Archuleta County, Colorado
Sell your land in Aspen Springs for cash
Parcel Buyers buys vacant lots for cash in Aspen Springs, including lots in its six platted units that still need well, septic or road work. You get a written, no-obligation cash offer within 24 hours, and closings run through an independent title company, typically in about 10 days, with no fees or commissions.
By Parcel Buyers · · Lot figures from the 2026 Colorado parcel and assessment data · How we made this page
Quick answers
- Who buys land for cash in Aspen Springs?
- Parcel Buyers is a direct land buyer that makes written, no-obligation cash offers on vacant lots and acreage in Aspen Springs, Archuleta County, usually within 24 hours. Sales close through an independent title company, typically in about 10 days, with no fees or commissions to the seller.
- What county-recorded last sale prices are available for vacant lots in Aspen Springs?
- For 2025, county records list a median last sale price of $35,000 across 50 vacant lots in Aspen Springs; the middle half of those recorded prices were $28,600 to $54,400.
- How many vacant lots are in Aspen Springs?
- The 2026 Colorado parcel and assessment data lists 1,237 vacant residential lots in Aspen Springs; 24% are acre-pluss, and the median lot is 1.20 acre.
- How is a cash offer for land in Aspen Springs set?
- We start from county-recorded last sale prices for similar lots nearby, including the 2025 records on this page when available, then adjust for water and sewer, road access, flood zone, lot size and any title issues, and for the time and cost of reselling. You get one written number, not a range.
- How do I know a land buyer in Aspen Springs is legitimate?
- A real buyer closes through an independent, licensed title company and never asks you to pay anything up front. We never charge sellers a fee, deposit or closing-cost advance, and the title company pays you by check or wire at closing.
- Who is buying lots in Aspen Springs?
- In 2025, companies bought 2% of the vacant lots that sold in Aspen Springs. Individuals bought the rest.
- What was the median recorded 2025 sale price by lot size in Aspen Springs?
- The median recorded 2025 sale price for a acre-plus in Aspen Springs was $35,000 across 13 sales.
Local data
Aspen Springs land at a glance
Tax-roll figures cover parcels whose subdivision in the Archuleta County legal description is an Aspen Springs subdivision (Subs 1 to 6) in Archuleta County. Local rules and services are sourced below.
| Vacant residential lots | 1,237 parcels classified vacant residential on the 2026 Colorado parcel and assessment data [1] |
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| Most common lot size | Acre-plus (46,000–52,000 sq ft): 24% of vacant lots; next, one-acre homesite at 22%. Median lot: 1.20 acre (52,270 sq ft). [1] |
| Typical county assessor value | $32,200 median county assessor value for a vacant lot; the middle half fall between $27,200 and $40,000 [1] |
| Recent lot sale prices | $35,000 median across 50 vacant lots with a county-recorded last sale price in Aspen Springs (2025); the middle half of those prices were $28,600–$54,400 [1] |
| Who bought lots in 2025 | Companies made 2% of those purchases; individuals made the rest [1] |
| Owners who live elsewhere | 58% of vacant lots have an owner mailing address outside Colorado (most often TX, NM, AZ) [1] |
| Six-subdivision data scope | This page covers parcels whose Archuleta County legal description names Aspen Springs Subdivision 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6. It is a subdivision group, not a postal-city boundary. [1],[5] |
| County land-use rules | Archuleta County Planning administers zoning, subdivision and floodplain review for unincorporated land. Permanent homes must meet building codes and require building approval. [5],[6] |
| Active metro district | Colorado's Local Government Audit Division lists Aspen Springs Metropolitan District as active, control number 1003.00. Its 2026 notice places its office on Metro Drive. [3],[4] |
| US 160 access points | CDOT identifies the Hurt Drive and Badger Road intersection on US 160 as being in the Aspen Springs subdivision area. State-highway access is separate from local frontage. [2] |
| Well and septic path | A private well needs Colorado Division of Water Resources review, which may take up to 49 days for a complete application. Archuleta County Water Quality permits new OWTS work. [9],[7] |
| Published OWTS fee | Archuleta County's 2025 fee schedule priced a new-construction on-site wastewater permit at $1,075, including the state's $23 surcharge. Site and system work cost extra. [8] |
| Stollsteimer Creek | Aspen Springs Pump Station No. 1 diverts from Stollsteimer Creek at Lot 25, Block 12 of Aspen Springs 4. The district's water-right application lists household, fire-protection and irrigation uses and says creek water has served road maintenance. [12] |
| 2025 sale price by lot size | The median recorded 2025 sale price for a acre-plus in Aspen Springs was $35,000 across 13 sales. [1] |
State of Colorado Public parcels were accessed on 2026-10-01 from https://gis.colorado.gov/public/rest/services/Address_and_Parcel
Pricing
What is a lot in Aspen Springs worth?
For 2025, county records list a median last sale price of $35,000 across 50 vacant lots in Aspen Springs; the middle half of those recorded prices were $28,600 to $54,400. [1]
These are the county's recorded last sale prices. A direct cash offer is usually lower, because a cash buyer closes in days and takes on the time and cost of reselling the lot.
Recorded 2025 sale prices by lot size in Aspen Springs
| Lot-size class | 2025 sales | County-recorded median last sale price |
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| Acre-plus46,000–51,999 sq ft | 13 | $35,000 |
| One-acre homesite40,000–45,999 sq ft | 12 | $33,800 |
| 1.25-acre homesite52,000–57,999 sq ft | 11 | $40,000 |
These are the county's recorded last sale prices. A direct cash offer is usually lower, because a cash buyer closes in days and takes on the time and cost of reselling the lot.
What moves the price in Aspen Springs
Road frontage and the active metro district
Road access matters because the six legal-description units cover a broad area rather than one compact town grid. Colorado lists the Aspen Springs Metropolitan District as active, and CDOT identifies Hurt Drive and Badger Road as US 160 access points in the subdivision area. Neither fact establishes usable frontage for a particular lot. Grade, surface, drainage, legal access and the cost of a future driveway can change how a builder views a parcel. We verify access during inspection instead of assuming that a mapped line is a usable road. [3],[4],[2]
Well approval and on-site wastewater
A raw lot may need two separate approvals before residential construction: a state well permit and a county OWTS permit. Colorado's Division of Water Resources says review of a complete new-well application may take up to 49 days and that issuance cannot be promised before evaluation. Archuleta County requires an approved permit before an OWTS is installed, changed, expanded or repaired. Its 2025 schedule set the new-construction permit at $1,075, including a $23 surcharge. Soil work, design, drilling and installation are separate costs, so water and sanitation uncertainty affects a cash offer. [9],[10],[7],[8]
Lot size and the county-recorded price range
The data group is dominated by acre-pluss, representing 24% of lots coded vacant residential, while the median parcel measures 1.20 acres. In the 2025 group, 50 qualifying parcels had a median county-recorded last sale price of $35,000; the middle half was $28,600–$54,400. Those figures describe qualifying last-sale records, not a quote for every lot. A steep site, uncertain well path, limited driveway area or difficult septic layout may cause two similar-size lots to receive different offers. [1],[6],[7]
Snow, frost and permit-ready plans
County design criteria make mountain construction more demanding than a lot-size table suggests. The residential packet lists a 65-pound-per-square-foot roof snow load, a 42-inch frost depth and 115-mph wind design speed for most of Archuleta County. It also asks for a licensed-surveyor site plan, access approval and sanitation proof, and it advises allowing at least 15 business days for normal permit review. A parcel with enough level room for the house, driveway and wastewater area is usually easier to underwrite than land where those pieces compete for the same usable ground. [6]
Common situations
Selling land in Aspen Springs in these situations
You bought a lot but never started the utilities
Yes. You can sell even if no well has been drilled and no OWTS permit has been issued. Those unfinished items are common diligence questions, not a requirement that the seller complete construction first. We check access, utilities and title, then reflect the remaining well, sanitation and site risk in the offer. The only contingency is our land inspection; a failed inspection costs the seller nothing. [9],[7]
You live far away from the subdivision
Yes. An out-of-area owner can complete the sale without traveling to Archuleta County. 58% of owners in this data group use a mailing address outside Colorado. Electronic signing and a mail-away closing are available, and the independent title company can pay by check or wire. That is useful when road condition, snow or distance makes an in-person visit inconvenient. [1]
Property taxes have become a recurring burden
Yes. Selling can end the future carrying cost even when a past balance remains. The County Treasurer says a tax-lien holder may apply for a Treasurer's Deed once a lien is 3 years old, so a mailed deed notice deserves prompt attention. With the seller's consent, liens or back taxes can be paid from the sale proceeds at closing. The title company obtains the payoff and records the transfer. [11]
Step by step
How do I sell my land in Aspen Springs?
From your first message to money in hand, with nothing left out. Requesting an offer costs nothing and commits you to nothing.
See every detail of the process-
Tell us about your land
Fill out the short form (about 60 seconds) or email us. A land specialist reaches out to confirm the details, usually the same business day.
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Get your cash offer within 24 hours
We review the property and send a written, no-obligation cash offer within 24 hours. It is a real number, not a range. Take it or leave it, with no pressure either way.
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Sign electronically
If you accept, everyone signs the purchase agreement electronically. There is nothing to print or mail at this stage.
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We inspect, the title company verifies
Our team inspects the land and an independent title company runs a title search for liens or taxes owed. If the land does not pass inspection, you are never charged anything.
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Close and get paid
The title company prepares the closing documents for notarization and issues your funds by standard check, overnight check, or wire transfer. A typical sale closes in 10 days.
Questions
Selling land in Aspen Springs: common questions
Who verifies road access for an Aspen Springs lot?
The buyer must verify the parcel's legal and physical access. CDOT's project covered the US 160 intersection at Hurt Drive and Badger Road, while county building guidance requires access approval for a future permit. A mapped road name alone does not prove usable frontage.
Can I sell a lot that has never had a water well?
Yes. We buy vacant land before well construction. Colorado's Division of Water Resources evaluates the permit application and says a complete review may take up to 49 days. Because approval is parcel-specific, we treat an unpermitted water source as a diligence item rather than asking you to drill first.
Does a vacant lot need an OWTS permit right now?
No permit is needed solely because you own or sell an unused lot. A permit is required before installing, altering, expanding or repairing an on-site wastewater system. The future builder must also provide the county with the site and design information required for approval.
How long does county building review normally take?
The published residential packet says to allow at least 15 business days from a complete submission under normal conditions. Missing plans stop the review. The package includes a survey site plan, access approvals, sanitation proof and any applicable association approval.
Does the metro district replace county land-use rules?
No. Colorado lists the metro district as an active local government, while Archuleta County Planning separately administers zoning, subdivision and floodplain rules for unincorporated land. The title company also reviews parcel-specific recorded exceptions before closing.
Owner resources
Guides for your situation
- How Cash Land Buyers Price Offers
A cash-land offer may start with verified sales of land with similar use, then adjust those sales for meaningful differences.[1] Buyers may also account for access, utilities, legal use, size, shape, flood and soil questions, title issues, demand, and costs and risk they will carry. No universal assessed-value percentage applies. Compare each written offer by expected net proceeds, contingencies, seller work, and timing—not one asking price or headline number.
- Can You Sell Land With a Lien?
Yes. Land with a lien can often be sold, but signing a deed does not by itself erase a valid claim. The lien may need to be paid, released, discharged, or otherwise resolved under the law that applies. With the seller's consent, an approved payoff can come from sale proceeds at closing. If the balance or lien is wrong, dispute it before closing and require proof of the cure.
- How to Sell Landlocked Land With No Road Access
Yes, landlocked land can still be sold. The buyer takes the parcel with its existing access rights and limits, so the price usually depends on whether access is legally documented, physically usable, and practical for the buyer's plans. Start with a title report and recorded documents. Do not assume a trail, gate, map line, or a neighbor's permission is a permanent easement.[1][2]
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Your written offer
Get your cash offer
Four short steps, about 60 seconds. We review your property and send a written, no-obligation cash offer within 24 hours. You can take it or leave it.
What happens after you send this
- A land specialist reaches out, usually the same business day, to confirm the details.
- You get a written cash offer within 24 hours: a real number, not a range.
- You decide. Requesting an offer costs nothing and commits you to nothing.
You will never be asked to pay us anything. No deposit, no processing fee, no closing-cost advance.
Nearby areas we buy
- Pagosa Springs
1,128 vacant lots · County-recorded median last sale price $63,000
- Pagosa Highlands Estates
218 vacant lots · County-recorded median last sale price $56,800
- Pagosa Meadows
155 vacant lots · County-recorded median last sale price $250,000
- Archuleta County
3,988 vacant lots countywide
How we made this page
Parcel Buyers is a land-buying company based in Florida. We buy vacant land directly from owners and publish these local pages so owners can see what land in their area is doing before they sell, to us or anyone else. We count the tax-roll figures ourselves from state data, take local rules and fees from the official sources listed below, and use AI tools to help research and draft the text. Every number links to its source, and we update the page when the data changes.
Method and sources
Parcel and assessment figures cover parcels whose subdivision in the Archuleta County legal description is an Aspen Springs subdivision (Subs 1 to 6). Source [1] is our own aggregate count of the State of Colorado Public Parcels county extracts or, for Pueblo, Huerfano and El Paso, the official county source named in the source data. Vacant-lot counts use existing OIT counties retain their documented 0100/0400 or county vacant-class rules. Pueblo uses the county proxy Improvem_1 = 0, LandActual > 0, TaxExempt = no and MobileHome = no; 11 of 120 sampled rows intersected a county building footprint (9.2% error band). Huerfano uses use_code 100/400 with actual_imp = 0. El Paso uses numeric LANDCODE 100 with blank/zero IMPCount (the current export encodes zero as blank) and drops legal descriptions starting TR, TRACT or OUTLOT. These are source-record screens, not physical-vacancy or buildability findings. Lot sizes use existing OIT counties retain the documented acreage, square-foot or geometry method. Pueblo uses county SHAPE.STArea() square feet. Huerfano converts land_size_ according to land_units (SF stays square feet; AC is multiplied by 43,560) and otherwise uses positive master_acr. El Paso converts county Acreage to square feet. All are bucketed with the Parcel Buyers lot sizing chart ([low, high) square feet). Values use county-specific assessor fields: OIT apprValTot for the original counties, Pueblo LandActual, Huerfano total_actu and El Paso MARKETVALUE. These are assessor values, not sale prices, offers or parcel appraisals by Parcel Buyers. Owner locations use owner mailing state of record from each approved source; in_state = Colorado. Mailing state does not prove residence, owner type, motivation or willingness to sell. Owner names were used only in-memory or in a server-side grouped query for the 10% concentration gate and were never stored. Sale figures use existing OIT counties retain their documented calendar-2025 last-sale screen. Pueblo has no sale field. Huerfano has no price field; sale_date supports a 2025 qualifying parcel-row transfer count only, not a price or deed count. El Paso prices require a 2025 last-sale date, $1,000+, and AsrSaleCmnt exactly Vacant Land or Arms-Length Sale; medians publish only at n >= 10. Treat medians as a guide to county records, not as an offer or an appraisal. Page updated October 7, 2026. Lot-size sale rows use the same qualified 2025 sale cohort and canonical square-foot classes; classes with fewer than 10 sales are omitted.
State of Colorado Public parcels were accessed on 2026-10-01 from https://gis.colorado.gov/public/rest/services/Address_and_Parcel
- [1] Colorado county assessor and GIS sources and State of Colorado OIT (data); Parcel Buyers (analysis), Colorado county assessor and GIS parcel sources (Pueblo, Huerfano and El Paso) and State of Colorado OIT Colorado Public Parcels (accessed 2026-10-03)
- [2] Colorado Department of Transportation, Work Resumes on Safety Improvements on US 160 West of Pagosa Springs (accessed 2026-10-07)
- [3] Colorado Office of the State Auditor, Aspen Springs Metropolitan District (accessed 2026-10-07)
- [4] Special District Association of Colorado, Aspen Springs Metropolitan District 2026 Transparency Notice (accessed 2026-10-07)
- [5] Archuleta County, Planning Department (accessed 2026-10-07)
- [6] Archuleta County Building Division, Residential Information Packet (accessed 2026-10-07)
- [7] Archuleta County Public Health, Archuleta County On-site Wastewater Treatment System Regulations 2024 (accessed 2026-10-07)
- [8] Archuleta County Board of County Commissioners, Archuleta County 2025 Rate and Fee Schedule (accessed 2026-10-07)
- [9] Colorado Division of Water Resources, Well Permitting (accessed 2026-10-07)
- [10] Colorado Division of Water Resources, Land Divisions and Water Supply (accessed 2026-10-07)
- [11] Archuleta County Treasurer, Treasurer Deeds (accessed 2026-10-07)
- [12] Colorado Judicial Branch, Water Division 7 Resume for October 2025 (accessed 2026-10-07)