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Land, title & right-of-way services in Inyo County, California

Inyo County has 5 authorized federal geothermal leases covering 7,569 acres, 3 of them flagged as non-producing. 430 active right-of-ways cross federal land here, including 64 fiber or telecom grants and 70 transmission or power lines. We run title, leasing, and right-of-way acquisition on both sides of the federal line: the record above, and the private ground it's woven through.

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5
Authorized federal geothermal leases
7,569 acres
430
Active rights-of-way on federal land
3 new in 12 months
64
Fiber & telecom rights-of-way
70
Transmission & power line ROWs
2,425
Open mining claims
849 active

Federal records from BLM's Mineral & Land Records System, queried against the Census county boundary. Current to September 1, 2026. Federal cases only; private and state land are not represented. A lease or right-of-way that crosses a county line is counted in each county it touches.

Geothermal on federal land

5 federal geothermal leases on 7,569 acres.

5 authorized leases cover 7,569 acres of federal ground in Inyo County. 3 are flagged non-producing, which means that acreage is being held rather than developed. BLM leaves the production flag blank on 2, so the record understates what is actually online.

96 leases on 353,359 acres have been closed out here. That cuts both ways: the resource drew interest, and prior holders let it go rather than develop it. The reason is usually resource, access, or economics, and it is knowable before you commit capital.

Authorized leases5
Acres under authorized lease7,569
Producing0
Non-producing (held, not developed)3
Pending applications0
New leases, last 12 months0
Closed / relinquished on record96 · 353,359 ac
Rights-of-way · transmission & telecom

70 transmission and power line rights-of-way cross federal ground here.

430 authorized right-of-ways and land use authorizations touch federal land in Inyo County, 3 of them issued in the last twelve months. 53 applications are pending.

Of those, 64 fiber optic or communication grants, 70 transmission, distribution, or energy-facility grants. The named holders are the companies spending money on linear infrastructure in this county, and the federal segment is usually the shorter part of their route. The private miles in between are the work.

Authorized ROWs by type
Non-Energy Facilities
324
Other Energy Facilities
80
Fiber Optic Facilities
9
Other
5
None
4
Water
4
Apiaries
1
Holders on record (all types)
  • Southern California Edison Co Attn Gov Land31 grants
  • Verizon California Inc.25 grants
  • Los Angeles Dept Water & Power Real Estate Sect20 grants
  • Los Angeles City of19 grants
  • Los Angeles Dept Water & Power16 grants
  • Searles Valley Mineral Ops Inc.9 grants
  • Ca Dept Transportation9 grants
  • Central Pac Rr6 grants
Fiber & telecom holders
  • Verizon California Inc.23 grants
  • Pacific Bell4 grants
  • New Cingular Wireless Pcs LLC2 grants
  • Western Summit Enterprises, Inc.2 grants
  • California Broadband Coop Inc.2 grants
  • Continental Telephone Co of Ca2 grants
Transmission & energy-facility holders
  • Southern California Edison Co Attn Gov Land28 grants
  • Los Angeles Dept Water & Power Real Estate Sect8 grants
  • Los Angeles Dept Water & Power5 grants
  • Southern California Edison Co5 grants
  • Los Angeles, City of (California) - Department Water & Power4 grants
  • Los Angeles, City of (California)3 grants
Competing surface use

2,425 open mining claims compete for the same ground.

Mining claims don't stop a geothermal or right-of-way project, but they compete for surface, complicate siting and access, and each claimant is a party you have to deal with. 849 are active, 1,570 newly filed, 5 under review. Which ones actually sit in your footprint is a mapping question, and we answer it tract by tract.

Oil & gas

No authorized federal oil and gas leases, but 52 closed leases on record. The ground has been tried before.

Open mining claims2,425
Active849
Filed (new)1,570
Under review5
Authorized oil & gas leases0
Oil & gas acres under lease0
What this page can't tell you

The private half of Inyo County isn't in any database.

Everything above is what the federal government controls. It does not show who owns a severed mineral or geothermal estate on private ground, whether that title is clean, what liens sit against it, or which families you'll be negotiating with. That lives in the Inyo County recorder's office, and it is the step that decides whether you can actually lease the ground.

How we work here
  • Free Eval
    A self-serve read on your target area in the county.
  • Area Assessment
    Flat fee. We pull the full federal record for your area of interest and tell you what's held, who holds it, and what to do next.
  • Diligence & acquisition
    County title, tract by tract, with surface, mineral, and geothermal estates run separately. Then we lease it.
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Source: Bureau of Land Management, Mineral & Land Records System, via gis.blm.gov; county boundary from the U.S. Census Bureau. Queried September 1, 2026. Informational only; not a title opinion or legal advice.
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