Land, title & right-of-way services in Crook County, Oregon
Crook County has no active federal geothermal leases today, but 14 closed leases on record. The ground has been tried before. 224 active right-of-ways cross federal land here, including 39 fiber or telecom grants and 17 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: 14 closed federal geothermal leases, none active.
14 leases on 28,746 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.
39 fiber and telecom rights-of-way lead the linear record here.
224 authorized right-of-ways and land use authorizations touch federal land in Crook County, 6 of them issued in the last twelve months. 29 applications are pending.
Of those, 39 fiber optic or communication grants, 17 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.
- 11 grants
- 5 grants
- 3 grants
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- 3 grants
- 2 grants
- 2 grants
- 5 grants
- 3 grants
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- 2 grants
- 1 grant
- 11 grants
- 2 grants
- 1 grant
- 1 grant
- 1 grant
35 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. 32 are active, 3 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 1,077 closed leases on record. The ground has been tried before.
The private half of Crook 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 Crook 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.