[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"pseo-record-land-county-lea-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","lea-county-nm","BLM Leases and Federal Land in Lea County, New Mexico","Federal Land pack · New Mexico","Lea County has 0 active BLM mining claims, 1,753 federal oil and gas leases and 6,751 BLM rights-of-way. Search any of its 4,430 PLSS sections for a section-level screen.","Federal land in Lea County, NM: 0 active mining claims, 1,753 BLM oil and gas leases, 6,751 rights-of-way and 29 orphaned wells. Screen any section with the Federal Land pack.","Screen a Lea County section for federal land","Search any Lea 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.","Lea County","New Mexico","NM","35025",0,1753,6751,29,4430,[23,26,29,32],{"label":24,"value":25},"Active mining claims","0",{"label":27,"value":28},"Federal O&G leases","1,753",{"label":30,"value":31},"BLM rights-of-way","6,751",{"label":33,"value":34},"Orphaned wells","29",[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 Lea County, NM?","BLM's open mining claim records place no claims in Lea County. The Federal Land pack checks every section you search against the claim layer.",{"q":57,"partial_answer":58},"Is there BLM land in Lea County, NM?","This page counts BLM case records, not surface acreage. 1,753 authorized BLM oil and gas leases list Lea County as the county of record (705,089 acres), and 6,751 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 Lea County, NM?","USGS documents 29 orphaned wells in Lea 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},"rio-arriba-county-nm","Rio Arriba County",{"family":4,"slug":80,"label":81,"exists":67,"group":72},"grant-county-nm","Grant County",{"family":4,"slug":83,"label":84,"exists":67,"group":72},"hidalgo-county-nm","Hidalgo County",{"family":4,"slug":86,"label":87,"exists":67,"group":72},"chaves-county-nm","Chaves County",{"label":89,"head":90,"a":91,"b":112},"Federal land activity","What BLM and USGS record in Lea 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)","705,089",[104,25],"Geothermal leases",[106,31],"Rights-of-way",[108,34],"Orphaned wells (USGS)",[110,111],"PLSS sections","4,430",{"title":113,"cap":114,"bars":115},"Record mix","Share of active BLM records",[116,119],{"label":117,"val":28,"pct":118},"O&G leases",21,{"label":106,"val":31,"pct":120},79,"2026-10-30",{"passed":67,"score":123},8533,false,8504,"active BLM records"]