Counties / Prairie
Prairie County
Land records for Prairie County, Montana: ownership, ownership changes, permits and projects, and state records. As of Oct 5, 2026, from 5 public sources.
Prairie County. Click a county to open its profile.
Summary
Land and ownership
1,105,983 acres in 3,724 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 MEIDINGER LAND LLC5139.85 acres, 9-parcel propertyOpen the parcel on the mapState parcel roll
- Out-of-state buyerYELLOW PINE PROPERTIES LLC to PINE HILL RANCH LLC2841.37 acres, 6-parcel propertyOpen the parcel on the mapState parcel roll
- Sold to a companyPrivate individual to MEIDINGER LAND LLC1002 HIGHWAY 340 FALLON, MT 59326, 1270.98 acres, 5-parcel propertyOpen the parcel on the mapState parcel roll
- Sold to a companyPrivate individual to MEIDINGER LAND LLC643.54 acres, parcel 45206721101010001Open the parcel on the mapState parcel roll
- Out-of-state buyerYELLOW PINE PROPERTIES LLC to PINE HILL RANCH LLC319.57 acres, parcel 45229930102010000Open 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
- Bad Route West Bound Support SiteEnvironmental permit Interstate 94, MP 188.3, #MTR111788, Effective
- Milwaukee Bridge Resurfacing and Rehabilitation; MT PRAIRIE 2016(3)Environmental permit 5 miles west of Terry, MT, #MTB013676, Effective
- Stickel Borrow WBEnvironmental permit MP 189.4, #MTR111627, Effective
- 2.5 miles south of Red Hills RdRoad project Secondary 340, #S-340, TC Approved
- I-94 FENCING - TERRY AREARoad project I-94, #IM 94-5(52)169
The full list of permits, projects and hearings in Prairie 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.
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.