# BLACK HILLS ENERGY — Brown County, NE

**Citation:** NPMS FIPS 31017 / OPID 15359  
**Type / status:** inspection / current  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** Not stated  
**Published:** 2026-07-16

9.175263 active Natural Gas pipeline miles in Brown County, NE; public NPMS snapshot 2026-07-16.

## Document text

BLACK HILLS ENERGY (PHMSA OPID 15359) reported 9.175263 active Natural Gas pipeline miles in Brown County, NE (county FIPS 31017) in the public NPMS summary snapshot dated 2026-07-16. The snapshot includes active assets only and excludes permanently abandoned assets. Exact pipeline locations and restricted NPMS GIS data are not included.

## Provenance

- Official: Yes
- Source: <https://www.npms.phmsa.dot.gov/Documents/NPMS_Active_Pipe_County_Mileage.xlsx>
- Source ID: `npms-public-summaries`
- SHA-256: `d8bf08085cf1ca9cb70d8be1b69b3040df04352f6c0d4c7b21907a47e4e3067c`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-20T04:38:11.081Z
- Exported: 2026-08-27T09:33:05.830Z
- Document slug: `npms-mileage-7e77c9769f65d0cae8629827`

### Source metadata

```json
{
  "materialSubtype": "pipeline_mileage",
  "dataAsOf": "2026-07-16",
  "dateBasis": "data_as_of_not_publication_date",
  "fips": "31017",
  "stateFips": "31",
  "state": "NE",
  "county": "Brown County",
  "region": "Brown County, NE",
  "operator": {
    "id": "15359",
    "name": "BLACK HILLS ENERGY"
  },
  "commodity": "Natural Gas",
  "mileage": 9.17526326,
  "plantCount": null,
  "snapshotScope": "active_assets_only",
  "personalContactDataExcluded": true,
  "restrictedGisExcluded": true,
  "provenance": {
    "workbook": "pipeline_mileage",
    "sheet": "Summary - Cnty, Oper, Commodity",
    "rowNumber": 7215,
    "rowSha256": "f723e6b2ce8c9fa45fa89a7a69edde4d3ce0bc6e8a516cdec69db0eef1cac2fd"
  },
  "citedSections": [
    "191.29"
  ],
  "caveat": "Public aggregate snapshot only. It is not a complete representation of exact pipeline locations, may be updated, and is not an agency finding about facility condition.",
  "jurisdiction": "US",
  "operatorName": "BLACK HILLS ENERGY"
}
```