6 Oregon counties where the federal record is busy enough to matter, shaded against each other. Choose what you are building.
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Stands out for oil and gas
Malheur County, OR
418 active federal rights-of-way, including 80 for fiber and telecom and 50 for power. 104 federal oil and gas leases. 4,500 open mining claims compete for the surface.
Oil and gas
109
Fiber and telecom
80
Power and transmission
50
In the 12 months to September 1, 20264 new rights-of-way · 104 new oil and gas leases
Read from BLM's Mineral & Land Records System and the Census county boundary on September 1, 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.