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Cascade County

Land records for Cascade County, Montana: ownership, ownership changes, permits and projects, and state records. As of Oct 5, 2026, from 8 public sources.

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Cascade County. Click a county to open its profile.

Summary

43,806
parcels
1,708,237 acres
18%
of parcel acres publicly owned
309,166 public, 1,398,280 private acres
15%
of private parcels owned by companies
LLCs, corporations and partnerships
4,879
absentee-owned homes
plus 844 apartment parcels
2,093
ownership changes, last 90 days
1,653 sales, 73 splits
904
permits and projects, last 12 months
Great Falls permits
0
upcoming land-use hearings
14,430
water rights
7,471 wells on file
1,244
recorded documents indexed
1,244 in the last 90 days

Land and ownership

Acres by owner type

1,708,237 acres in 43,806 parcels on the parcel map. Federal land that is not on the tax roll is not counted.

Public 18%Tribal 1%Individuals 37%Companies 38%Trusts 7%
Total assessed value

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

$0$10B$20B201320202025$15B

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).

Sold1,653
Sold to a company221
Out-of-state buyer145
Lot split73
Public to private1
Parcels that changed owner, by year

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

05,00010,00020142016201720182019202020212022202320242025

Recent changes

  • Sold to a company
    Private individual to SULLIVAN CREEK RANCH LLC ETAL
    2477.18 acres, 7-parcel property
    Open the parcel on the mapState parcel roll
  • Sold
    Private individual to Private trust
    Great Falls, 1359.47 acres, 8-parcel property
    Open the parcel on the mapState parcel roll
  • Sold
    Private individual to Private individual
    Belt, 1279.49 acres, 3-parcel property
    Open the parcel on the mapState parcel roll
  • Sold
    Private individual to Private individual
    693.52 acres, 6-parcel property
    Open the parcel on the mapState parcel roll
  • Sold
    M & W LAND & LIVESTOCK LLC to Private individual
    370.65 acres, 2-parcel property
    Open the parcel on the mapState parcel roll

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

Recorded documents

The county recorder’s index, read every two weeks. 1,244 documents indexed; 1,244 recorded in the last 90 days (579 mortgage, 240 other filing, 201 deed / sale, 201 foreclosure notice, 18 deed to a company, 5 plat or survey).

  • Partial release / mtg / deed of trust / securi #R0488480
    FIRST BANK OF MONTANA; GLACIER BANK to LITTLE MUDDY CREEK PROPERTIES INC
    Cascade County recorder
  • Deed of trust #R0488481
    Private individual to EASE MORTGAGE
    Cascade County recorder
  • Trust indenture #R0488482
    Private individual to US BANK TRUST COMPANY NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
    On the mapCascade County recorder
  • Mortgage assignment #R0488483
    US BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION TRUSTEE; STRUCTURED ASSET INVESTMENT LOAN TRUST MORTGAGE PASS-THRO; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS INC; MERS; Private individual to US BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION TRUSTEE; NRZ PASS-THROUGH TRUST II
    On the mapCascade County recorder
  • County filing #R0488488
    CASCADE COUNTY to BIG BEND RANCH DEVELOPMENT COMPANY; 3 private individuals
    Cascade County recorder

The full list of recorded documents, placed on parcels, is in Data4 Pro.

Permits and projects

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

Permits and projects per month

Last 24 months, all sources.

0250500Nov 24Feb 25May 25Aug 25Nov 25Feb 26May 26Aug 26Oct 26

Upcoming hearings

  • No land-use hearings on upcoming agendas.

Recent permits and projects

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

14,430
Water rights
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7,471
Water wells (GWIC)
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101
Oil and gas wells
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25
Open mining claims
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Market context

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

85,029
people (2025)
+0.7% since 2020; Montana +5.3%
$67,690
median household income
Montana: $72,509
$939
median gross rent per month
Montana: $1,081
$1,284
HUD fair market rent, 2 bedrooms
Great Falls, MT MSA
$265,300
median home value
Montana: $375,800
32%
of homes are rented
Montana: 31%
30,050
private jobs (2023)
-1.8% since 2018
$935
average weekly wage
+20.0% in five years
New homes permitted per year

Housing units authorized, Census Building Permits Survey. 124 so far this year.

05001,0002016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Population

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

84K85K86K2020202585K
Largest industries by jobs

County Business Patterns, private employers.

Health care & social assistance7,578
Retail trade4,957
Accommodation & food services4,340
Construction1,689
Administrative & waste services1,621

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

  • 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.