Geological Survey statewide Landslide Inventory (mapped deposits, not a debris-flow susceptibility model), the EPA Map of Radon Zones (county-level), and the USGS Quaternary Fault and Fold Database. Descriptive, not legal or engineering advice — confirm slope stability, radon, and seismic conditions with a qualified professional before acting.

Past fires near this parcel
Historical wildfire perimeters within 5 miles of the parcel centroid. Source: NIFC InterAgencyFirePerimeterHistory.
Fires within 5 mi
3
Total acres burned within 5 mi
672
Show all 3 fires
  • Coal
    26 ac· 2.5 mi
  • Pinyon
    112 ac· 4.3 mi
  • Morgan Canyon
    534 ac· 4.8 mi
Emergency services proximity
Drive time via OpenRouteService. Falls back to straight-line distance until cached. Service locations from OpenStreetMap.
Nearest fire station
16.3 mi
SJC Cedar Hill Fire Station #2
Nearest hospital
20.2 mi
Animas Surgical Hospital
575 Rivergate Lane, Durango, CO, 81301
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

Individual owner of record. No Colorado Secretary of State business entity matched to this parcel's owner name.

Neighborhood cluster · Quiet cluster
17 parcels within 1 mile of this property. Average Acrescope Risk Score: 9/100.
17
parcels nearby
0
with distress
0
high-risk (50+)
Neighborhood demographics
Block group 940400-2 · ACS 2022 5-year estimate. Population 1,609.
Median household income
$70,536
Median home value
$445,600
Median gross rent
$1,262/mo
Median age
46.5
Owner-occupied
73.9%(541 of 732 units)
Bachelor's degree or higher
35.4%
Vacancy rate
13.5%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2022 5-year estimates, block group 080679404002. 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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  • Verdict & action planfull write-up with every claim cited to its record (free: summary above)
  • 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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La Plata County Assessor · record of parcel
Parcel ID
e27a3ab6-6993-412c-861e-58e90e69cac2
APN
617502300001
Schedule
617502300001
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.