5947 CR 516
Bayfield, CO 81122
BEAM, JAKE TRUST · La Plata County, CO
Needs review means a record exists that requires verification. No record means nothing is on file — which is not an all-clear.
A rare combination — senior water and low climate risk at a below-median value.
Action plan for this parcel
- 1.
Verify mineral severance vs surface-only ownership
Criticalminerals0 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 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.
- 3.
Pull the water-right ownership chain
RecommendedwaterThis parcel has 4 senior water rights (oldest priority 1900). 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.
Verify augmentation plans + diligence on the priority date
Recommendedwater4 water rights with oldest priority 1900. 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.
Build a comp set of similar parcels
OptionalcontextHidden 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.
- 6.
Verify owner mailing address is current
OptionalcomplianceOwner 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.
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.
- 2008-03-26$2,485,000
Source: county assessor sale records.
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The land
What the ground itself is — cover, soils, buildability, water, minerals, and the public land around it.
- Farmland class
- Prime farmland if irrigated
- Land-capability (irrigated)
- 3w
- Land-capability (non-irrigated)
- 3w
- Drainage
- Somewhat poorly drained
- Hydrologic group
- C
- Slope
- 2%
- Avail. water capacity
- 0.15 cm/cm
- Group-C soil — slow infiltration
- Somewhat poorly drained soil
- Mean annual precipitation
- 19.2 in
- Mean annual snowfall
- 59 inModerate snow load
- Mean annual temperature
- 46°F
- Frost-free season
- 188 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.
Senior decreed water with priority back to 1900 — a senior priority date under Colorado prior appropriation; what actually conveys, and on what terms, is established by the decrees and title diligence.
| Priority | Structure | Source | Decreed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900-10-01 | DR MORRISON DITCH(Ditch)WDID 3101044 ↗ | LOS PINOS RIVER | 7.8 C |
| 2008-01-31 | JENKINS WASTEWATER DIVERSION(Ditch)WDID 3101058 ↗ | LOS PINOS RIVER | 0.4 C |
| 2008-01-31 | JENKINS WASTEWATER DIVERSION AP #2(Ditch)WDID 3101060 ↗ | LOS PINOS RIVER | — |
| 2008-01-31 | JENKINS WASTEWATER DIVERSION AP #1(Ditch)WDID 3101059 ↗ | LOS PINOS RIVER | — |
- Permitted wells
- 3
- Primary use
- Domestic
- Max yield
- 10 gpm
- Deepest well
- 175 ft
- Most recent permit
- 2009-08-21
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· NFSan Juan National Forestparcel inside unit boundary0 mi1,866K 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.
- Mineral rights designation
- Coal Only
- Federal estate acres overlapping
- 296
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% | 33.6 mi |
| Diamante | 83 | 60% | 46 mi |
- Wildfire damage potential (CO-WRA)
Very Low▾
Wildfire damage potential is Very Low. Stay current on defensible space; track changes as fuels shift year-to-year.
- CO-WRA bld_dmg_pot tier
- Very Low
- Acrescope wildfire component (0-100)
- 10
Actions that move this rating- Annual fuels check — Even low-tier parcels can drift upward as nearby vegetation grows. Re-run this lookup yearly; adjust home-hardening priorities accordingly.
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 coverage — Even 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.
- In Special Flood Hazard Area?
- No
- Nearest SNOTEL station
- Stump Lakes18.1 mi · 11,230 ftSnowpack reference for this area — link out for current SWE + 30-year normal.
- 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.
- Fires within 5 mi
- 2
- Most recent
- 518 — 2020
- Total acres burned within 5 mi
- 41
Show all 2 fires ▾
- 518202014 ac· 3.5 mi
- 516 #2201827 ac· 2.3 mi
- Brownfields (ACRES) sites
- 3 · closest 0.62 mi
Show all 3 sites ▾
- BFBAYFIELD OPEN SPACE112 SOUTH ST W, BAYFIELD0.62 mi
- BFBAYFIELD SCHOOL564 EAST ST S, BAYFIELD0.65 mi
- BFSOUTHERN UTE HOUSE AT 328 CR 523328 LA PLATA CR 523, BAYFIELD1.00 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.
Individual owner of record. No Colorado Secretary of State business entity matched to this parcel's owner name.
- Median household income
- $66,979
- Median home value
- $353,900
- Median gross rent
- $1,234/mo
- Median age
- 31.9
- Owner-occupied
- 66.5%(366 of 550 units)
- Bachelor's degree or higher
- 30.2%
- Vacancy rate
- 6.4%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2022 5-year estimates, block group 080679706022. 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
$99 per parcel — less than a third of one hour with the water attorney it tells you whether you need.
- Parcel ID
- eca73bd3-ed84-45bc-9137-159881b5c923
- APN
- 567714100166
- Schedule
- 567714100166
- 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.