[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"pseo-record-land-county-morton-county-ks":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":17,"plss_sections":20,"headline_stats":21,"locked_metrics":33,"questions":48,"related":58,"rollup":78,"last_data_refresh":110,"quality":111,"isSeed":113,"card_stat":112,"card_stat_label":114},"land-county","land","morton-county-ks","BLM Leases and Federal Land in Morton County, Kansas","Federal Land pack · Kansas","Morton County has 0 active BLM mining claims, 301 federal oil and gas leases and 1 BLM rights-of-way. Search any of its 756 PLSS sections for a section-level screen.","Federal land in Morton County, KS: 0 active mining claims, 301 BLM oil and gas leases, 1 rights-of-way and 0 orphaned wells. Screen any section with the Federal Land pack.","Screen a Morton County section for federal land","Search any Morton 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.","Morton County","Kansas","KS","20129",0,301,1,756,[22,25,28,31],{"label":23,"value":24},"Active mining claims","0",{"label":26,"value":27},"Federal O&G leases","301",{"label":29,"value":30},"BLM rights-of-way","1",{"label":32,"value":24},"Orphaned wells",[34,37,40,42,44,46],{"label":35,"value":36},"Report layers with Kansas data","9 of 15",{"label":38,"value":39},"FEMA flood zones","",{"label":41,"value":39},"USFWS critical habitat",{"label":43,"value":39},"Wildfire risk (USFS)",{"label":45,"value":39},"USDA crop history",{"label":47,"value":39},"USGS elevation summary",[49,52,55],{"q":50,"partial_answer":51},"Are there mining claims in Morton County, KS?","BLM's open mining claim records place no claims in Morton County. The Federal Land pack checks every section you search against the claim layer.",{"q":53,"partial_answer":54},"Is there BLM land in Morton County, KS?","This page counts BLM case records, not surface acreage. 301 authorized BLM oil and gas leases list Morton County as the county of record (73,156 acres), and 1 authorized right-of-way sits in the county. The Federal Land pack shows which leases and rights-of-way touch the section you search.",{"q":56,"partial_answer":57},"What does a Federal Land screen of a Morton County section cover?","The report has Kansas data for 9 of its 15 layers, including FEMA flood zones, USFWS critical habitat, wildfire risk (USFS) and USDA crop history. USGS documents no orphaned wells in this county.",[59,65,69,72,75],{"family":60,"slug":61,"label":62,"exists":63,"group":64},"land-state","kansas","Kansas federal land",true,"State",{"family":4,"slug":66,"label":67,"exists":63,"group":68},"kearny-county-ks","Kearny County","Other Kansas counties",{"family":4,"slug":70,"label":71,"exists":63,"group":68},"finney-county-ks","Finney County",{"family":4,"slug":73,"label":74,"exists":63,"group":68},"seward-county-ks","Seward County",{"family":4,"slug":76,"label":77,"exists":63,"group":68},"stevens-county-ks","Stevens County",{"label":79,"head":80,"a":81,"b":102},"Federal land activity","What BLM and USGS record in Morton County",{"title":82,"cap":83,"rows":84},"Records by type","County counts",[85,86,88,90,93,95,97,99],[23,24],[87,24],"Claims filed or under review",[89,27],"Authorized O&G leases (county of record)",[91,92],"O&G lease acres (county of record)","73,156",[94,24],"Geothermal leases",[96,30],"Rights-of-way",[98,24],"Orphaned wells (USGS)",[100,101],"PLSS sections","756",{"title":103,"cap":104,"bars":105},"Record mix","Share of active BLM records",[106,109],{"label":107,"val":27,"pct":108},"O&G leases",100,{"label":96,"val":30,"pct":17},"2026-10-30",{"passed":63,"score":112},302,false,"active BLM records"]