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Land, title & right-of-way services in Blaine County, Idaho

Blaine County has 2 authorized federal geothermal leases covering 7,655 acres, 2 of them flagged as non-producing. 193 active right-of-ways cross federal land here, including 26 fiber or telecom grants and 37 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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2
Authorized federal geothermal leases
7,655 acres
193
Active rights-of-way on federal land
1 new in 12 months
26
Fiber & telecom rights-of-way
37
Transmission & power line ROWs
297
Open mining claims
63 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

2 federal geothermal leases on 7,655 acres.

2 authorized leases cover 7,655 acres of federal ground in Blaine County. 2 are flagged non-producing, which means that acreage is being held rather than developed.

2 new leases on 7,655 acres were authorized in the last twelve months. Somebody is assembling a position here right now, and the private and state inholdings around that federal acreage just became the most interesting tracts in the county.

26 leases on 45,046 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 leases2
Acres under authorized lease7,655
Producing0
Non-producing (held, not developed)2
Pending applications0
New leases, last 12 months2 · 7,655 ac
Closed / relinquished on record26 · 45,046 ac
Rights-of-way · transmission & telecom

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

193 authorized right-of-ways and land use authorizations touch federal land in Blaine County, 1 of them issued in the last twelve months. 20 applications are pending.

Of those, 26 fiber optic or communication grants, 37 transmission, distribution, or energy-facility grants, 5 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.

Authorized ROWs by type
Non-Energy Facilities
139
Other Energy Facilities
37
Fiber Optic Facilities
9
Oil & Gas Facilities
5
None
2
Distribution Line
1
Holders on record (all types)
  • Idaho Power Co34 grants
  • Qwest Commun Dba Centurylink Attn Jeff Lawrey8 grants
  • Intermountain Gas Co5 grants
  • Union Pacific Railroad Co5 grants
  • Syringa Networks LLC3 grants
  • Northwest Fiber LLC Dba Ziply Fiber2 grants
  • Flat Top Sheep Co2 grants
  • Big Wood Canal Co2 grants
Fiber & telecom holders
  • Qwest Commun Dba Centurylink Attn Jeff Lawrey7 grants
  • Syringa Networks LLC3 grants
  • Northwest Fiber LLC Dba Ziply Fiber2 grants
  • Centurylink2 grants
  • Cox Communications Inc.1 grant
  • Electric Lightwave Inc.1 grant
Transmission & energy-facility holders
  • Idaho Power Co33 grants
  • Lost River Electric Coop1 grant
  • Raft River Electric Coop1 grant
  • Big Wood Canal Co1 grant
Competing surface use

297 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. 63 are active, 234 newly filed. 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 9 closed leases on record. The ground has been tried before.

Open mining claims297
Active63
Filed (new)234
Under review0
Authorized oil & gas leases0
Oil & gas acres under lease0
What this page can't tell you

The private half of Blaine 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 Blaine County recorder's office, and it is the step that decides whether you can actually lease the ground.

How we work here
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    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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