This is a rare chance for you to build your dream home in the paradise we call Yampa Colorado, the Gateway to the Flattop Wilderness area. Tap fees are already paid for water and sewer, and the lot is nice and flat with mature trees offering shade and character to the lot. Enjoy the quiet and peaceful location at the end of Clifton Ave. You'll be able to walk to everything in town and be close to all the incredible recreation opportunities that surround you in this very special location, Yampa, CO
Yampa Headwaters Ranch consists of 610 acres with 2 live creeks, multiple stocked ponds and highlighted by an Army Corps of Engineers permitted wetland mitigation bank with over 200 wetland credits available to serve growth in Northwest Colorado. Perfectly located between Steamboat Springs and the Vail Valley, this ranchâ??s diverse landscape includes portfolio of senior water rights including Yamcolo and Stillwater Reservoirs, 100+ acre irrigated hay meadow, over 250 acres of wetland and riparian bordering Brinker and Chimney Creeks and upland acreage of rolling sagebrush topography. Brinker and Chimney Creeks, headwaters of the Yampa River, meander through the ranch for over 2.5 miles and provide opportunities for rainbow and brown trout species. Two of the largest stocked ponds, Big Pond and Acord Pond are both fed by lives water and stocked with rainbow and the occasional brown trout has migrated in. Due to the live water and extensive riparian acreage, Yampa Headwaters Ranch is a year-round destination for waterfowl including mallards, teal, wood duck, geese and in recent years, two pairs of Sandhill cranes have nested and raised their young on the ranch. Bordering BLM, the ranch is home to mule deer, antelope and the occasional elk herd migrating through. Ranch headquarters with views and access to the Flattops Wilderness area includes a custom barn with 2 bedroom, 1.5 bathroom apartment, 3 x 14â?? bay doors, and already set up for big game processing including walk in cooler. Yampa Headwaters Ranchâ??s wetland mitigation bank was permitted in 2003 and has transferred wetland credits throughout Northwest Colorado for unavoidable wetland impacts from Vail and Beaver Creek, to Steamboat Springs and west to Craig and Meeker. Yampa Headwaters Ranch benefits from traditional ag economics of cattle grazing and hay production but the wetland mitigation bank future credit sales brands this ranch impossible to reproduce in todayâ??s ranch market.
Yampa is located in Colorado. Yampa, Colorado has a population of 447. Yampa is more family-centric than the surrounding county with 42.61% of the households containing married families with children. The county average for households married with children is 30.82%.
The median household income in Yampa, Colorado is $54,375. The median household income for the surrounding county is $83,725 compared to the national median of $69,021. The median age of people living in Yampa is 46.1 years.
The average high temperature in July is 77.6 degrees, with an average low temperature in January of 5.3 degrees. The average rainfall is approximately 17.1 inches per year, with 119.1 inches of snow per year.
