[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"guide-federal-land-environmental-screen":3,"related-federal-land-environmental-screen":324},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"category":313,"description":314,"extension":315,"icon":316,"meta":317,"navigation":318,"order":319,"path":320,"seo":321,"stem":322,"__hash__":323},"guides\u002Fguides\u002Ffederal-land-environmental-screen.md","Reading the Federal Land Environmental Screen: Flood, Wetlands, Habitat, Fire, Soils",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":293},"minimark",[9,13,18,26,86,94,98,101,104,108,111,115,118,122,125,141,144,148,151,155,162,166,175,179,186,207,211,214,217,249,252,256,261,264,268,276,280],[10,11,12],"p",{},"An ag lender gets a loan request on a quarter section of dryland wheat. Before ordering an appraisal, the credit officer wants to know three things: is any of it in a FEMA flood zone, how much of it is prime farmland, and has it actually been farmed. The Federal Land pack answers those from federal records in one report, with the acres measured inside the tract. This guide walks through each environmental card and where its answer stops.",[14,15,17],"h2",{"id":16},"where-the-cards-live","Where the cards live",[10,19,20,21,25],{},"Look up a PLSS description, open the parcel report and choose the ",[22,23,24],"strong",{},"Land"," tab. It opens with a disclaimer band, then a status row and four colored flags:",[27,28,29,42],"table",{},[30,31,32],"thead",{},[33,34,35,39],"tr",{},[36,37,38],"th",{},"Flag color",[36,40,41],{},"Meaning",[43,44,45,54,62,70,78],"tbody",{},[33,46,47,51],{},[48,49,50],"td",{},"Red",[48,52,53],{},"Section is in a Special Flood Hazard Area, or the WRC fire band is High",[33,55,56,59],{},[48,57,58],{},"Orange",[48,60,61],{},"Critical habitat overlaps the section",[33,63,64,67],{},[48,65,66],{},"Yellow",[48,68,69],{},"A flood zone other than X, mapped wetlands, or a Moderate fire band",[33,71,72,75],{},[48,73,74],{},"Green",[48,76,77],{},"Zone X or no flood zone, no NWI wetlands, no habitat, or a Low fire band",[33,79,80,83],{},[48,81,82],{},"Gray",[48,84,85],{},"\"Not loaded\": our copy of that dataset has no data anywhere",[10,87,88,89,93],{},"Gray matters. A green flag means the layer was checked and came back low or empty on the tract. A gray flag means nothing could be checked, so it is not an all-clear. The cards below the flags hold the detail. For every record in a list, the Land Report workbench at ",[90,91,92],"code",{},"\u002Fapp\u002Freport"," shows each layer in full.",[14,95,97],{"id":96},"flood-zones-fema-nfhl","Flood zones (FEMA NFHL)",[10,99,100],{},"Each row is one FEMA designation found inside the section: the zone (A, AE, AO, VE, X and so on), the subtype, whether it is in the Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA), the base flood elevation (BFE) where FEMA publishes one, and the acres of that zone inside the section. Rows are sorted largest first, so the first row is the dominant zone, which is what the status row shows.",[10,102,103],{},"Read the acres, not only the zone. Features that only touch the boundary are left out. A section that is 630 acres Zone X and 10 acres Zone AE along a creek is a different loan from one that is mostly AE.",[14,105,107],{"id":106},"wetlands-usfws-nwi","Wetlands (USFWS NWI)",[10,109,110],{},"Each row is one National Wetlands Inventory polygon: the wetland type, its NWI attribute code, and the acres inside the section. When mapped wetlands inside the section add up to more than 5 acres, the flag reads \"404 context\", a prompt that Clean Water Act Section 404 permitting may come up if the ground is disturbed. NWI is mapped from imagery. It is not a jurisdictional wetland delineation.",[14,112,114],{"id":113},"critical-habitat-usfws-ecos","Critical habitat (USFWS ECOS)",[10,116,117],{},"Each row names the species (common and scientific name), its listing status, the habitat unit, and whether the designation is a polygon or a linear feature such as a stream reach. Any overlap turns the habitat flag orange. For renewable and pipeline siting, this card often decides whether a site moves forward or needs a consultation plan first.",[14,119,121],{"id":120},"wildfire-usfs-fireshed-and-wrc","Wildfire (USFS Fireshed and WRC)",[10,123,124],{},"The wildfire card combines two USFS datasets:",[126,127,128,135],"ul",{},[129,130,131,134],"li",{},[22,132,133],{},"Wildfire Risk to Communities (WRC)",": risk to homes and burn probability, shown as national percentiles. \"84th pctl\" means riskier than 84 percent of the country, not an 84 percent chance of fire. The band is High at the 80th percentile and above, Moderate from the 50th, Low below that. Housing units are listed when present.",[129,136,137,140],{},[22,138,139],{},"Fireshed",": the fireshed name and its exposure class.",[10,142,143],{},"Read the card, not only the flag. If the WRC band on the card shows a dash and no percentile rows, no WRC score covers the tract, even though the flag row may still read Low.",[14,145,147],{"id":146},"soils-nrcs-ssurgo","Soils (NRCS SSURGO)",[10,149,150],{},"The soils card lists SSURGO map units inside the section, largest first, with acres for each. A unit carries its prime farmland class when it has one, and \"Hydric\" when the hydric rating is full. The card also counts how many listed units are prime farmland. Hydric soils are one indicator of wetland conditions, so read this card next to the wetlands card.",[14,152,154],{"id":153},"crop-history-usda-cdl","Crop history (USDA CDL)",[10,156,157,158,161],{},"The Cropland Data Layer is satellite-classified land cover. The report gives the most recent CDL year for the section: the dominant crop, its share, and the next largest classes in the mix. Business plan accounts also get a ",[22,159,160],{},"Crops"," tab with year-by-year CDL coverage for the tract. A tract with no crop history is usually rangeland, timber or developed land.",[14,163,165],{"id":164},"orphaned-wells-usgs","Orphaned wells (USGS)",[10,167,168,169,174],{},"The elevation card also counts USGS documented orphaned oil and gas wells inside the section, with well ID, name, operator, status and API number in the full list. An orphaned well on a tract is a plugging liability question for the buyer and the lender. To see these wells as points on the map, and the surrounding active wells, you need the ",[170,171,173],"a",{"href":172},"\u002Fguides\u002Fenergy-pack","Energy pack",".",[14,176,178],{"id":177},"worked-example","Worked example",[10,180,181,182,185],{},"The lender's tract is ",[90,183,184],{},"NWNW 14 10N 50W 6th Meridian",", a 40-acre quarter-quarter in Logan County, Colorado.",[187,188,189,192,195,198,201,204],"ol",{},[129,190,191],{},"Look it up and open the Land tab. A quarter-quarter is a stored tract, so the report covers those 40 acres, not the whole section.",[129,193,194],{},"Read the flood flag. Green Zone X means no SFHA on the tract. Red means part of it is in the SFHA, and the flood card tells you how many acres.",[129,196,197],{},"In the soils card, compare the prime farmland units and their acres with the 40 acres being financed.",[129,199,200],{},"Check the crop history card. A dominant small grain or fallow class fits a dryland wheat operation. A grassland class may mean the tract is pasture, not cropland.",[129,202,203],{},"Look at the wetlands and orphaned well lines. Either one is a question for the borrower before it is a question for the appraiser.",[129,205,206],{},"Export the PDF and file it as the pre-screen record.",[14,208,210],{"id":209},"what-a-pre-screen-can-and-cannot-tell-you","What a pre-screen can and cannot tell you",[10,212,213],{},"It can tell you what federal agencies have mapped on the tract, in acres inside the tract, from one lookup. That is enough to decide which tracts need a closer look and what to ask a seller, borrower or consultant.",[10,215,216],{},"It cannot:",[126,218,219,226,232,239],{},[129,220,221,222,225],{},"Replace a ",[22,223,224],{},"Phase I Environmental Site Assessment",". The report does not satisfy ASTM E1527-21, and Township America is not a Qualified Environmental Professional.",[129,227,221,228,231],{},[22,229,230],{},"FEMA elevation certificate"," or a Letter of Map Amendment.",[129,233,234,235,238],{},"Stand in for a ",[22,236,237],{},"wetland delineation"," or a jurisdictional determination.",[129,240,241,242,245,246,174],{},"Replace an ",[22,243,244],{},"appraisal"," or a ",[22,247,248],{},"boundary survey",[10,250,251],{},"Coverage also varies: some parcels return no soils or crop data. Check the gray flags and go to the NRCS or USDA source when a field matters to the decision.",[14,253,255],{"id":254},"faq","FAQ",[257,258,260],"h3",{"id":259},"is-a-wrc-percentile-a-fire-probability","Is a WRC percentile a fire probability?",[10,262,263],{},"No. It is a national rank. A tract at the 90th percentile for risk to homes ranks above 90 percent of the country. It is not a 90 percent chance of a fire.",[257,265,267],{"id":266},"why-is-my-crop-history-only-one-year","Why is my crop history only one year?",[10,269,270,271,275],{},"The Land tab reports the latest CDL year. Year-by-year history is in the Crops tab on the Business plan. See the ",[170,272,274],{"href":273},"\u002Fpricing","pricing page"," for plan details.",[257,277,279],{"id":278},"can-i-map-these-layers-instead-of-reading-cards","Can I map these layers instead of reading cards?",[10,281,282,283,287,288,292],{},"Flood, wetlands, soils, crop history and wildfire are report-only by design. The ",[170,284,286],{"href":285},"\u002Fguides\u002Ffederal-land-pack","Federal Land pack overview"," lists which layers have map overlays, and ",[170,289,291],{"href":290},"\u002Fguides\u002Fparcel-reports","parcel reports"," covers the report and PDF.",{"title":294,"searchDepth":295,"depth":295,"links":296},"",2,[297,298,299,300,301,302,303,304,305,306,307],{"id":16,"depth":295,"text":17},{"id":96,"depth":295,"text":97},{"id":106,"depth":295,"text":107},{"id":113,"depth":295,"text":114},{"id":120,"depth":295,"text":121},{"id":146,"depth":295,"text":147},{"id":153,"depth":295,"text":154},{"id":164,"depth":295,"text":165},{"id":177,"depth":295,"text":178},{"id":209,"depth":295,"text":210},{"id":254,"depth":295,"text":255,"children":308},[309,311,312],{"id":259,"depth":310,"text":260},3,{"id":266,"depth":310,"text":267},{"id":278,"depth":310,"text":279},"data-packs","How to read the flood zone, wetland, critical habitat, wildfire, soil, crop history and orphaned well cards in a Federal Land parcel report, and what a pre-screen can and cannot tell you.","md","i-lucide-droplets",{},true,9,"\u002Fguides\u002Ffederal-land-environmental-screen",{"title":5,"description":314},"guides\u002Ffederal-land-environmental-screen","Kb37bX-dYnhtlFyFO_9Bhp7pFqLzf1tkqr0rTITKqjs",[325,694,1005],{"id":326,"title":327,"body":328,"category":313,"description":686,"extension":315,"icon":687,"meta":688,"navigation":318,"order":689,"path":690,"seo":691,"stem":692,"__hash__":693},"guides\u002Fguides\u002Fdata-packs.md","Data Packs: Energy, Federal Land and Texas Add-ons",{"type":7,"value":329,"toc":670},[330,333,337,393,407,411,423,427,430,437,445,449,452,455,458,462,468,475,479,576,578,581,619,622,626,629,632,636,640,643,647,650,654,663,667],[10,331,332],{},"A PLSS lookup tells you where a tract is. A data pack tells you which official public records sit on it: the wells, the federal leases, the flood zone, the Texas state lease. Township America sells that layer of records as three add-ons, called data packs, that stack on top of a Pro or Business plan.",[14,334,336],{"id":335},"the-three-packs","The three packs",[27,338,339,352],{},[30,340,341],{},[33,342,343,346,349],{},[36,344,345],{},"Pack",[36,347,348],{},"What it adds",[36,350,351],{},"Built for",[43,353,354,367,380],{},[33,355,356,361,364],{},[48,357,358],{},[22,359,360],{},"Energy",[48,362,363],{},"State well registers for Colorado, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Wyoming and New Mexico, BLM federal oil and gas leases, ONRR county royalty totals, federal subsurface minerals (split estate), HIFLD pipelines, FracFocus disclosures, USGS orphaned wells, sage-grouse habitat, the BLM Western Solar Plan, USGS wind turbines, NREL Land of Opportunity and nearest rail lines",[48,365,366],{},"Landmen, mineral buyers, energy developers",[33,368,369,374,377],{},[48,370,371],{},[22,372,373],{},"Federal Land",[48,375,376],{},"A 15-layer pre-screen for a PLSS section: BLM surface management, oil and gas, geothermal and right-of-way records, mining claims, public access, FEMA flood zones, USFWS wetlands and critical habitat, USFS wildfire risk, NRCS soils, USDA crop history, USGS orphaned wells, USGS elevation, plus nearby parks and protected areas",[48,378,379],{},"Appraisers, ag lenders, land buyers, environmental screening",[33,381,382,387,390],{},[48,383,384],{},[22,385,386],{},"Texas",[48,388,389],{},"Data layers on top of the free Texas Abstract\u002FBlock\u002FSurvey grid: GLO oil and gas leases and pooled units, PSF and state-agency lands, upland and coastal leases, RRC wells, drilling permits, pipelines and production, UIC disposal wells, coastal erosion and flood hazard",[48,391,392],{},"Texas landmen, ranch buyers, GLO analysts",[10,394,395,396,398,399,402,403,174],{},"Each pack has its own guide: ",[170,397,173],{"href":172},", ",[170,400,401],{"href":285},"Federal Land pack"," and ",[170,404,406],{"href":405},"\u002Fguides\u002Ftexas-pack","Texas pack",[14,408,410],{"id":409},"who-can-add-a-pack","Who can add a pack",[10,412,413,414,402,417,420,421,174],{},"Packs are add-ons for the ",[22,415,416],{},"Pro",[22,418,419],{},"Business"," plans. Starter accounts need to move to Pro first. Enterprise accounts get packs through their agreement. Current prices for each pack and the All Packs bundle are on the ",[170,422,274],{"href":273},[14,424,426],{"id":425},"stacking-and-the-all-packs-bundle","Stacking and the All Packs bundle",[10,428,429],{},"Hold any combination: Energy alone, Federal Land and Texas, or all three. Each pack is billed alongside your plan, and you can add or cancel one without touching the others.",[10,431,432,433,436],{},"The ",[22,434,435],{},"All Packs"," bundle gives you every pack in one subscription. Two things change when you hold every pack, whether through the bundle or as three single packs:",[126,438,439,442],{},[129,440,441],{},"Your parcel reports count against one combined monthly allowance instead of one allowance per pack.",[129,443,444],{},"The Combined Parcel Report PDF can print a page for each pack on the same parcel.",[14,446,448],{"id":447},"the-7-day-trial","The 7-day trial",[10,450,451],{},"Pro and Business accounts can try the packs for seven days. At checkout, every pack is selected by default and you uncheck the ones you do not want. The trial costs $0 and it is not a card trial: nothing is charged when it ends unless you confirm.",[10,453,454],{},"When the seven days are up, a dialog lists the packs you tried. Pick monthly or annual billing and confirm the packs to keep, or end the trial. If you do nothing, access stops and nothing is charged. On a Business team the trial covers the organization, and only the owner can confirm a paid subscription. Each account or organization gets one trial.",[10,456,457],{},"Trial packs behave exactly like paid packs, with the same layers, report tabs and allowance meter.",[14,459,461],{"id":460},"the-monthly-parcel-report-allowance","The monthly parcel-report allowance",[10,463,464,465,467],{},"Each pack includes a monthly allowance of parcel reports. The allowance for your plan is on the ",[170,466,274],{"href":273},", and your usage this month is on the Account page. Some older subscriptions carry different allowances; the Account page always shows yours.",[10,469,470,471,474],{},"One report is one parcel (a PLSS section or a Texas abstract), for one pack, in one calendar month. Reopening that parcel, printing its PDF or opening it on mobile does not count again. Map layers, searches and the free layer counts never count. Allowances reset on the first of the month (UTC), with no overage charges. ",[170,472,473],{"href":290},"Parcel reports"," covers the rules in detail.",[14,476,478],{"id":477},"where-each-pack-shows-up","Where each pack shows up",[27,480,481,491],{},[30,482,483],{},[33,484,485,488],{},[36,486,487],{},"Surface",[36,489,490],{},"What you get",[43,492,493,514,528,546,556,566],{},[33,494,495,500],{},[48,496,497],{},[22,498,499],{},"Map layers",[48,501,502,503,402,507,510,511,513],{},"Energy adds the ",[504,505,506],"em",{},"Producing states",[504,508,509],{},"Federal & cross-state"," groups in the Layers panel. Texas adds the ",[504,512,386],{}," group. Federal Land is report-first: its BLM surface management and mining claims layers are built into Pro.",[33,515,516,521],{},[48,517,518],{},[22,519,520],{},"Search",[48,522,523,524,527],{},"Pack datasets (wells, pipelines, orphaned wells, Texas leases and more) become search sources. They are off by default: turn them on under ",[22,525,526],{},"Search settings",". They run when you submit a search, not as you type.",[33,529,530,535],{},[48,531,532],{},[22,533,534],{},"Parcel report",[48,536,537,538,398,540,542,543,545],{},"The sidebar report has an ",[22,539,360],{},[22,541,24],{}," and, for Texas parcels, ",[22,544,386],{}," tab. A tab for a pack you do not hold shows what that pack adds.",[33,547,548,553],{},[48,549,550],{},[22,551,552],{},"PDF",[48,554,555],{},"The Combined Parcel Report PDF prints a cover page plus a page for each pack you hold.",[33,557,558,563],{},[48,559,560],{},[22,561,562],{},"Mobile",[48,564,565],{},"The iOS and Android apps sign in with your account and show a parcel report tab for each pack you hold.",[33,567,568,573],{},[48,569,570],{},[22,571,572],{},"AI connector",[48,574,575],{},"On Pro and up, ChatGPT and Claude can request a parcel report for a pack you hold, counted against the same allowance.",[14,577,178],{"id":177},[10,579,580],{},"A landman is checking Section 14, Township 5 North, Range 65 West, Sixth Principal Meridian, in Weld County, Colorado.",[187,582,583,590,601,607,613],{},[129,584,585,586,589],{},"Type ",[90,587,588],{},"14 5N 65W 6th Meridian"," in the search box and press Enter.",[129,591,592,593,596,597,600],{},"Click ",[22,594,595],{},"Report"," on the result. The parcel report opens beside the map on the ",[22,598,599],{},"Overview"," tab, with the county, state and acreage.",[129,602,603,604,606],{},"With the Energy pack, the ",[22,605,360],{}," tab lists Colorado wells in and around the section and the operators drilling within a mile.",[129,608,609,610,612],{},"With Federal Land as well, the ",[22,611,24],{}," tab adds flood zones, wetlands, soils and wildfire risk for the same section.",[129,614,615,616,174],{},"The footer button now reads ",[22,617,618],{},"Combined Report PDF",[10,620,621],{},"That session counts one Energy report and one Federal Land report for the month. An All Packs holder counts one report against the combined allowance.",[14,623,625],{"id":624},"what-the-data-is-and-is-not","What the data is, and is not",[10,627,628],{},"Every layer is an official public record from BLM, USGS, ONRR, FEMA, USFWS, USFS, NRCS, USDA, the state oil and gas commissions, the Texas General Land Office or the Railroad Commission of Texas. Township America joins those records to the PLSS grid and the Texas abstract grid and shows them as published.",[10,630,631],{},"That makes a pack a fast first look, not a final answer. It is not a survey, a title opinion or a Phase 1 environmental site assessment, and agency records lag the ground. Confirm anything a decision depends on with the publishing agency.",[14,633,635],{"id":634},"frequently-asked-questions","Frequently Asked Questions",[257,637,639],{"id":638},"can-i-add-a-data-pack-to-a-starter-plan","Can I add a data pack to a Starter plan?",[10,641,642],{},"No. Packs need a Pro or Business plan. Upgrade to Pro first, then add the packs you need.",[257,644,646],{"id":645},"will-the-trial-charge-my-card-when-it-ends","Will the trial charge my card when it ends?",[10,648,649],{},"No. The trial is free access stored on your account, not a card trial. You are charged only if you confirm a subscription in the dialog at the end.",[257,651,653],{"id":652},"do-i-need-every-pack-to-get-a-pdf","Do I need every pack to get a PDF?",[10,655,656,657,660,661,174],{},"No. The PDF prints a cover page plus one page for each pack you hold. With one pack the footer button reads ",[22,658,659],{},"Report PDF","; with two or more it reads ",[22,662,618],{},[257,664,666],{"id":665},"does-searching-or-browsing-the-map-use-my-report-allowance","Does searching or browsing the map use my report allowance?",[10,668,669],{},"No. Only opening a full parcel report counts, once per parcel per pack per month. Map layers, search results and the free layer counts are never metered.",{"title":294,"searchDepth":295,"depth":295,"links":671},[672,673,674,675,676,677,678,679,680],{"id":335,"depth":295,"text":336},{"id":409,"depth":295,"text":410},{"id":425,"depth":295,"text":426},{"id":447,"depth":295,"text":448},{"id":460,"depth":295,"text":461},{"id":477,"depth":295,"text":478},{"id":177,"depth":295,"text":178},{"id":624,"depth":295,"text":625},{"id":634,"depth":295,"text":635,"children":681},[682,683,684,685],{"id":638,"depth":310,"text":639},{"id":645,"depth":310,"text":646},{"id":652,"depth":310,"text":653},{"id":665,"depth":310,"text":666},"What the Energy, Federal Land and Texas data packs add to a Pro or Business plan, how stacking, the All Packs bundle and the 7-day trial work, and where each pack shows up in Township America.","i-lucide-package",{},1,"\u002Fguides\u002Fdata-packs",{"title":327,"description":686},"guides\u002Fdata-packs","u05JCUQnCVBjy3IgTdlZPqzu8Vyodnefqzh6wdRjE6o",{"id":695,"title":696,"body":697,"category":313,"description":997,"extension":315,"icon":998,"meta":999,"navigation":318,"order":1000,"path":1001,"seo":1002,"stem":1003,"__hash__":1004},"guides\u002Fguides\u002Fenergy-leases-and-royalties.md","BLM Federal Leases, ONRR Royalties and Split Estate in the Energy Pack",{"type":7,"value":698,"toc":978},[699,702,706,710,720,746,749,752,755,759,765,771,783,787,793,796,807,810,814,818,827,830,834,843,846,852,854,857,894,901,905,943,948,950,954,957,961,964,968,971,975],[10,700,701],{},"On federal-land tracts, three questions come before anything else: is there a federal lease on this ground, does the federal government own the minerals, and what has the county paid in federal royalty? The Energy pack answers each from the agency that keeps the record: BLM for leases and mineral ownership, the Office of Natural Resources Revenue (ONRR) for royalties.",[14,703,705],{"id":704},"blm-federal-oil-and-gas-leases","BLM federal oil and gas leases",[257,707,709],{"id":708},"on-the-map","On the map",[10,711,712,713,715,716,719],{},"In the Layers panel, expand ",[22,714,509],{}," and turn on ",[22,717,718],{},"Federal O&G Leases",". Lease polygons come from BLM's Mineral & Land Records System (MLRS) and are colored by status:",[126,721,722,728,734,740],{},[129,723,724,727],{},[22,725,726],{},"Authorized",": an issued lease in effect",[129,729,730,733],{},[22,731,732],{},"Pending",": an application or offer not yet issued",[129,735,736,739],{},[22,737,738],{},"Interim",": BLM's interim status",[129,741,742,745],{},[22,743,744],{},"Closed",": expired, relinquished or terminated",[10,747,748],{},"Closed leases make up most of the MLRS record, so they draw in muted gray and the live leases stand out against them.",[10,750,751],{},"Click a lease for its popup: serial number, legal location, status, effective and expiration dates, acres and county. The copy button copies the lease's legal location in Township America's search format, so you can paste it straight back into search. Where MLRS has no legal location (Texas and the non-PLSS eastern states), it copies the serial number instead.",[10,753,754],{},"MLRS does not publish the lessee on this layer, so the popup shows the serial number without a holder name. Use the serial to pull the case file from BLM.",[257,756,758],{"id":757},"on-the-energy-tab","On the Energy tab",[10,760,432,761,764],{},[22,762,763],{},"BLM federal leases"," card lists the oil and gas leases that intersect the section, with serial, status and expiration, plus any geothermal leases. Click the chevron on a lease to open its lease record: holder (when published), status, type or commodity, acreage, effective and expiration dates.",[766,767,768],"note",{},[10,769,770],{},"On the web, this card reads from the Federal Land report for PLSS sections, so it fills in when you also hold Federal Land or All Packs. The mobile app and the AI connector return BLM leases with the Energy pack alone.",[10,772,432,773,777,778,782],{},[170,774,776],{"href":775},"\u002Fenergy\u002Fleases","federal lease directory"," has a page for many of the largest BLM leases, and the Federal Land pack's ",[170,779,781],{"href":780},"\u002Fguides\u002Ffederal-land-blm-records","BLM records guide"," covers rights-of-way, geothermal leases and mining claims on the same section.",[14,784,786],{"id":785},"onrr-federal-royalties","ONRR federal royalties",[10,788,432,789,792],{},[22,790,791],{},"Federal mineral royalties"," card shows the federal royalty ONRR reports for the county the section sits in, over the last ten years, as a total and broken out by commodity.",[10,794,795],{},"Read it as county context:",[126,797,798,801,804],{},[129,799,800],{},"Every section in the same county shows the same figures.",[129,802,803],{},"ONRR does not publish royalty for individual leases, so there is no parcel-level royalty figure to show.",[129,805,806],{},"A county with no federal royalty in the period shows a short note instead of a table.",[10,808,809],{},"It is useful for sizing how active federal production is in a county. It is not a royalty statement for any lease, and it does not tell you what a given tract earned.",[14,811,813],{"id":812},"federal-subsurface-minerals-and-split-estate","Federal subsurface minerals and split estate",[257,815,817],{"id":816},"the-federal-subsurface-minerals-layer","The Federal Subsurface Minerals layer",[10,819,820,821,398,823,826],{},"Under ",[22,822,509],{},[22,824,825],{},"Federal Subsurface Minerals"," draws BLM's mapped units of federally owned minerals, in the states where BLM has mapped them. Click a unit for its mineral ownership, surface ownership, source dataset and acres.",[10,828,829],{},"This is the layer to check when the surface is private but the minerals may have been reserved to the United States at patent, a common pattern on stock-raising homesteads in the West.",[257,831,833],{"id":832},"the-split-estate-card","The Split-estate card",[10,835,432,836,839,840,174],{},[22,837,838],{},"Split-estate"," card on the Energy tab compares two mapped datasets for the section: BLM's federal subsurface minerals and BLM's surface management agency layer. If one shows federal ownership over a meaningful share of the section and the other does not, the card reports a split estate. Otherwise it says ",[22,841,842],{},"Not detected",[10,844,845],{},"The flag is derived by Township America from those two layers. Treat it as a prompt to pull the patent and the BLM case record, not as a finding. A \"not detected\" result on ground BLM has not mapped tells you nothing about the minerals.",[10,847,432,848,851],{},[22,849,850],{},"Surface & access"," card nearby shows the surface management agency and any BLM public-access records for the section. Like the lease card, it reads from the Federal Land report on the web.",[14,853,178],{"id":177},[10,855,856],{},"A landman is evaluating Section 22, Township 19 North, Range 104 West, Sixth Principal Meridian, in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, in the checkerboard country around Rock Springs where federal and private sections alternate.",[187,858,859,871,876,881,889],{},[129,860,861,862,865,866,868,869,174],{},"Search ",[90,863,864],{},"22 19N 104W 6th Meridian"," and click ",[22,867,595],{},". Open ",[22,870,360],{},[129,872,873,875],{},[22,874,763],{}," lists any federal oil and gas leases on the section. An authorized lease means the federal minerals are already leased; note the serial and expiration date.",[129,877,878,880],{},[22,879,838],{}," shows whether the surface and mineral records disagree.",[129,882,883,884,402,886,888],{},"On the map, turn on ",[22,885,825],{},[22,887,718],{}," together to see how the section sits against its neighbors.",[129,890,891,893],{},[22,892,791],{}," gives Sweetwater County's federal royalty by commodity, as context for how much federal production the county carries.",[10,895,896,897,174],{},"Each serial number then goes to BLM MLRS for the case file, and the patent goes to the county clerk. For the state-level picture first, start from the ",[170,898,900],{"href":899},"\u002Fenergy\u002Fstates","Energy state pages",[14,902,904],{"id":903},"limits","Limits",[126,906,907,913,919,925,931,937],{},[129,908,909,912],{},[22,910,911],{},"MLRS status vocabulary."," MLRS uses Authorized, Pending, Interim and Closed. It does not separate expired, relinquished or terminated leases; all three are Closed.",[129,914,915,918],{},[22,916,917],{},"No lessee on the map layer."," The serial number is the key. The holder comes from the BLM case record.",[129,920,921,924],{},[22,922,923],{},"No search source for leases."," Federal leases are not a search source yet. Find them by section on the map or the Energy tab, or browse the lease directory.",[129,926,927,930],{},[22,928,929],{},"County-level royalties only."," ONRR figures are county aggregates, not lease or parcel revenue.",[129,932,933,936],{},[22,934,935],{},"Mapped minerals only."," Federal subsurface data covers the states BLM has mapped. Absence on the map is not proof of private minerals.",[129,938,939,942],{},[22,940,941],{},"Not a title opinion."," These are public records. Mineral ownership and lease rights are settled by title examination, not by a map layer.",[10,944,945,946,174],{},"For how these records fit into a full report and PDF, see ",[170,947,291],{"href":290},[14,949,635],{"id":634},[257,951,953],{"id":952},"why-does-the-lease-popup-have-no-lessee-name","Why does the lease popup have no lessee name?",[10,955,956],{},"BLM's MLRS lease layer does not publish the lessee. Look up the serial number in MLRS to see the case record and its parties.",[257,958,960],{"id":959},"can-i-see-royalties-for-one-lease","Can I see royalties for one lease?",[10,962,963],{},"Not from ONRR's public data. ONRR publishes royalty by state, county and commodity, so the Energy tab shows the county figure.",[257,965,967],{"id":966},"does-a-split-estate-flag-mean-the-minerals-are-federal","Does a split-estate flag mean the minerals are federal?",[10,969,970],{},"It means the mapped surface and mineral layers disagree for that section. Confirm with the land patent and the BLM record before you rely on it.",[257,972,974],{"id":973},"why-are-most-leases-on-the-map-gray","Why are most leases on the map gray?",[10,976,977],{},"Gray is Closed. Most MLRS lease records are historical, so closed leases form the background and authorized, pending and interim leases show in color.",{"title":294,"searchDepth":295,"depth":295,"links":979},[980,984,985,989,990,991],{"id":704,"depth":295,"text":705,"children":981},[982,983],{"id":708,"depth":310,"text":709},{"id":757,"depth":310,"text":758},{"id":785,"depth":295,"text":786},{"id":812,"depth":295,"text":813,"children":986},[987,988],{"id":816,"depth":310,"text":817},{"id":832,"depth":310,"text":833},{"id":177,"depth":295,"text":178},{"id":903,"depth":295,"text":904},{"id":634,"depth":295,"text":635,"children":992},[993,994,995,996],{"id":952,"depth":310,"text":953},{"id":959,"depth":310,"text":960},{"id":966,"depth":310,"text":967},{"id":973,"depth":310,"text":974},"Read BLM federal oil and gas leases, ONRR county royalty totals and federal subsurface minerals for a PLSS section in Township America, and check for a split estate before you lease or buy.","i-lucide-scroll",{},5,"\u002Fguides\u002Fenergy-leases-and-royalties",{"title":696,"description":997},"guides\u002Fenergy-leases-and-royalties","PRNuG32BwD5Kh-PtoiWpKq--3yXycDwEKFjE0xD_uQk",{"id":1006,"title":1007,"body":1008,"category":313,"description":1317,"extension":315,"icon":1318,"meta":1319,"navigation":318,"order":1320,"path":1321,"seo":1322,"stem":1323,"__hash__":1324},"guides\u002Fguides\u002Fenergy-orphaned-wells-and-fracfocus.md","Orphaned Wells and FracFocus Disclosures in the Energy Pack",{"type":7,"value":1009,"toc":1294},[1010,1023,1026,1030,1041,1043,1051,1055,1075,1079,1088,1096,1099,1103,1106,1126,1134,1137,1140,1146,1149,1162,1165,1177,1180,1186,1194,1196,1199,1230,1233,1235,1261,1263,1267,1270,1274,1277,1281,1287,1291],[10,1011,1012,1013,1016,1017,1020,1021,174],{},"Two Energy layers tell you about wells that may leave a mark on a tract after the drilling is done. ",[22,1014,1015],{},"USGS orphaned wells"," flags unplugged wells with no responsible operator, the kind of liability a buyer or lender wants to know about before closing. ",[22,1018,1019],{},"FracFocus disclosures"," shows where and when wells nearby were hydraulically fractured, and how much water each job used. Both are part of the ",[170,1022,173],{"href":172},[14,1024,1015],{"id":1025},"usgs-orphaned-wells",[257,1027,1029],{"id":1028},"what-it-is","What it is",[10,1031,1032,1033,1036,1037,1040],{},"The USGS inventory of documented orphaned oil and gas wells, compiled from state records across the country. In the app it appears as ",[22,1034,1035],{},"Orphaned Wells"," on the map and as ",[22,1038,1039],{},"Orphaned wells (USGS DOW)"," on the parcel report.",[257,1042,709],{"id":708},[10,1044,1045,1046,715,1048,1050],{},"Open the Layers panel, expand ",[22,1047,509],{},[22,1049,1035],{},". Each well is a copper point. Click one for its popup: well name or ID, operator of record, API number, status, spud date, the year it was abandoned and the county.",[257,1052,1054],{"id":1053},"in-search","In search",[10,1056,1057,1058,1060,1061,1063,1064,398,1067,1070,1071,1074],{},"Turn on ",[22,1059,1015],{}," under ",[22,1062,526],{}," and search by ",[22,1065,1066],{},"API number",[22,1068,1069],{},"well name"," or ",[22,1072,1073],{},"operator",". This is the fastest way to check whether a well named in a lease or a deed is on the orphaned list.",[257,1076,1078],{"id":1077},"on-the-parcel-report","On the parcel report",[10,1080,432,1081,1083,1084,1087],{},[22,1082,1039],{}," card on the Energy tab lists the orphaned wells in the section, with ID, operator and status. Click the pin on a row to zoom the map to the well. The flag row at the top of the tab reads ",[22,1085,1086],{},"No orphan wells"," or gives the count.",[766,1089,1090],{},[10,1091,1092,1093,174],{},"On the web, this card reads from the Federal Land report for PLSS sections, so it fills in when you also hold Federal Land or All Packs. The mobile app and the AI connector return orphaned wells with the Energy pack alone. The Federal Land pack also carries orphaned wells as one of its screening layers; see the ",[170,1094,1095],{"href":320},"environmental screen guide",[10,1097,1098],{},"When you hold Energy and Federal Land, the Combined Parcel Report PDF can call out an orphaned well that falls inside mapped critical habitat on the cover page.",[257,1100,1102],{"id":1101},"how-to-read-it","How to read it",[10,1104,1105],{},"An orphaned well on or near a tract is a question to answer, not a verdict:",[126,1107,1108,1114,1120],{},[129,1109,1110,1113],{},[22,1111,1112],{},"Status at the time of the inventory."," A well may have been plugged under a state program after the record was compiled. Check the state regulator's file for the current status.",[129,1115,1116,1119],{},[22,1117,1118],{},"Operator of record."," The operator named is the last one on file, which is often a company that no longer exists.",[129,1121,1122,1125],{},[22,1123,1124],{},"Location as recorded."," Older wells can carry approximate coordinates. A well just outside the section line may in fact sit inside it, or the reverse.",[10,1127,1128,1129,1133],{},"See the ",[170,1130,1132],{"href":1131},"\u002Fenergy\u002Flayers\u002Fusgs-orphaned-wells","orphaned wells layer page"," for coverage by state.",[14,1135,1019],{"id":1136},"fracfocus-disclosures",[257,1138,1029],{"id":1139},"what-it-is-1",[10,1141,1142,1143,174],{},"FracFocus is the national registry where operators disclose the chemicals and water used in hydraulic fracturing jobs. Township America maps the disclosures as points at the well. Whenever the layer is on, the map shows the credit ",[22,1144,1145],{},"Data: FracFocus.org",[257,1147,709],{"id":1148},"on-the-map-1",[10,1150,820,1151,1153,1154,1157,1158,1161],{},[22,1152,509],{},", turn on ",[22,1155,1156],{},"FracFocus Disclosures",". Point size follows job size, from small to mega. Click a disclosure for its popup: well name, operator, API number, state, county, job start and end dates, total water in gallons, job number and, where available, a ",[22,1159,1160],{},"View disclosure"," link to the FracFocus record.",[257,1163,1054],{"id":1164},"in-search-1",[10,1166,1057,1167,1060,1169,1063,1171,398,1173,1070,1175,174],{},[22,1168,1019],{},[22,1170,526],{},[22,1172,1066],{},[22,1174,1069],{},[22,1176,1073],{},[257,1178,1078],{"id":1179},"on-the-parcel-report-1",[10,1181,432,1182,1185],{},[22,1183,1184],{},"FracFocus disclosures · 1 mi buffer"," card on the Energy tab lists disclosures within one mile of the center of the section, newest job first. Each row shows the well, operator, job start date, total water in gallons and the distance in miles. The first six show, with a count of the rest.",[10,1187,1188,1189,1193],{},"Read it as completion activity: which wells nearby were fractured recently, by whom, and how water-intensive the jobs were. The ",[170,1190,1192],{"href":1191},"\u002Fenergy\u002Flayers\u002Ffracfocus-disclosures","FracFocus layer page"," describes the dataset in more detail.",[14,1195,178],{"id":177},[10,1197,1198],{},"A buyer is looking at grazing land in Section 9, Township 25 North, Range 1 East, Indian Meridian, in Kay County, Oklahoma, in an area with a long drilling history.",[187,1200,1201,1210,1216,1222,1227],{},[129,1202,861,1203,865,1206,868,1208,174],{},[90,1204,1205],{},"9 25N 1E Indian Meridian",[22,1207,595],{},[22,1209,360],{},[129,1211,1212,1213,1215],{},"The flag row and the ",[22,1214,1039],{}," card show whether USGS lists an orphaned well in the section. The buyer notes each API number.",[129,1217,1218,1219,1221],{},"On the map, the buyer turns on ",[22,1220,1035],{}," to see any just outside the section line.",[129,1223,1224,1226],{},[22,1225,1184],{}," shows whether there has been recent completion work nearby.",[129,1228,1229],{},"Each orphaned well's API number goes to the Oklahoma Corporation Commission for its current status and any plugging record.",[10,1231,1232],{},"The buyer now has a short list of wells to raise with the seller and the state before closing.",[14,1234,904],{"id":903},[126,1236,1237,1243,1249,1255],{},[129,1238,1239,1242],{},[22,1240,1241],{},"Documented wells only."," The USGS inventory lists wells a state has documented as orphaned. Undocumented wells are, by definition, not in it.",[129,1244,1245,1248],{},[22,1246,1247],{},"FracFocus is self-reported."," Operators file the disclosures, and older jobs may be missing. Check the FracFocus record for the full chemical list.",[129,1250,1251,1254],{},[22,1252,1253],{},"Buffer is from the section center."," The one-mile FracFocus search measures from the center of the section, so a large or irregular section can leave edge wells outside it.",[129,1256,1257,1260],{},[22,1258,1259],{},"Not an environmental assessment."," These layers screen for questions to ask. They are not a Phase 1 ESA, a plugging liability estimate or a survey.",[14,1262,635],{"id":634},[257,1264,1266],{"id":1265},"does-an-orphaned-well-on-my-tract-mean-i-am-liable-for-it","Does an orphaned well on my tract mean I am liable for it?",[10,1268,1269],{},"Not by itself. Plugging responsibility is set by state law and the facts of the well. Use the record to ask the state regulator and your attorney.",[257,1271,1273],{"id":1272},"why-does-a-well-show-in-fracfocus-but-not-in-the-state-well-list","Why does a well show in FracFocus but not in the state well list?",[10,1275,1276],{},"FracFocus is a separate registry with its own coverage. The state well lists cover Colorado, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Wyoming and New Mexico, while FracFocus is national.",[257,1278,1280],{"id":1279},"can-i-see-the-chemicals-used-in-a-frac-job","Can I see the chemicals used in a frac job?",[10,1282,1283,1284,1286],{},"Follow the ",[22,1285,1160],{}," link in the popup, when present, to the full record on FracFocus.",[257,1288,1290],{"id":1289},"is-the-orphaned-wells-layer-the-same-in-the-energy-and-federal-land-packs","Is the orphaned wells layer the same in the Energy and Federal Land packs?",[10,1292,1293],{},"Both read the same USGS inventory. Energy adds the map layer and search source; Federal Land includes it in the section screen.",{"title":294,"searchDepth":295,"depth":295,"links":1295},[1296,1303,1309,1310,1311],{"id":1025,"depth":295,"text":1015,"children":1297},[1298,1299,1300,1301,1302],{"id":1028,"depth":310,"text":1029},{"id":708,"depth":310,"text":709},{"id":1053,"depth":310,"text":1054},{"id":1077,"depth":310,"text":1078},{"id":1101,"depth":310,"text":1102},{"id":1136,"depth":295,"text":1019,"children":1304},[1305,1306,1307,1308],{"id":1139,"depth":310,"text":1029},{"id":1148,"depth":310,"text":709},{"id":1164,"depth":310,"text":1054},{"id":1179,"depth":310,"text":1078},{"id":177,"depth":295,"text":178},{"id":903,"depth":295,"text":904},{"id":634,"depth":295,"text":635,"children":1312},[1313,1314,1315,1316],{"id":1265,"depth":310,"text":1266},{"id":1272,"depth":310,"text":1273},{"id":1279,"depth":310,"text":1280},{"id":1289,"depth":310,"text":1290},"Screen a PLSS tract for USGS documented orphaned wells and check nearby FracFocus hydraulic fracturing disclosures with the Township America Energy pack, on the map, in search and on the parcel report.","i-lucide-alert-octagon",{},6,"\u002Fguides\u002Fenergy-orphaned-wells-and-fracfocus",{"title":1007,"description":1317},"guides\u002Fenergy-orphaned-wells-and-fracfocus","64QzSoJSzTnUz6WSut6MaWcr6_mfF-3JnFIZRbD9SRE"]