BLM Colorado Oil and Gas Lease Parcels for Q1 2026

March 2026 data from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Colorado, describing polygon geometry and linked attributes for quarterly oil and gas lease sale parcels in the state. The polygons were generated using legal land descriptions and the Geographic Coordinate Data Base (GCDB) survey grid, with data consolidated from Field Office inputs. An error file may accompany the dataset, showing polygons that did not process automatically or were manually completed by a GIS specialist.

Use Cases

• Mapping potential oil and gas development areas based on lease parcel polygons.
• Analyzing land use and administrative boundaries for energy resource planning.
• Validating legal land descriptions against mapped geospatial data for regulatory compliance.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from the authoritative Bureau of Land Management (BLM).
• Polygons are generated from legal land descriptions and a standardized survey grid (GCDB).
• Available in multiple geospatial formats including KML, GeoJSON, and ArcGIS REST API.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• An error file indicates some polygons required manual processing, suggesting potential data inconsistencies.

Provenance

Source

Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Colorado.

Collection Method

Generated from legal land descriptions and the Geographic Coordinate Data Base (GCDB) survey grid, consolidated from Field Office inputs.

Time Range

Q1 (March) 2026.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-14 10:00:57.998147; freshness should be verified.

Geography

State of Colorado, USA.