A quieter federal record

Land, title and right‑of‑way services in Ouray County, Colorado.

100 active federal leases and rights-of-way, including 21 for roads and 13 for fiber and telecom. We take on title, leasing and right-of-way work on both sides of the federal line: this record, and the private ground it runs through.

100Active federal leases and rights‑of‑way
13Fiber and telecom grants
2Pipeline grants
10Power and transmission grants
145Open mining claims

From the county profile, computed October 8, 2026. Federal cases only: private and state land are not in this record, and a case that crosses a county line counts in each county it touches.

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The free Site check, opened on this county: who manages the land, how many private owners hold it and how much of it the largest hold, from the public record in seconds.

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Who is active here

The companies holding federal leases and rights‑of‑way in Ouray County.

  1. San Miguel Power Assn8 grants
  2. Qwest Corp6 grants
  3. Deeply Digital LLC2 grants
  4. Project 7 Water Authority2 grants
  5. Tri-County Water2 grants
  6. Lake Lenore Company2 grants
  7. Ridgway Electric Co1 grant
  8. Tri-State Gen & Tran1 grant
  9. 2 holders that may be private persons, not named

From BLM's public record, by holder. Company and agency names as BLM records them; a holder who is a private person is counted, never named.

The federal record, industry by industry

What sits on federal ground in Ouray County.

IndustryAuthorizedPendingNew in 12 months
SolarSolar energy grantsNoneNoneNone
WindWind energy grantsNoneNoneNone
GeothermalGeothermal leasesNoneNoneNone
Oil and gasOil and gas leases and grantsNoneNoneNone
Transmission and powerPower and transmission grants101None
PipelinesPipeline grants2NoneNone
Telecom and fiberFiber and telecom grants13NoneNone
WaterWater grants11NoneNone
RoadsRoad grants211None
MiningOpen mining claims145NoneNone
OtherOther federal cases43NoneNone

“Not covered yet” means the record has not been read for that industry here; “None” means it was read and holds none.

What else the record holds here

Beyond federal land: queues, plants, permits and the ground itself.

  • Public landPartly covered

    Federal surface management from BLM; state trust, state and local public land (PAD-US) are not loaded yet.

    Bureau of Land Management, Surface Management Agency, October 7, 2026

  • Federal leases and rights-of-wayCovered

    BLM leases and rights-of-way, by industry.

    Bureau of Land Management, MLRS, October 7, 2026

  • Oil and gas activityPartly covered

    Federal oil and gas leases and facility rights-of-way; state well permits are not loaded yet.

    Bureau of Land Management, MLRS, October 7, 2026

  • Solar and windPartly covered

    Solar and wind rights-of-way on federal land; power plants and interconnection queues are not loaded yet.

    Bureau of Land Management, MLRS, October 7, 2026

  • Transmission and gridPartly covered

    Power line and pipeline rights-of-way on federal land; transmission lines, substations and plants are not loaded yet.

    Bureau of Land Management, MLRS, October 7, 2026

  • Interconnection queuesCovered

    No active interconnection request is located in this county.

    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and GridTracker, Queued Up (CC BY 4.0), October 7, 2026

  • Power plantsCovered

    Operating and planned generators of 1 MW or more, their capacity by technology, and reported retirements.

    Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-860M (August 2026), October 7, 2026

  • Data centers and powerPartly covered

    The 4 utilities serving the county, with average retail prices (Average retail price by utility (EIA-861/861M), not a tariff quote; the rate a site gets depends on its tariff and load); the state's data center incentives are not yet reviewed; hosting establishments are not loaded yet; substation capacity is not public.

    Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861 and EIA-861M, 2025 annual; monthly through 2026-07

  • ConstraintsPartly covered

    Superfund sites and brownfields and critical habitat, final and proposed, and its species; flood zones, wetlands and protected areas are not loaded yet.

    U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Facility Registry Service, October 7, 2026 · U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Critical Habitat, October 7, 2026

  • WaterPartly covered

    Drought conditions this week and over the last year (U.S. Drought Monitor); water rights in force and pending, from the state engineer; community water system service areas (EPA; some boundaries modeled); groundwater is not loaded yet.

    The U.S. Drought Monitor is jointly produced by the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the United States Department of Agriculture, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Map courtesy of NDMC., October 7, 2026 · The data made available here has been modified for use from its original source, which is the State of Colorado. THE STATE OF COLORADO MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTY AS TO THE COMPLETENESS, ACCURACY, TIMELINESS, OR CONTENT OF ANY DATA MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THIS SITE. THE STATE OF COLORADO EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. The data is subject to change as modifications and updates are complete. It is understood that the information contained in the Web feed is being used at one's own risk., October 7, 2026 · U.S. EPA, Community Water System Service Area Boundaries (MIT License, Copyright (c) 2025 US EPA), October 7, 2026

Not covered yet here: Parcels and owners, Building permits.

What this page cannot tell you

The private half of Ouray County is not 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 will be negotiating with. That lives in the Ouray County recorder's office, and it is the step that decides whether you can actually lease the ground.

How we work here
  • FeasibilityOwnership, constraints and the federal record for your area, read before you commit.
  • Land and titleCounty title, tract by tract, with surface, mineral and geothermal estates run separately. Then the leases and agreements.
  • Rights of way and field servicesCorridors, survey, permitting and site work, delivered by one Impact project team.
Source: Impact's county profile, from the Bureau of Land Management's Mineral & Land Records System and the sources named above; county boundary from the U.S. Census Bureau. Computed October 8, 2026. Informational only; not a title opinion or legal advice.