Counties / Hill
Hill County
Land records for Hill County, Montana: ownership, ownership changes, permits and projects, and state records. As of Oct 5, 2026, from 5 public sources.
Hill County. Click a county to open its profile.
Summary
Land and ownership
1,857,521 acres in 14,136 parcels on the parcel map. Federal land that is not on the tax roll is not counted.
All parcels, Montana Department of Revenue, by tax year.
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”.
One parcel can count in several rows (a sale to an out-of-state LLC is all three).
From the yearly copies of the state roll, 2014 to 2025.
Recent changes
- Sold to a companyPrivate individual to TYMELIS FARMS LLC17126 ROAD 175 N HINGHAM, MT 59528, 999.65 acres, 4-parcel propertyOpen the parcel on the mapState parcel roll
- SoldSPRINGER & SONS A LIMITED PARTNERSP to Private individual961.15 acres, 2-parcel propertyOpen the parcel on the mapState parcel roll
- SoldPrivate trust to Private individual641.13 acres, parcel 12475716101010000Open the parcel on the mapState parcel roll
- SoldPrivate individual to Private individual640.33 acres, parcel 12465611101010000Open the parcel on the mapState parcel roll
- SoldPrivate trust to Private individual482.03 acres, 2-parcel propertyOpen the parcel on the mapState parcel roll
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.
Last 24 months, all sources.
Upcoming hearings
- Agendas for this county are not read yet.
Recent permits and projects
- GILDFORD COLONY INC.Environmental permit 21719 Road 160N, #MTG010356, Effective
- US-2 Erosion Repair HavreEnvironmental permit US-2, #MTB013720, Effective
- Rocky Boy Pipeline Segment E6-B: Phase 1Environmental permit 66th Ave West, #MTR111923, Effective
- US-2 Erosion Repair HavreEnvironmental permit US-2, #MTR111928, Effective
- UNIFIED DISPOSAL DISTRICT - NEW CLASS IIEnvironmental permit UNKNOWN, #SW-0490-00, Active
The full list of permits, projects and hearings in Hill 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.
Market context
Population, income, rent, housing permits and jobs from the Census Bureau and HUD, with the Montana figure for comparison.
Housing units authorized, Census Building Permits Survey. 1 so far this year.
Census population estimates, July 1 each year. The scale does not start at zero.
County Business Patterns, private employers.
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.