[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-\u002Fblog\u002Fland-activity-timeline-sk-wells-crop-drought":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"author":6,"body":7,"category":252,"cover":253,"date":254,"description":255,"extension":256,"meta":257,"navigation":258,"path":259,"seo":260,"stem":261,"tags":262,"__hash__":270},"blog\u002Fblog\u002Fland-activity-timeline-sk-wells-crop-drought.md","The Land Activity Timeline: Saskatchewan Well History Since the 1950s, Crop-Year Events, and Drought Changes on Every Parcel","Township Canada",{"type":8,"value":9,"toc":243},"minimark",[10,14,17,22,31,34,41,47,58,64,68,71,74,102,105,113,116,123,129,133,136,167,170,177,181,194,203,209,213,216,227,235],[11,12,13],"p",{},"A land technician reviewing a surface lease in western Saskatchewan pulls up a quarter section near Kindersley. The parcel report shows the wells on the ground today: two active, one suspended. What it has not shown, until now, is when those wells were licensed, when they were drilled, how long they produced, and whether anything was abandoned here before the current operator arrived. That history matters. A surface lease negotiation looks different when the land has carried producing wells continuously since 1964 than when the last operator walked away in 1991 and no one touched the site for 20 years.",[11,15,16],{},"The Activity timeline in the parcel report sidebar now answers that question. It carries every dated event family available from open sources across western Canada, and three of those families are new: Saskatchewan well lifecycle events going back to the 1950s, per-year AAFC Annual Crop Inventory events, and drought severity changes from the Canadian Drought Monitor.",[18,19,21],"h2",{"id":20},"what-the-activity-timeline-shows","What the Activity timeline shows",[11,23,24,25,30],{},"The timeline is a chronological list of dated events for a quarter section, displayed on the Activity tab of the ",[26,27,29],"a",{"href":28},"\u002Fguides\u002Fparcel-report-sidebar","parcel report sidebar",". It reads at quarter-section grain, so a well drilled in a neighbouring LSD within the same quarter still appears as part of that land's history.",[11,32,33],{},"The new event families:",[11,35,36,40],{},[37,38,39],"strong",{},"Saskatchewan wells (GeoHub, 1950s onward)."," Every lifecycle event the province has recorded for a well: licensed, spudded, drilled, completed, on production, and abandoned. The data comes from Saskatchewan's GeoHub and covers the full provincial well inventory, from the earliest discoveries in the Williston Basin through the Bakken and heavy oil plays around Lloydminster. A single well can carry six or more dated events spanning decades, and each one appears as its own entry on the timeline.",[11,42,43,46],{},[37,44,45],{},"BC well authorization grants."," British Columbia wells now show their authorization grant date on the timeline, drawn from BC Energy Regulator data.",[11,48,49,52,53,57],{},[37,50,51],{},"AAFC crop-year events."," For Agriculture Bundle subscribers, the timeline shows the dominant crop for each calendar year, derived from AAFC's Annual Crop Inventory satellite data. If the parcel grew canola in 2018, spring wheat in 2019, and lentils in 2020, each year appears as a separate event. This is the same AAFC data that powers the ",[26,54,56],{"href":55},"\u002Fblog\u002Faafc-crop-inventory-walkthrough","crop rotation summary",", presented as a timeline so it sits alongside well events, drought changes, and tenure expiry on the same chronological view.",[11,59,60,63],{},[37,61,62],{},"Drought severity changes (Canadian Drought Monitor)."," The timeline records every change in drought classification for the parcel over an archive of 87 monthly assessments (January 2019 through April 2026). If a quarter section moved from D1 (moderate drought) to D3 (extreme drought) in June 2021, that transition appears as a dated event. This gives agronomists and crop insurance adjusters a historical record of drought exposure on the specific land they are evaluating, not a regional average.",[18,65,67],{"id":66},"worked-example-energy-bundle","Worked example: Energy Bundle",[11,69,70],{},"Consider NW-11-5-6-W2, a Saskatchewan quarter section in Township 5, Range 6, West of the 2nd Meridian. In the response captured on September 29, 2026, well licence 57J022 carries these published dates. A landman researching a surface lease pulls up the parcel and opens the Activity tab.",[11,72,73],{},"The timeline shows:",[75,76,77,84,90,96],"ul",{},[78,79,80,83],"li",{},[37,81,82],{},"October 9, 1957",": Well licensed",[78,85,86,89],{},[37,87,88],{},"October 13, 1957",": Well spudded",[78,91,92,95],{},[37,93,94],{},"October 24, 1957",": Drilling finished and well completed",[78,97,98,101],{},[37,99,100],{},"April 27, 1991",": Well abandoned",[11,103,104],{},"The dated events establish the recorded drilling and abandonment sequence. They do not establish reclamation status or determine legal liability; those require separate records and investigation.",[11,106,107,108,112],{},"This is the same well data that the ",[26,109,111],{"href":110},"\u002Fblog\u002Fintroducing-energy-bundle","Energy Bundle wells layer"," plots on the map, extended backward in time. The wells layer shows what is on the ground now. The Activity timeline shows what happened on the ground over decades.",[11,114,115],{},"The distinction matters for Saskatchewan in particular. The province's well inventory includes fields that have been producing since the 1950s, with multiple generations of operators. A quarter section that looks quiet today may have had two or three wells drilled, produced, and abandoned across different decades. Without the timeline, that history is invisible unless the technician queries the provincial registry separately and pieces together the dates by hand.",[11,117,118],{},[119,120],"img",{"alt":121,"src":122},"Activity tab for NW-11-5-6-W2 showing dated Saskatchewan well events from 1957","\u002Fimages\u002Fblog\u002Fland-activity-timeline-sk-wells-crop-drought\u002Fsaskatchewan-1957-well-events.webp",[11,124,125],{},[126,127,128],"em",{},"The Activity tab for NW-11-5-6-W2, scrolled to the 1957 well history on September 29, 2026. The Energy Bundle shows well and tenure events; the Agriculture Bundle adds crop and drought observations.",[18,130,132],{"id":131},"worked-example-agriculture-bundle","Worked example: Agriculture Bundle",[11,134,135],{},"An agronomist can use the same Saskatchewan quarter section, NW-11-5-6-W2, to compare crop-year observations with drought changes. The response captured on September 29, 2026 includes:",[75,137,138,144,150,155,161],{},[78,139,140,143],{},[37,141,142],{},"2024",": Canola \u002F rapeseed",[78,145,146,149],{},[37,147,148],{},"2023",": Spring wheat",[78,151,152,143],{},[37,153,154],{},"2022",[78,156,157,160],{},[37,158,159],{},"April 2021",": Drought changed from D2 (severe) to D3 (extreme)",[78,162,163,166],{},[37,164,165],{},"June 2021",": Drought changed from D3 to D2",[11,168,169],{},"The crop events are satellite-derived classifications, and the drought events come from monthly monitor polygons. They provide screening context for seasonal planning and farmland evaluation. They do not prove a crop insurance loss or replace field records.",[11,171,172,173,176],{},"The archive contains 87 monthly assessments from January 2019 through April 2026, verified on September 29, 2026. The ",[26,174,175],{"href":55},"crop inventory walkthrough"," explains how the AAFC data is aggregated per parcel.",[18,178,180],{"id":179},"tenure-expiry-coverage-expanded","Tenure expiry coverage expanded",[11,182,183,184,188,189,193],{},"Two tenure improvements shipped alongside the Activity timeline. Neither is visible on the Activity tab itself, but both feed the ",[26,185,187],{"href":186},"\u002Fblog\u002Fenergy-bundle-drought-card-performance-crown-tenure-paginated","expiring tenure report"," and the ",[190,191,192],"code",{},"is_expiring_soon"," flag in the parcel report:",[11,195,196,199,200,202],{},[37,197,198],{},"Manitoba Crown PNG tenure"," now covers 95% of Manitoba leases. Crown petroleum and natural gas dispositions in Manitoba appear in the tenure report with their expiry dates, and ",[190,201,192],{}," flags them when the expiry window approaches. Manitoba coverage was previously minimal.",[11,204,205,208],{},[37,206,207],{},"Alberta mineral agreement tenure"," coverage increased from 4% to 83% of agreements. Metallic, coal, and ammonite mineral agreements in Alberta now carry expiry data and appear in the expiring tenure report. This matters for anyone reviewing Crown mineral dispositions in Alberta's foothills or mountain regions, where coal and metallic tenure are concentrated.",[18,210,212],{"id":211},"who-this-is-for","Who this is for",[11,214,215],{},"The Activity timeline serves anyone who needs to understand what happened on a specific piece of land over time, not just what is on it today.",[11,217,218,221,222,226],{},[37,219,220],{},"Energy Bundle subscribers"," ($100 CAD\u002Fmo add-on on ",[26,223,225],{"href":224},"\u002Fpricing","Pro or Business",") see Saskatchewan well lifecycle events, BC well authorization grants, and the tenure expiry improvements. The use case is due diligence: surface lease review, environmental site screening, M&A land assessment, and regulatory filings where historical well status matters.",[11,228,229,221,232,234],{},[37,230,231],{},"Agriculture Bundle subscribers",[26,233,225],{"href":224},") see AAFC crop-year events and drought severity changes on the timeline. The use case is farmland evaluation: purchase decisions, crop insurance adjustment, yield modelling, and agronomic planning where drought and crop rotation history affect the analysis.",[11,236,237,238,242],{},"The Activity timeline appears in the parcel report sidebar for any western Canadian quarter section. Open the ",[26,239,241],{"href":240},"\u002Fsaskatchewan-legal-land-converter","Saskatchewan legal land converter"," or any of the provincial converters, look up a parcel, and open the Activity tab to see the timeline.",{"title":244,"searchDepth":245,"depth":245,"links":246},"",2,[247,248,249,250,251],{"id":20,"depth":245,"text":21},{"id":66,"depth":245,"text":67},{"id":131,"depth":245,"text":132},{"id":179,"depth":245,"text":180},{"id":211,"depth":245,"text":212},"product","\u002Fimages\u002Fblog\u002Fland-activity-timeline-sk-wells-crop-drought\u002Fsaskatchewan-well-history-cover.webp","2026-09-01","The Activity timeline now shows decades of Saskatchewan well lifecycle events, AAFC crop-year records, and drought severity changes for any western Canadian quarter section.","md",{},true,"\u002Fblog\u002Fland-activity-timeline-sk-wells-crop-drought",{"title":5,"description":255},"blog\u002Fland-activity-timeline-sk-wells-crop-drought",[263,264,265,266,267,268,269],"Energy Bundle","Agriculture Bundle","Saskatchewan","Product Launch","Timeline","Wells","Drought","xKW7jOoqJk7FtB3FPqphTWf3qsLbzWJt64AxQIPrGuk"]