[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"pseo-record-land-county-esmeralda-county-nv":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":122,"quality":123,"isSeed":125,"card_stat":126,"card_stat_label":127},"land-county","land","esmeralda-county-nv","Mining Claims and Federal Land in Esmeralda County, Nevada","Federal Land pack · Nevada","Esmeralda County has 16,919 active BLM mining claims, 0 federal oil and gas leases and 267 BLM rights-of-way. Search any of its 3,711 PLSS sections for a section-level screen.","Federal land in Esmeralda County, NV: 16,919 active mining claims, 0 BLM oil and gas leases, 267 rights-of-way and 1 orphaned wells. Screen any section with the Federal Land pack.","Screen a Esmeralda County section for federal land","Search any Esmeralda 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.","Esmeralda County","Nevada","NV","32009",16919,0,267,1,3711,[23,26,29,32],{"label":24,"value":25},"Active mining claims","16,919",{"label":27,"value":28},"Federal O&G leases","0",{"label":30,"value":31},"BLM rights-of-way","267",{"label":33,"value":34},"Orphaned wells","1",[36,39,42,44,46,48,50],{"label":37,"value":38},"Report layers with Nevada data","13 of 15",{"label":40,"value":41},"FEMA flood zones","",{"label":43,"value":41},"USFWS critical habitat",{"label":45,"value":41},"Wildfire risk (USFS)",{"label":47,"value":41},"USDA crop history",{"label":49,"value":41},"BLM public access",{"label":51,"value":41},"Surface managing agency",[53,56,59],{"q":54,"partial_answer":55},"Are there mining claims in Esmeralda County, NV?","Yes. 16,919 BLM mining claims are active in Esmeralda County, and 8,211 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 Esmeralda County, NV?","This page counts BLM case records, not surface acreage. 0 authorized BLM oil and gas leases list Esmeralda County as the county of record, and 267 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 Esmeralda County, NV?","USGS documents 1 orphaned well in Esmeralda County. The Federal Land report flags any that sit on the section you search, next to flood, wetland and habitat layers where Nevada data exists.",[63,69,73,76,79,82,85],{"family":64,"slug":65,"label":66,"exists":67,"group":68},"land-state","nevada","Nevada federal land",true,"State",{"family":4,"slug":70,"label":71,"exists":67,"group":72},"nye-county-nv","Nye County","Other Nevada counties",{"family":4,"slug":74,"label":75,"exists":67,"group":72},"elko-county-nv","Elko County",{"family":4,"slug":77,"label":78,"exists":67,"group":72},"eureka-county-nv","Eureka County",{"family":4,"slug":80,"label":81,"exists":67,"group":72},"humboldt-county-nv","Humboldt County",{"family":4,"slug":83,"label":84,"exists":67,"group":72},"lander-county-nv","Lander County",{"family":4,"slug":86,"label":87,"exists":67,"group":72},"white-pine-county-nv","White Pine County",{"label":89,"head":90,"a":91,"b":113},"Federal land activity","What BLM and USGS record in Esmeralda County",{"title":92,"cap":93,"rows":94},"Records by type","County counts",[95,96,99,101,103,106,108,110],[24,25],[97,98],"Claims filed or under review","8,211",[100,28],"Authorized O&G leases (county of record)",[102,28],"O&G lease acres (county of record)",[104,105],"Geothermal leases","39",[107,31],"Rights-of-way",[109,34],"Orphaned wells (USGS)",[111,112],"PLSS sections","3,711",{"title":114,"cap":115,"bars":116},"Record mix","Share of active BLM records",[117,119,120],{"label":24,"val":25,"pct":118},98,{"label":104,"val":105,"pct":18},{"label":107,"val":31,"pct":121},2,"2026-10-30",{"passed":67,"score":124},17226,false,17225,"active BLM records"]