[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"pseo-record-land-county-dawson-county-mt":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","dawson-county-mt","BLM Leases and Federal Land in Dawson County, Montana","Federal Land pack · Montana","Dawson County has 0 active BLM mining claims, 36 federal oil and gas leases and 81 BLM rights-of-way. Search any of its 2,376 PLSS sections for a section-level screen.","Federal land in Dawson County, MT: 0 active mining claims, 36 BLM oil and gas leases, 81 rights-of-way and 1 orphaned wells. Screen any section with the Federal Land pack.","Screen a Dawson County section for federal land","Search any Dawson 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.","Dawson County","Montana","MT","30021",0,36,81,1,2376,[23,26,29,32],{"label":24,"value":25},"Active mining claims","0",{"label":27,"value":28},"Federal O&G leases","36",{"label":30,"value":31},"BLM rights-of-way","81",{"label":33,"value":34},"Orphaned wells","1",[36,39,42,44,46,48,50],{"label":37,"value":38},"Report layers with Montana 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 Dawson County, MT?","BLM's open mining claim records place no claims in Dawson County. The Federal Land pack checks every section you search against the claim layer.",{"q":57,"partial_answer":58},"Is there BLM land in Dawson County, MT?","This page counts BLM case records, not surface acreage. 36 authorized BLM oil and gas leases list Dawson County as the county of record (18,169 acres), and 81 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 Dawson County, MT?","USGS documents 1 orphaned well in Dawson County. The Federal Land report flags any that sit on the section you search, next to flood, wetland and habitat layers where Montana data exists.",[63,69,73,76,79,82,85],{"family":64,"slug":65,"label":66,"exists":67,"group":68},"land-state","montana","Montana federal land",true,"State",{"family":4,"slug":70,"label":71,"exists":67,"group":72},"beaverhead-county-mt","Beaverhead County","Other Montana counties",{"family":4,"slug":74,"label":75,"exists":67,"group":72},"madison-county-mt","Madison County",{"family":4,"slug":77,"label":78,"exists":67,"group":72},"lincoln-county-mt","Lincoln County",{"family":4,"slug":80,"label":81,"exists":67,"group":72},"granite-county-mt","Granite County",{"family":4,"slug":83,"label":84,"exists":67,"group":72},"sweet-grass-county-mt","Sweet Grass County",{"family":4,"slug":86,"label":87,"exists":67,"group":72},"jefferson-county-mt","Jefferson County",{"label":89,"head":90,"a":91,"b":112},"Federal land activity","What BLM and USGS record in Dawson 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)","18,169",[104,25],"Geothermal leases",[106,31],"Rights-of-way",[108,34],"Orphaned wells (USGS)",[110,111],"PLSS sections","2,376",{"title":113,"cap":114,"bars":115},"Record mix","Share of active BLM records",[116,119],{"label":117,"val":28,"pct":118},"O&G leases",31,{"label":106,"val":31,"pct":120},69,"2026-10-30",{"passed":67,"score":123},118,false,117,"active BLM records"]