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BLM Natl MLRS Coal Cases

Metadata Updated: January 25, 2026

This dataset contains coal cases derived from Legal Land Descriptions (LLD) contained in the US Bureau of Land Management's, BLM, Mineral and Land Record System(MLRS) and geocoded (mapped) using the Public Land Survey System (PLSS) derived from the most accurate survey data available through BLM Cadastral Survey workforce. Geospatial representations might be missing for some cases that can not be geocoded using the MLRS algorithm. This data set contains cases with the dispositions of 'Authorized', 'Pending','Closed', and 'Interim'.
Each case is given a data quality score based on how well it mapped. These can be lumped into seven groups to provide a simplified way to understand the scores. 

  • Group 1: Direct PLSS Match. Scores “0”, “1”, “2”, “3” should all have a match to the PLSS data. There are slight differences, but the primary expectation is that these match the PLSS.
  •  Group 2: Calculated PLSS Match. Scores “4”, “4.1”, “5”, “6”, “7” and “8” were generated through a process of creating the geometry that is not a direct capture from the PLSS. They represent a best guess based on the underlining PLSS
  •  Group 3 – Mapped to Section. Score of “8.1”, “8.2”, “8.3”, “9” and “10” are mapped to the Section for various reasons (refer to log information in data quality field).
  •  Group 4- Combination of mapped and unmapped areas. Score of 15 represents a case that has some portions that would map and others that do not. 
  •  Group 5 – No NLSDB Geometry, Only Attributes. Scores “11”, “12”, “20”, “21” and “22” do not have a match to the PLSS and no geometry is in the NLSDB, and only attributes exist in the data. 
  •  Group 6 – Mapped to County. Scores of “25” map to the County.
  •  Group 7 – Improved Geometry. Scores of “100” are cases that have had their geometry edited by BLM staff using ArcGIS Pro or MLRS bulk upload tool.

Access & Use Information

Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: us-pd

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Dates

Metadata Created Date September 25, 2025
Metadata Updated Date January 25, 2026

Metadata Source

Harvested from DOI BLM DCAT-US

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date September 25, 2025
Metadata Updated Date January 25, 2026
Publisher Bureau of Land Management
Maintainer
Identifier https://blm-egis.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=42fddf0138da4c46bc47ff470cb97776&sublayer=1
Data First Published 2023-11-14T17:41:03Z
Data Last Modified 2025-02-06T17:01:41Z
Category Geospatial
Public Access Level public
Bureau Code 010:04
Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
Metadata Catalog ID https://ddi.doi.gov/blm-data.json
Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
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Harvest Source Id ceb4b469-e13a-40f5-af40-5fe065f74ffa
Harvest Source Title DOI BLM DCAT-US
Homepage URL https://gbp-blm-egis.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/BLM-EGIS::blm-natl-mlrs-coal-cases
License http://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/
Metadata Type geospatial
Old Spatial -124.0374,48.996,-78.799,29.7865
Program Code 010:000
Source Datajson Identifier True
Source Hash ca4fa06e5f752f8a59203a1c4724ac998bd5c526e3a90e9403a1178936151f1b
Source Schema Version 1.1
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