Bureau of Land Management

aid: bureau-of-land-management
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bureau-of-land-management/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Bureau of Land Management
tags:
- Environment
- Federal-Government
- Land
- Resources
- GIS
- Geospatial
- Mining
- Public-Lands
- Open-Data
- OGC
- Cadastral
- Recreation
- Grazing
- ArcGIS
- DCAT
- Conservation
- Mapping
tags_raw:
- Environment
- Federal Government
- Land
- Resources
- GIS
- Geospatial
- Mining
- Public Lands
- Open Data
- OGC
- Cadastral
- Recreation
- Grazing
- ArcGIS
- DCAT
- Conservation
- Mapping
type: Index
kind: government
deliveryModel:
  model: unknown
  open_source: false
  commercial: false
  callable_host: false
  label: Delivery model not determined — needs a product licence on record
  confidence: low
  source:
  - none
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/bureau-of-land-management.png
access: 3rd-Party
created: '2024-11-30'
modified: '2026-09-05'
position: Producing
description: 'The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is the U.S. Department of the Interior bureau that administers 245 million
  surface acres of public land and 700 million acres of subsurface mineral estate — about one in every ten acres of the United
  States — for outdoor recreation, livestock grazing, mineral and energy development, conservation and cultural heritage.
  Its public API surface is geospatial and entirely anonymous: a catalog of 803 datasets served as OGC API - Records and DCAT-US
  1.1, and 785 ArcGIS Server services across thirteen REST instances (one national, twelve state) that BLM operates itself
  on gis.blm.gov, 42 of which also publish OGC WMS 1.3.0. There is no API key, no plan and no quota — and equally no versioning
  policy, changelog, status page or developer support channel. Every published operation is read-only; the transactional systems
  (MLRS mining claims and land records, GLO Records land patents, ePlanning NEPA documents) sit behind a login and publish
  no contract.'
apis:
- aid: bureau-of-land-management:blm-geospatial-business-platform
  name: BLM Geospatial Business Platform (GBP) Hub
  tags:
  - Federal-Government
  - Geospatial
  - GIS
  - Land
  tags_raw:
  - Federal Government
  - Geospatial
  - GIS
  - Land
  humanURL: https://gbp-blm-egis.hub.arcgis.com/
  baseURL: https://blm-egis.maps.arcgis.com/sharing/rest/
  properties:
  - url: https://gbp-blm-egis.hub.arcgis.com/
    type: Portal
  - url: https://catalog.data.gov/dataset?organization=blm-gov
    type: DataAPI
  - url: https://www.blm.gov/services/geospatial/GISData
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://gis.blm.gov/arcgis/rest/services
    type: APIReference
  description: The BLM Geospatial Business Platform is a public tool and publication platform for exploring and downloading
    GIS data. Built on ArcGIS Online, it provides REST endpoints for BLM geospatial data including public lands boundaries,
    mineral resources, recreation areas, and environmental data.
  features:
  - ArcGIS REST Endpoints
  - ISO-19139 XML Metadata
  - DCAT-US Compliance
  - Keyword and Location Search
  - Public Land Records
  useCases:
  - Public lands research
  - Recreation planning
  - Environmental impact assessment
  - Mineral rights research
- aid: bureau-of-land-management:blm-mineral-land-records
  name: BLM Mineral and Land Records System (MLRS)
  tags:
  - Federal-Government
  - Land
  - Mining
  - Minerals
  tags_raw:
  - Federal Government
  - Land
  - Mining
  - Minerals
  humanURL: https://mlrs.blm.gov/s/
  properties:
  - url: https://mlrs.blm.gov/s/
    type: Portal
  description: The Mineral and Land Records System (MLRS) is an online platform delivering state-of-the-art mineral and land
    records transactions, tracking, mapping, and more for BLM customers and staff. It manages land patents, rights-of-way,
    mining claims, and related records.
  features:
  - Mineral Records
  - Land Patent Records
  - Rights-of-Way Management
  - Mining Claims
  useCases:
  - Mineral rights research
  - Land patent lookup
  - Rights-of-way applications
  - Mining claim verification
  baseURL: https://mlrs.blm.gov
- aid: bureau-of-land-management:blm-general-land-office-records
  name: BLM General Land Office Records
  tags:
  - Federal-Government
  - Land
  - Historical Records
  tags_raw:
  - Federal Government
  - Land
  - Historical Records
  humanURL: https://glorecords.blm.gov/default.aspx
  properties:
  - url: https://glorecords.blm.gov/default.aspx
    type: Portal
  description: The General Land Office (GLO) Records provide access to federal land conveyance records including land patents,
    survey plats, and field notes from 1788 to the present. The system contains over 10 million Federal land title records.
  features:
  - Land Patent Records
  - Survey Plats
  - Field Notes
  - Historical Records Search
  useCases:
  - Historical land research
  - Genealogy research
  - Property title research
  - Academic historical study
  baseURL: https://glorecords.blm.gov
- aid: bureau-of-land-management:blm-eplanning
  name: BLM ePlanning
  tags:
  - Federal-Government
  - Land Use Planning
  - Environmental
  tags_raw:
  - Federal Government
  - Land Use Planning
  - Environmental
  humanURL: https://eplanning.blm.gov/
  properties:
  - url: https://eplanning.blm.gov/
    type: Portal
  description: BLM ePlanning provides public access to land use planning documents, environmental impact statements, and resource
    management plans. Citizens can track planning projects and participate in comment periods.
  features:
  - Land Use Planning Documents
  - Environmental Impact Statements
  - Resource Management Plans
  - Public Comment Access
  useCases:
  - Environmental review tracking
  - Public comment participation
  - Land use planning research
  - Policy development support
  baseURL: https://eplanning.blm.gov
- aid: bureau-of-land-management:blm-gbp-hub-search-api
  name: BLM GBP Hub Search API (OGC API - Records)
  tags:
  - Federal-Government
  - Geospatial
  - GIS
  - Open-Data
  - OGC
  - Search
  tags_raw:
  - Federal Government
  - Geospatial
  - GIS
  - Open Data
  - OGC
  - Search
  humanURL: https://gbp-blm-egis.hub.arcgis.com/api/search/definition/
  baseURL: https://gbp-blm-egis.hub.arcgis.com
  description: The only OpenAPI the Bureau of Land Management serves. A 17-operation OGC API - Records catalog over BLM's
    803 published geospatial datasets, with keyword, bounding-box and CQL2 filtering, facet aggregation, related/connected
    record traversal, and an ArcGIS FeatureServer projection that takes a caller from a search result straight to queryable
    features. Anonymous — no key, no plan, no quota. The contract names itself "BLM GBP Hub Search API" and the catalog it
    serves carries publisher "Bureau of Land Management" on every record; the software underneath is Esri ArcGIS Hub running
    as BLM's tenant.
  properties:
  - url: openapi/bureau-of-land-management-gbp-hub-search-openapi.json
    type: OpenAPI
  - url: https://gbp-blm-egis.hub.arcgis.com/api/search/definition/?f=json
    type: APIReference
  - url: conformance/bureau-of-land-management-gbp-hub-ogc-conformance.json
    type: Conformance
  - url: overlays/bureau-of-land-management-gbp-hub-search-overlay.yaml
    type: Overlay
  - url: mcp/bureau-of-land-management-tool-crosswalk.yml
    type: ToolCrosswalk
  - url: https://gbp-blm-egis.hub.arcgis.com/
    type: Portal
  - url: https://gbp-blm-egis.hub.arcgis.com/data.json
    type: DataAPI
  features:
  - OGC API - Records 1.0
  - OGC API - Features 1.0
  - CQL2 filtering
  - Bounding-box search
  - Facet aggregation
  - GeoJSON output
  - Anonymous access
  - DCAT-US 1.1 catalog feed
  useCases:
  - Public lands dataset discovery
  - Bulk open-data harvesting
  - Bounding-box search for land status
  - Feeding a geospatial agent or MCP server
- aid: bureau-of-land-management:blm-arcgis-gis-services
  name: BLM National and State ArcGIS REST / OGC WMS Services
  tags:
  - Federal-Government
  - Geospatial
  - GIS
  - Land
  - Cadastral
  - OGC
  - WMS
  tags_raw:
  - Federal Government
  - Geospatial
  - GIS
  - Land
  - Cadastral
  - OGC
  - WMS
  humanURL: https://www.blm.gov/services/geospatial/GISData
  baseURL: https://gis.blm.gov/arcgis/rest/services
  description: 'BLM''s own ArcGIS Server estate, operated on blm.gov infrastructure rather than a hosted platform: thirteen
    REST instances — one national plus Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Eastern States, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New
    Mexico, Oregon, Utah and Wyoming — serving 785 services (463 MapServer, 283 FeatureServer, 16 ImageServer, 12 GPServer).
    All run ArcGIS Server 11.5 with token security disabled, so the service directory, layer schemas and attribute/spatial
    queries are anonymously callable. 42 of the 46 national services also publish OGC WMS 1.3.0 GetCapabilities, which is
    the machine-readable contract for this surface — BLM publishes no OpenAPI for it. Covers surface management agency, the
    PLSS cadastral fabric, grazing allotments, recreation sites, the National Landscape Conservation System, transportation
    and administrative boundaries.'
  properties:
  - url: openapi/bureau-of-land-management-arcgis-service-inventory.json
    type: ArcGIS
  - url: openapi/bureau-of-land-management-arcgis-national-rest-services.json
    type: ArcGIS
  - url: openapi/bureau-of-land-management-arcgis-national-rest-info.json
    type: ArcGIS
  - url: https://gis.blm.gov/arcgis/rest/services
    type: APIReference
  - url: https://www.blm.gov/services/geospatial/GISData
    type: Documentation
  - url: openapi/bureau-of-land-management-sma-wms-capabilities.xml
    type: GetCapabilities
  - url: openapi/bureau-of-land-management-plss-cadnsdi-wms-capabilities.xml
    type: GetCapabilities
  - url: openapi/bureau-of-land-management-admin-unit-wms-capabilities.xml
    type: GetCapabilities
  - url: openapi/bureau-of-land-management-recreation-wms-capabilities.xml
    type: GetCapabilities
  - url: openapi/bureau-of-land-management-nlcs-wms-capabilities.xml
    type: GetCapabilities
  - url: openapi/bureau-of-land-management-grazing-allotment-wms-capabilities.xml
    type: GetCapabilities
  - url: openapi/bureau-of-land-management-gtlf-wms-capabilities.xml
    type: GetCapabilities
  - url: https://gis.blm.gov/arcgis/services/lands/BLM_Natl_SMA_Cached_without_PriUnk/MapServer/WMSServer?service=WMS&request=GetCapabilities
    type: WMS
  - url: wsdl/bureau-of-land-management-sma-mapserver.wsdl
    type: WSDL
  - url: wsdl/bureau-of-land-management-plss-cadnsdi-mapserver.wsdl
    type: WSDL
  - url: https://gis.blm.gov/arcgis/services/lands/BLM_Natl_SMA_Cached_without_PriUnk/MapServer?wsdl
    type: SOAP
  features:
  - ArcGIS Server 11.5 REST
  - Anonymous access (token security disabled)
  - OGC WMS 1.3.0 on 42 national services
  - SQL-92 attribute query
  - Spatial query
  - GeoJSON output
  - Statistics and pagination
  - Pre-cached tile services
  useCases:
  - Public land status and ownership lookup
  - PLSS township/range/section resolution
  - Grazing allotment research
  - Recreation site mapping
  - Mineral and cadastral research
  - State-level BLM data extraction
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/bureau-of-land-management-agentic-access.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/bureau-of-land-management-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/bureau-of-land-management-domain-security.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bureau-of-land-management
- type: Website
  url: https://www.blm.gov
- type: Portal
  url: https://gbp-blm-egis.hub.arcgis.com/
- type: Data Portal
  url: https://catalog.data.gov/dataset?organization=blm-gov
- type: OpenAPI
  url: openapi/bureau-of-land-management-gbp-hub-search-openapi.json
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/bureau-of-land-management-conformance.yml
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/bureau-of-land-management-well-known.yml
- type: SecurityTxt
  url: https://www.blm.gov/.well-known/security.txt
- type: Security
  url: https://www.blm.gov/info/notices/vulnerability-disclosure
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/bureau-of-land-management-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/bureau-of-land-management-scopes.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/bureau-of-land-management-conventions.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/bureau-of-land-management-problem-types.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/bureau-of-land-management-lifecycle.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/bureau-of-land-management-data-model.yml
- type: Packages
  url: packages/bureau-of-land-management-packages.yml
- type: X-MCPServerCandidate
  url: mcp/bureau-of-land-management-mcp.yml
- type: ToolCrosswalk
  url: mcp/bureau-of-land-management-tool-crosswalk.yml
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/bureau-of-land-management-gbp-hub-search-overlay.yaml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/bureau-of-land-management-llms.txt
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/bureau-of-land-management-rate-limits.yml
- type: Plans
  url: plans/bureau-of-land-management-plans-pricing.yml
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://gbp-blm-egis.hub.arcgis.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.blm.gov/services/geospatial/GISData
- type: APIReference
  url: https://gis.blm.gov/arcgis/rest/services
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://www.blm.gov/services/geospatial
- type: Support
  url: https://www.blm.gov/contact
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.blm.gov/blog
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/DOI-BLM
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.doi.gov/privacy
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.doi.gov/disclaimer
- type: DataAPI
  url: https://gbp-blm-egis.hub.arcgis.com/data.json
- type: OGCAPI
  url: https://gbp-blm-egis.hub.arcgis.com/api/search/v1
- type: WSDL
  url: wsdl/bureau-of-land-management-sma-mapserver.wsdl
- type: Sandbox
  url: sandbox/bureau-of-land-management-sandbox.yml
- type: Console
  url: https://gis.blm.gov/arcgis/rest/services
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
specificationVersion: '0.23'
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-09-05'
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