Land, title & right-of-way services in Ada County, Idaho
Ada County has no active federal geothermal leases today, but 1 closed lease on record. The ground has been tried before. 301 active right-of-ways cross federal land here, including 35 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.
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.
Leased and released: 1 closed federal geothermal leases, none active.
1 lease has 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.
70 transmission and power line rights-of-way cross federal ground here.
301 authorized right-of-ways and land use authorizations touch federal land in Ada County, 1 of them issued in the last twelve months. 55 applications are pending.
Of those, 35 fiber optic or communication grants, 70 transmission, distribution, or energy-facility grants, 11 oil and gas 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.
- 82 grants
- 19 grants
- 8 grants
- 7 grants
- 6 grants
- 5 grants
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- 4 grants
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- 4 grants
- 4 grants
- 3 grants
- 2 grants
- 63 grants
- 2 grants
- 1 grant
- 1 grant
39 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. 19 are active, 20 newly filed. Which ones actually sit in your footprint is a mapping question, and we answer it tract by tract.
Oil & gasNo authorized federal oil and gas leases, but 144 closed leases on record. The ground has been tried before.
The private half of Ada 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 Ada County recorder's office, and it is the step that decides whether you can actually lease the ground.
- Free EvalA self-serve read on your target area in the county.
- Area AssessmentFlat 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 & acquisitionCounty title, tract by tract, with surface, mineral, and geothermal estates run separately. Then we lease it.