The following information is available in GeoCommunicator's Land and Mineral Use Records Viewer. The parcels display pending, authorized, and closed cases unless otherwise specified. Most of the map layers are available as map services. The casetypes are listed after the name of the layer, e.g. 286000.
Available Map Layers |
Common layers across most map viewers |
Rights-of-Ways:
ROW layer is available in all maps except Rangeland |
- Communication Sites (Casetype: 286000-286200)
- Pipelines (288000-289000)
- Power (285000-286000)
- Railroads (284000-285000)
- Roads (281000-283000)
- Telephone & Telegraph (286200-287001)
- Water Facilities (287000-288000)
- General (280000-281000)
- Other (Type >289000)
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Cases affecting Land Status:
Cases layer is available in all maps except Rangeland |
- Acquisitions
- Corrective
- Designated Areas
- Exchanges
- Grants
- Land Disposals
- Land Sales
- Mineral Patents
- Pending Exchanges
- Public Law 167
- Withdrawals & Classifications
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Subsurface Mineral Estate
(For WY & NM only): |
- All US Minerals
- Coal Only
- Oil, Gas & Coal Only
- Oil & Gas Only
- Other Minerals
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Surface Management Agencies(SMA): |
- BLM National Conservation Areas
- BLM National Monuments
- BLM Wilderness Areas
- BLM
- U.S. Forest Service
- National Park Services
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Bureau of Reclamation
- DOD - Military
- U.S. Fish & Wildlife
- Bankhead Jones
- Other Federal
- State
- State/County/City
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PLSS (Survey & Unsurveyed Data), includes labels and acreages: |
- Townships
- Sections
- Quarter-Quarter
- Minor Subdivision (lots, aliquot parts)
- Smallest Division Boundaries
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Reference Themes:
Some of these layers are being streamed live from The National Map (TNM). |
- Major Roads and Highways
- Roads (TNM)
- Lakes (TNM)
- Rivers (TNM)
- Urban Areas
- National Forests
- State Boundaries
- County boundaries
- 1:100,000 Scale Quad Boundaries
- Hydrologic Unit Codes (HUC)
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Base Maps:
Some of these layers are being streamed live from other sources. |
- NGS_Topo_US_2D (ESRI)
- MDA_Satellite_World_2D (ESRI)
- ESRI_StreetMap_World_2D (ESRI)
- Imagery_Prime_World_2D (ESRI)
- Topography Map (MS Terraserver -USGS)
- Ortho Aerial Photography (MS Terraserver -USGS
- Surface Management Agency
- BLM Administration Areas
- PLSS Principal Meridians
- Shaded Relief
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Map Viewers |
Map Layers |
Energy Map Viewer |
Oil and Gas Agreements
- Unit Agreements (Casetype: 318210-318290, except 318230 and 318291)
- Participating Area Agreements (318230, 318291)
- Communization Agreements (318310-318330)
- Other Agreements (318110-318130, 318410-318510)
Oil and Gas Leases
- Leases (Casetype 31s except 318xxx)
- Lease Sale Parcels
- Stipulations
Oil and Gas Densities
Oil Shale Leases (Casetypes: 355701 & 355702)
Coal Authorizations (34xxxx)
- Coal (Leases, Licenses & Permits)
- Logical Mining Units
Geothermal Agreements
- Unit Agreements (Casetype: 328200-328240, except 328230)
- Participating Area Agreements (328230)
- Communization Agreements (328300)
- Other Agreements (328110, 328120, 328500)
Geothermal Leases
- Leases ( 32xxxx except 328xxx)
- Known Leasing Areas (320070)
Solar Energy Rights-of-Way
Wind Energy Rights-of-Way |
Mining Claims |
Mining Plans & Notices (380xxx - 382xxx)
Mining Claims (Active & Closed) for the following case types:
- Lode Claims (Casetype: 384101, 384103)
- Placer Claims (384201, 384203)
- Tunnel Sites (384301,384303)
- Millsite Claims (384401, 384403)
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Solid Minerals and Non-mineral Leasing |
Coal Authorizations (34xxxx)
- Coal (Leases, Licenses & Permits)
- Logical Mining Units
Other Solid Minerals (Leases, Licenses & Permits): (35xxxx)
- Phosphate, Sodium, Gilsonite, Sulphur, Potassium, and more
Known Leasing Areas (350006)
Non-Mineral Lease/Permits/Contracts (29xxxx)
Mineral Material Disposals (36xxxx)
- Sand, Gravel, Community Pits, and more
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Rangeland |
Range Allotments (see reports in LR2000 section)
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Land Status |
Boundaries
- State Boundaries
- County Boundaries
- Proclaimed Forests
- Administrative Forests
- Ranger Districts
- NFF Regions
Regulated Uses - U.S. Forest Service
- Easements
- Wilderness
- Wild Scenic Rivers
- Special Interest Management areas
- Right Restrictions
- Recreation Areas
- Other Nationally Designated Areas
- Mineral Uses
- Military reserve
- Developed Sites
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Healthy Lands |
- Rangeland Allotments and Pastures
- Impaired Watershed
- Section 303 Listed Waters
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Site Mapper
Provides latitude and longitude of abandoned mines, BLM recreation sites, campgrounds, administrative sites, and buildings, along with all of the other BLM map layers.
See Site Mapper home page for more information about the data sources.
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National Mine Land Inventory
- BLM - Coal
- BLM - Non Coal
National Mine Land Inventory - Other Sources
- EPA - CERCLIS
- EPA - Uranium
- MSHA - Coal/Non Coal
- OSM/AMLIS - Coal/Non Coal
Mine Site Names
Environmental
- Impaired Watersheds
- Section 303 Listed Waters
BLM Facilities
- Recreation Sites, Administrative Sites , Campgrounds , Buildings
All other BLM layers are available in this map viewer along with reference themes and base maps. |
Reports available from the Identify or the Search Results |
Legacy Rehost 2000 (LR2000 Reports):
Serial Register Page and Township Geographic Reports |
Serial Register Page (Case Recordation, Mining Claim, Status) provides customer data, location, date of issuance, the actions that have taken place, and other applicable information for each case. This LR2000 report is available from the:
- Identify window under the Mining Claims, Oil and Gas, Geothermal, ROW, Other and Cases tabs.
- Case Record Search results
- Oil & Gas Search results
- Mining Claim Search results
Mining Claim (MC) Geographic Report provides a listing of active and closed mining claims by legal land description for the township. This MC LR2000 report is available from the:
- Identify window under the PLSS tab
- Township Search results
Authorization or Case Recordation Geographic Report provides a listing of cases from the Case Recordation system in LR2000 displaying the legal land description, the type, and the disposition within a specific township. This case list will include authorizations such as: oil, gas, geothermal, coal, rights-of-way, mineral material disposal, mineral leasing, conveyances (after 1984), withdrawals (after 1984), and classifications (after 1984). This report is available from the:
- Identify window under the PLSS tab
- Township Search results
Cases or the LR2000 Status Geographic Report provides a listing of cases from the Status system in LR2000 displaying the legal land description, the type , and the disposition within a specific township. The case list will include conveyances such as mineral patents, land and mineral title documents, withdrawals, and classification that occur prior to 1984. This report is available from the :
- Identify window under the PLSS tab
- Township Search results
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Rangeland Reports
Links to Rangeland Allotment Reports |
Allotment Master provides the authorized AUMs, land, type of animals allowed, etc. for an allotment. The permittee name is not available at this time. This report is available from the:
- Identify window under the Rangeland tab
- Range Allotment Search results
Allotment Use provides the actual use that occurred and schedule for an allotment. This report is available in:
- Identify window under the Rangeland tab
- Range Allotment Search results
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Master Title Plats
Links to BLM state office master title plats are available from some states. |
The Master Title Plat provides a scanned image of the land status and authorized use for a township. It is available for for certain states. This report is available from:
- Identify window under the PLSS tab in the hyperlink column
- Township Search results
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