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All 58 California counties, shaded against each other by what the federal record shows. Choose what you are building.

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Kern County, CA

973 active federal leases and rights-of-way, including 227 for oil and gas and 196 for pipelines.

Pipelines
196
Fiber and telecom
94
Oil and gas
227

In the 12 months to October 8, 20263 new pipeline grants · 3 new fiber and telecom grants · 3 new other federal cases

Read from BLM's Mineral & Land Records System and the Census county boundary on October 8, 2026. Federal cases only: private and state land are not in this record, and a case that crosses a county line counts in each county it touches.

California

58 counties

Alameda County

A quieter federal record
Active federal leases and rights-of-way
0
Open mining claims
0

Alpine County

A quieter federal record
Power and transmission
4
Fiber and telecom
2

Amador County

Stands out for power and transmission
Power and transmission
21
Fiber and telecom
19
Pipelines
1

Butte County

A quieter federal record
Fiber and telecom
13
Power and transmission
17

Calaveras County

Stands out for power and transmission
Power and transmission
51
Fiber and telecom
33
Pipelines
2

Colusa County

A quieter federal record
Fiber and telecom
4
Power and transmission
2

Contra Costa County

A quieter federal record
Oil and gas
4

Del Norte County

A quieter federal record
Power and transmission
1

El Dorado County

Stands out for power and transmission
Power and transmission
31
Pipelines
3
Fiber and telecom
13

Fresno County

Stands out for pipelines
Pipelines
18
Oil and gas
34
Power and transmission
24

Glenn County

A quieter federal record
Fiber and telecom
3
Oil and gas
3
Power and transmission
2

Humboldt County

A quieter federal record
Fiber and telecom
10
Pipelines
1
Power and transmission
3

Imperial County

Stands out for geothermal
Geothermal
24
Fiber and telecom
78
Power and transmission
89

Inyo County

Stands out for geothermal
Geothermal
6
Fiber and telecom
77
Power and transmission
76

Kern County

Stands out for pipelines
Pipelines
196
Fiber and telecom
94
Oil and gas
227

Kings County

Stands out for oil and gas
Oil and gas
37
Pipelines
9
Fiber and telecom
2

Lake County

Stands out for geothermal
Geothermal
11
Power and transmission
23
Pipelines
9

Lassen County

Stands out for fiber and telecom
Fiber and telecom
65
Power and transmission
38
Wind
2

Los Angeles County

Stands out for pipelines
Pipelines
13
Power and transmission
26
Fiber and telecom
16

Madera County

A quieter federal record
Fiber and telecom
5
Power and transmission
5

Marin County

A quieter federal record
Active federal leases and rights-of-way
0
Open mining claims
0

Mariposa County

Stands out for fiber and telecom
Fiber and telecom
29
Power and transmission
24
Pipelines
4

Mendocino County

Stands out for fiber and telecom
Fiber and telecom
22
Power and transmission
6

Merced County

A quieter federal record
Active federal leases and rights-of-way
2
Open mining claims
2

Modoc County

Stands out for power and transmission
Power and transmission
49
Geothermal
1
Fiber and telecom
19

Mono County

Stands out for geothermal
Geothermal
9
Fiber and telecom
41
Power and transmission
45

Monterey County

A quieter federal record
Fiber and telecom
9
Power and transmission
8
Oil and gas
2

Napa County

A quieter federal record
Fiber and telecom
14
Power and transmission
4

Nevada County

Stands out for pipelines
Pipelines
10
Fiber and telecom
23
Power and transmission
30

Orange County

A quieter federal record
Active federal leases and rights-of-way
5
Open mining claims
2

Placer County

A quieter federal record
Pipelines
3
Fiber and telecom
8
Power and transmission
11

Plumas County

A quieter federal record
Power and transmission
16
Fiber and telecom
3

Riverside County

Stands out for wind
Wind
18
Solar
22
Fiber and telecom
134

Sacramento County

A quieter federal record
Active federal leases and rights-of-way
2
Open mining claims
1

San Benito County

A quieter federal record
Pipelines
3
Fiber and telecom
12
Power and transmission
12

San Bernardino County

Stands out for fiber and telecom
Fiber and telecom
258
Power and transmission
458
Pipelines
99

San Diego County

Stands out for fiber and telecom
Fiber and telecom
47
Power and transmission
49
Wind
3

San Francisco County

A quieter federal record
Active federal leases and rights-of-way
0
Open mining claims
0

San Joaquin County

A quieter federal record
Oil and gas
1

San Luis Obispo County

A quieter federal record
Pipelines
8
Fiber and telecom
9
Oil and gas
8

San Mateo County

A quieter federal record
Active federal leases and rights-of-way
0
Open mining claims
0

Santa Barbara County

A quieter federal record
Pipelines
3
Oil and gas
7
Fiber and telecom
5

Santa Clara County

A quieter federal record
Fiber and telecom
1

Santa Cruz County

A quieter federal record
Power and transmission
8
Fiber and telecom
1

Shasta County

Stands out for power and transmission
Power and transmission
82
Fiber and telecom
60
Pipelines
5

Sierra County

A quieter federal record
Pipelines
1
Power and transmission
6
Fiber and telecom
2

Siskiyou County

Stands out for power and transmission
Power and transmission
38
Fiber and telecom
23
Geothermal
1

Solano County

A quieter federal record
Oil and gas
2

Sonoma County

Stands out for geothermal
Geothermal
16
Pipelines
9
Power and transmission
7

Stanislaus County

A quieter federal record
Active federal leases and rights-of-way
0
Open mining claims
0

Sutter County

A quieter federal record
Power and transmission
1

Tehama County

A quieter federal record
Pipelines
3
Fiber and telecom
10
Power and transmission
11

Trinity County

Stands out for power and transmission
Power and transmission
57
Fiber and telecom
31
Pipelines
1

Tulare County

A quieter federal record
Fiber and telecom
10
Power and transmission
6

Tuolumne County

Stands out for fiber and telecom
Fiber and telecom
46
Power and transmission
48
Pipelines
1

Ventura County

Stands out for oil and gas
Oil and gas
29
Pipelines
7
Fiber and telecom
3

Yolo County

A quieter federal record
Fiber and telecom
6

Yuba County

A quieter federal record
Pipelines
2
Power and transmission
5
Fiber and telecom
1

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