2002
Rooted in Custer County
Westcliffe's twin under the Sangre de Cristos — together, Colorado's first Dark Sky Community. Silver Cliff title runs on ranch water, conservation easements, and silver-boom minerals, and our Westcliffe office is right next door.
A century and a half ago Silver Cliff's silver boom briefly made it one of Colorado's largest towns. Today it's the quiet twin to Westcliffe — together the state's first International Dark Sky Community — in the open ranchland of the Wet Mountain Valley beneath the Sangre de Cristos. Our Custer County office is right next door, about a mile west.
Valley title work clusters around a few issues. Water rights are central in this working ranch country and need careful tracing. Conservation easements are everywhere here — large blocks of the valley are protected, and an easement that restricts subdivision or building is a recurring encumbrance to read closely. Ranch-land splits — 35- and 5-acre parcels carved from larger ranches — bring shared wells, access easements across open range, and survey questions. And the silver-boom past leaves severed minerals and old claims (Geyser, Bull Domingo, Bassick) that can still sit in a chain.
Loop us in early and we'll surface what conveys with the land — water, easements, minerals, access — long before the closing table.
What we examine on Silver Cliff files — read locally, explained in plain language.
Decreed water and ditch rights are central in this working valley. We trace what conveys with the land so a buyer knows exactly what the ranch includes.
Protected ranch land and 35-/5-acre splits bring easements that restrict use, shared wells, and access across open range. We read them before you commit.
Severed minerals and old claims from the silver era can sit in a chain. We trace what was reserved and what actually conveys today.
"On a valley ranch, the deed is half the story — the water and the easements are the rest."
Straight answers. Informational only — not legal advice.
Our Westcliffe office is about a mile west and serves Silver Cliff directly. Call 719-735-2283 or email info@centralcoloradotitle.com to open a file, and close in person, in Denver, or remotely with a notary.
Large parts of the Wet Mountain Valley are under conservation easements that can restrict subdivision or building. If a parcel is encumbered, that affects what you can do with it — so we identify and read any easement in the chain before you commit. (Informational only, not legal advice.)
Water rights are central to ranch land here and need careful tracing, and the area's silver-boom history means severed minerals and old claims can still sit in a chain. We read both locally and explain what actually conveys.
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