[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"pseo-record-land-county-chaves-county-nm":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":88,"last_data_refresh":121,"quality":122,"isSeed":124,"card_stat":125,"card_stat_label":126},"land-county","land","chaves-county-nm","BLM Leases and Federal Land in Chaves County, New Mexico","Federal Land pack · New Mexico","Chaves County has 0 active BLM mining claims, 523 federal oil and gas leases and 1,584 BLM rights-of-way. Search any of its 6,084 PLSS sections for a section-level screen.","Federal land in Chaves County, NM: 0 active mining claims, 523 BLM oil and gas leases, 1,584 rights-of-way and 340 orphaned wells. Screen any section with the Federal Land pack.","Screen a Chaves County section for federal land","Search any Chaves 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.","Chaves County","New Mexico","NM","35005",0,523,1584,340,6084,[23,26,29,32],{"label":24,"value":25},"Active mining claims","0",{"label":27,"value":28},"Federal O&G leases","523",{"label":30,"value":31},"BLM rights-of-way","1,584",{"label":33,"value":34},"Orphaned wells","340",[36,39,42,44,46,48,50],{"label":37,"value":38},"Report layers with New Mexico data","15 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 Chaves County, NM?","BLM's open mining claim records place no claims in Chaves County. The Federal Land pack checks every section you search against the claim layer.",{"q":57,"partial_answer":58},"Is there BLM land in Chaves County, NM?","This page counts BLM case records, not surface acreage. 523 authorized BLM oil and gas leases list Chaves County as the county of record (358,982 acres), and 1,584 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 Chaves County, NM?","USGS documents 340 orphaned wells in Chaves County. The Federal Land report flags any that sit on the section you search, next to flood, wetland and habitat layers where New Mexico data exists.",[63,69,73,76,79,82,85],{"family":64,"slug":65,"label":66,"exists":67,"group":68},"land-state","new-mexico","New Mexico federal land",true,"State",{"family":4,"slug":70,"label":71,"exists":67,"group":72},"eddy-county-nm","Eddy County","Other New Mexico counties",{"family":4,"slug":74,"label":75,"exists":67,"group":72},"san-juan-county-nm","San Juan County",{"family":4,"slug":77,"label":78,"exists":67,"group":72},"lea-county-nm","Lea County",{"family":4,"slug":80,"label":81,"exists":67,"group":72},"rio-arriba-county-nm","Rio Arriba County",{"family":4,"slug":83,"label":84,"exists":67,"group":72},"grant-county-nm","Grant County",{"family":4,"slug":86,"label":87,"exists":67,"group":72},"hidalgo-county-nm","Hidalgo County",{"label":89,"head":90,"a":91,"b":112},"Federal land activity","What BLM and USGS record in Chaves County",{"title":92,"cap":93,"rows":94},"Records by type","County counts",[95,96,98,100,103,105,107,109],[24,25],[97,25],"Claims filed or under review",[99,28],"Authorized O&G leases (county of record)",[101,102],"O&G lease acres (county of record)","358,982",[104,25],"Geothermal leases",[106,31],"Rights-of-way",[108,34],"Orphaned wells (USGS)",[110,111],"PLSS sections","6,084",{"title":113,"cap":114,"bars":115},"Record mix","Share of active BLM records",[116,119],{"label":117,"val":28,"pct":118},"O&G leases",25,{"label":106,"val":31,"pct":120},75,"2026-10-30",{"passed":67,"score":123},2447,false,2107,"active BLM records"]