[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"pseo-record-land-county-big-horn-county-wy":3},{"family":4,"bundle":5,"slug":6,"title":7,"subtitle":8,"hero_description":9,"meta_description":10,"cta_title":11,"cta_body":12,"county_name":13,"state_name":14,"abbr":15,"geoid":16,"active_claims":17,"federal_leases":18,"rights_of_way":19,"orphaned_wells":20,"plss_sections":21,"headline_stats":22,"locked_metrics":35,"questions":52,"related":62,"rollup":99,"last_data_refresh":136,"quality":137,"isSeed":139,"card_stat":140,"card_stat_label":141},"land-county","land","big-horn-county-wy","Mining Claims and Federal Land in Big Horn County, Wyoming","Federal Land pack · Wyoming","Big Horn County has 2,434 active BLM mining claims, 227 federal oil and gas leases and 631 BLM rights-of-way. Search any of its 3,159 PLSS sections for a section-level screen.","Federal land in Big Horn County, WY: 2,434 active mining claims, 227 BLM oil and gas leases, 631 rights-of-way and 2 orphaned wells. Screen any section with the Federal Land pack.","Screen a Big Horn County section for federal land","Search any Big Horn County PLSS section and get its mining claims, BLM leases, rights-of-way, orphaned wells and environmental layers in one Federal Land report, with a PDF you can file.","Big Horn County","Wyoming","WY","56003",2434,227,631,2,3159,[23,26,29,32],{"label":24,"value":25},"Active mining claims","2,434",{"label":27,"value":28},"Federal O&G leases","227",{"label":30,"value":31},"BLM rights-of-way","631",{"label":33,"value":34},"Orphaned wells","2",[36,39,42,44,46,48,50],{"label":37,"value":38},"Report layers with Wyoming data","14 of 15",{"label":40,"value":41},"FEMA flood zones","",{"label":43,"value":41},"USFWS wetlands",{"label":45,"value":41},"USFWS critical habitat",{"label":47,"value":41},"Wildfire risk (USFS)",{"label":49,"value":41},"NRCS soils",{"label":51,"value":41},"USDA crop history",[53,56,59],{"q":54,"partial_answer":55},"Are there mining claims in Big Horn County, WY?","Yes. 2,434 BLM mining claims are active in Big Horn County, and 136 more are filed or under review. The Federal Land pack shows which claims fall on the section you search.",{"q":57,"partial_answer":58},"Is there BLM land in Big Horn County, WY?","This page counts BLM case records, not surface acreage. 227 authorized BLM oil and gas leases list Big Horn County as the county of record (181,635 acres), and 631 authorized rights-of-way sit in the county. The Federal Land pack names the surface managing agency (BLM, Forest Service, state or private) for each section you search.",{"q":60,"partial_answer":61},"Are there orphaned wells in Big Horn County, WY?","USGS documents 2 orphaned wells in Big Horn County. The Federal Land report flags any that sit on the section you search, next to flood, wetland and habitat layers where Wyoming data exists.",[63,69,73,76,79,82,85,88,93,96],{"family":64,"slug":65,"label":66,"exists":67,"group":68},"land-state","wyoming","Wyoming federal land",true,"State",{"family":4,"slug":70,"label":71,"exists":67,"group":72},"sweetwater-county-wy","Sweetwater County","Other Wyoming counties",{"family":4,"slug":74,"label":75,"exists":67,"group":72},"converse-county-wy","Converse County",{"family":4,"slug":77,"label":78,"exists":67,"group":72},"campbell-county-wy","Campbell County",{"family":4,"slug":80,"label":81,"exists":67,"group":72},"fremont-county-wy","Fremont County",{"family":4,"slug":83,"label":84,"exists":67,"group":72},"sublette-county-wy","Sublette County",{"family":4,"slug":86,"label":87,"exists":67,"group":72},"carbon-county-wy","Carbon County",{"family":89,"slug":90,"label":91,"exists":67,"group":92,"cross":67},"plss-township","wy-6th-pm-t56n-r97w","T56N R97W","Townships",{"family":89,"slug":94,"label":95,"exists":67,"group":92,"cross":67},"wy-6th-pm-t52n-r93w","T52N R93W",{"family":89,"slug":97,"label":98,"exists":67,"group":92,"cross":67},"wy-6th-pm-t51n-r93w","T51N R93W",{"label":100,"head":101,"a":102,"b":125},"Federal land activity","What BLM and USGS record in Big Horn County",{"title":103,"cap":104,"rows":105},"Records by type","County counts",[106,107,110,112,115,118,120,122],[24,25],[108,109],"Claims filed or under review","136",[111,28],"Authorized O&G leases (county of record)",[113,114],"O&G lease acres (county of record)","181,635",[116,117],"Geothermal leases","0",[119,31],"Rights-of-way",[121,34],"Orphaned wells (USGS)",[123,124],"PLSS sections","3,159",{"title":126,"cap":127,"bars":128},"Record mix","Share of active BLM records",[129,131,134],{"label":24,"val":25,"pct":130},74,{"label":132,"val":28,"pct":133},"O&G leases",7,{"label":119,"val":31,"pct":135},19,"2026-10-30",{"passed":67,"score":138},3294,false,3292,"active BLM records"]