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Blaine County

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

Blaine County. Click a county to open its profile.

Summary

Land and ownership

Acres by owner type

2,706,130 acres in 12,886 parcels on the parcel map. Federal land that is not on the tax roll is not counted.

Public 23%Tribal 17%Individuals 42%Companies 14%Trusts 3%
Total assessed value

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

$0$1.0B$2.0B201320202025$721M

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).

Sold148
Sold to a company17
Out-of-state buyer7
Lot split8
Public to private3
Parcels that changed owner, by year

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

05001,00020142016201720182019202020212022202320242025

Recent changes

  • Sold
    Private individual to Private individual
    2240.46 acres, 6-parcel property
  • Sold
    Private individual to Private individual
    1455.44 acres, 5-parcel property
  • Sold
    Private individual to Private individual
    1317.16 acres, 3-parcel property
  • Out-of-state buyer
    Private individual to Private individual
    322.36 acres, 2-parcel property
  • Sold
    Private individual to Private individual
    319.75 acres, parcel 24476727201010000

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.

001Nov 24Feb 25May 25Aug 25Nov 25Feb 26May 26Aug 26Oct 26

Upcoming hearings

  • Agendas for this county are not read yet.

Recent permits and projects

  • Gas Production: Blaine County - Bear Paw
    Environmental permit Moore Ln, #MTR111758, Effective
  • BNSF MP 381.20 to MP 382.00 Milk River Substation
    Environmental permit G85P+8G7, #MTR111145, Effective
  • Milk River Subdivision Line Segment 0035 MP 402.3 to MP 402.7
    Environmental permit 41000 US-2, Zurich, 59547 (just south of 41000), #MTR111094, Effective
  • NH 1-7(56)417 E of Zurich-Harlem
    Environmental permit 42430 US HIGHWAY 2, #MTB013499, Expired
  • Zurich - Harlem
    Environmental permit US Highway 2, #MTR110911, Effective

The full list of permits, projects and hearings in Blaine 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.

6,860
people (2025)
-2.1% since 2020; Montana +5.3%
$64,813
median household income
Montana: $72,509
$660
median gross rent per month
Montana: $1,081
$1,184
HUD fair market rent, 2 bedrooms
Blaine County, MT
$155,500
median home value
Montana: $375,800
34%
of homes are rented
Montana: 31%
1,036
private jobs (2023)
+4.5% since 2018
$1,108
average weekly wage
+36.3% in five years
New homes permitted per year

Housing units authorized, Census Building Permits Survey. 0 so far this year.

0252016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Population

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

6,8006,9257,050202020256,860
Largest industries by jobs

County Business Patterns, private employers.

Health care & social assistance240
Administrative & waste services234
Retail trade184
Other services59
Wholesale trade58

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.