Assessor details comparables used to value flood‑plain parcel

Jun 26, 2026

Echo County assessor Chris Barton laid out three comparable sales used to justify a recreational-land valuation for RPO 3467-03, citing one 9.9‑acre sale valued at about $13,485 per acre and two remote 5‑acre sales at $23,000 and $19,500 per acre before recommending $17,000/acre.

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Echo County assessor Chris Barton told the board he treated parcel RPO 3467-03 as unbuildable because it sits in a flood plain and therefore used recreational-land comparables to set value.

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