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Beaverhead County

Land records for Beaverhead County, Montana: ownership, ownership changes, permits and projects, and state records. As of Oct 5, 2026, from 5 public sources.

Beaverhead County. Click a county to open its profile.

Summary

Land and ownership

Acres by owner type

3,542,987 acres in 15,980 parcels on the parcel map. Federal land that is not on the tax roll is not counted.

Public 68%Tribal 1%Individuals 10%Companies 21%Trusts 1%
Total assessed value

All parcels, Montana Department of Revenue, by tax year.

$0$2.5B$5.0B201320202025$2.6B

Owner types come from the owner name on the state roll (src/parcels/classify.py). Public access map.

Ownership changes

From monthly copies of the state parcel roll, dated by the copy, not the deed. People are shown as “Private individual”.

Last 90 days, by type

One parcel can count in several rows (a sale to an out-of-state LLC is all three).

Sold237
Sold to a company49
Out-of-state buyer62
Lot split35
Public to private0
Parcels that changed owner, by year

From the yearly copies of the state roll, 2014 to 2025.

01,0002,00020142016201720182019202020212022202320242025

Recent changes

  • Sold
    SMALLHORN CANYON RANCH MONTANA LLC to Private trust
    1406.97 acres, 10-parcel property
  • Sold
    SMALLHORN CANYON RANCH MONTANA LLC to Private trust
    1191.06 acres, 10-parcel property
  • Sold
    Private individual to Private individual
    331.35 acres, parcel 18058118201010000
  • Sold to a company
    Private individual to FORTY BAR RANCH INC.
    50795 HIGHWAY 278 WISDOM, MT 59761, 244.09 acres, 3-parcel property
  • Sold to a company
    Private trust to BUSTER BROWN RANCH LLC
    SKYE RD DILLON, MT 59725, 162.6 acres, parcel 18024121201010000

The full list of sales, splits and filings, with a weekly email, is in Data4 Pro.

Permits and projects

Permits, planning cases and land-use hearings, plus state DEQ and MDT permits.

Permits and projects per month

Last 24 months, all sources.

012Nov 24Feb 25May 25Aug 25Nov 25Feb 26May 26Aug 26Oct 26

Upcoming hearings

  • Agendas for this county are not read yet.

Recent permits and projects

  • DIAMOND O RANCH
    Environmental permit 9000 N. HIGHWAY 41, #MTG071468, Effective
  • Vigilante Electrical Co-op
    Environmental permit 2150 Overland Road, #MTR111842, Effective
  • Dillon Stockman Bank
    Environmental permit 590 N Montana St, #MTR111835, Effective
  • Curve S of Dillon
    Environmental permit S Highway 91 & Carrigan Lane, #MTR111731, Effective
  • BARRETTS MINERALS INC. MILL SITE
    Environmental permit 8625 MT HWY 91 SOUTH, #MTX000094, Effective

The full list of permits, projects and hearings in Beaverhead County, on the map and as CSV, is in Data4 Pro.

Water and resources

From DNRC, the Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology, the Board of Oil and Gas and BLM.

Open the water and resources map

Market context

Population, income, rent, housing permits and jobs from the Census Bureau and HUD, with the Montana figure for comparison.

10,043
people (2025)
+7.1% since 2020; Montana +5.3%
$61,268
median household income
Montana: $72,509
$837
median gross rent per month
Montana: $1,081
$1,072
HUD fair market rent, 2 bedrooms
Beaverhead County, MT
$308,300
median home value
Montana: $375,800
34%
of homes are rented
Montana: 31%
2,643
private jobs (2023)
+2.4% since 2018
$779
average weekly wage
+24.0% in five years
New homes permitted per year

Housing units authorized, Census Building Permits Survey. 23 so far this year.

025502016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Population

Census population estimates, July 1 each year. The scale does not start at zero.

9,00010K11K2020202510K
Largest industries by jobs

County Business Patterns, private employers.

Retail trade563
Accommodation & food services521
Health care & social assistance490
Construction226
Other services120

ACS 5-year estimates carry margins of error; *_moe fields are 90% MOEs. Small counties (Petroleum, Garfield, Treasure…) have wide MOEs. Median home value is top-coded at $2,000,001. Sources: American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024; Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 county totals; Building Permits Survey, county annual and monthly files; Fair Market Rents, FY2026 (effective Oct 1 2025) — HUD eGIS feature service; County Business Patterns 2023 (fallback for BLS QCEW).

Known gaps

  • Building permits: no city or county here publishes permits online. New construction appears only through state permits (DEQ, MDT) and new address points.
  • Recorded documents: the recorder’s index is not online; documents are searched in person at the courthouse.
  • Hearing agendas: commission and planning board agendas are not read for this county yet.
  • Zoning: no zoning districts on file. Much of the county may be unzoned; check with the county planner.
  • Sale prices: Montana does not disclose sale prices, so none appear on Data 4 MT.

Official sources

Data for this page: county JSON. All counties: counties.json.