[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"pseo-record-land-county-pennington-county-sd":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":18,"plss_sections":20,"headline_stats":21,"locked_metrics":33,"questions":48,"related":58,"rollup":81,"last_data_refresh":112,"quality":113,"isSeed":115,"card_stat":114,"card_stat_label":116},"land-county","land","pennington-county-sd","Mining Claims and Federal Land in Pennington County, South Dakota","Federal Land pack · South Dakota","Pennington County has 1,487 active BLM mining claims, 0 federal oil and gas leases and 191 BLM rights-of-way. Search any of its 2,844 PLSS sections for a section-level screen.","Federal land in Pennington County, SD: 1,487 active mining claims, 0 BLM oil and gas leases, 191 rights-of-way and 0 orphaned wells. Screen any section with the Federal Land pack.","Screen a Pennington County section for federal land","Search any Pennington 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.","Pennington County","South Dakota","SD","46103",1487,0,191,2844,[22,25,28,31],{"label":23,"value":24},"Active mining claims","1,487",{"label":26,"value":27},"Federal O&G leases","0",{"label":29,"value":30},"BLM rights-of-way","191",{"label":32,"value":27},"Orphaned wells",[34,37,40,42,44,46],{"label":35,"value":36},"Report layers with South Dakota 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 Pennington County, SD?","Yes. 1,487 BLM mining claims are active in Pennington County, and 0 more are filed or under review. The Federal Land pack shows which claims fall on the section you search.",{"q":53,"partial_answer":54},"Is there BLM land in Pennington County, SD?","This page counts BLM case records, not surface acreage. 0 authorized BLM oil and gas leases list Pennington County as the county of record, and 191 authorized rights-of-way sit 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 Pennington County section cover?","The report has South Dakota 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.",[59,65,69,72,75,78],{"family":60,"slug":61,"label":62,"exists":63,"group":64},"land-state","south-dakota","South Dakota federal land",true,"State",{"family":4,"slug":66,"label":67,"exists":63,"group":68},"lawrence-county-sd","Lawrence County","Other South Dakota counties",{"family":4,"slug":70,"label":71,"exists":63,"group":68},"custer-county-sd","Custer County",{"family":4,"slug":73,"label":74,"exists":63,"group":68},"fall-river-county-sd","Fall River County",{"family":4,"slug":76,"label":77,"exists":63,"group":68},"butte-county-sd","Butte County",{"family":4,"slug":79,"label":80,"exists":63,"group":68},"harding-county-sd","Harding County",{"label":82,"head":83,"a":84,"b":104},"Federal land activity","What BLM and USGS record in Pennington County",{"title":85,"cap":86,"rows":87},"Records by type","County counts",[88,89,91,93,95,97,99,101],[23,24],[90,27],"Claims filed or under review",[92,27],"Authorized O&G leases (county of record)",[94,27],"O&G lease acres (county of record)",[96,27],"Geothermal leases",[98,30],"Rights-of-way",[100,27],"Orphaned wells (USGS)",[102,103],"PLSS sections","2,844",{"title":105,"cap":106,"bars":107},"Record mix","Share of active BLM records",[108,110],{"label":23,"val":24,"pct":109},89,{"label":98,"val":30,"pct":111},11,"2026-10-30",{"passed":63,"score":114},1678,false,"active BLM records"]