A quieter federal record

Land, title and right‑of‑way services in Wasco County, Oregon.

71 active federal leases and rights-of-way, including 36 for roads and 13 for power and transmission. 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.

71Active federal leases and rights‑of‑way
11Fiber and telecom grants
13Power and transmission grants
1Pipeline grants

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 Wasco County.

  1. Wasco Elec Coop Inc.8 grants
  2. Oregon Ry & Nav Co3 grants
  3. Qwest Corp2 grants
  4. Deschutes RR Co2 grants
  5. Bonneville Power Admn1 grant
  6. Pacific Power & Light Co1 grant
  7. Gas Transmission Northwest LLC1 grant
  8. Level 3 Communications LLC1 grant
  9. 3 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 Wasco 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 grants13NoneNone
PipelinesPipeline grants1NoneNone
Telecom and fiberFiber and telecom grants11NoneNone
WaterWater grants7NoneNone
RoadsRoad grants36NoneNone
MiningOpen mining claimsNoneNoneNone
OtherOther federal cases3NoneNone

“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

    Active interconnection requests and their capacity, by technology.

    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 5 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 statutes as read show no data center sales and use tax exemption; 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 · State statutes on data center incentives, read on official pages and curated by Impact Land Services (summary, not legal advice), October 6, 2026

  • 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); community water system service areas (EPA; some boundaries modeled); water rights and groundwater are 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 · 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 Wasco 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 Wasco 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.