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Rosebud County

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

Rosebud County. Click a county to open its profile.

Summary

Land and ownership

Acres by owner type

3,200,997 acres in 11,002 parcels on the parcel map. Federal land that is not on the tax roll is not counted.

Public 16%Tribal 8%Individuals 24%Companies 51%Trusts 2%
Total assessed value

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

$0$500M$1.0B201320202025$695M

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).

Sold112
Sold to a company20
Out-of-state buyer23
Lot split7
Public to private1
Parcels that changed owner, by year

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

05001,00020142016201720182019202020212022202320242025

Recent changes

  • Out-of-state buyer
    OW LAND & CATTLE CO LLC to ZA LAND COMPANY LLC
    1751.41 acres, 8-parcel property
  • Out-of-state buyer
    Private individual to Private individual
    483.16 acres, 5-parcel property
  • Sold
    Private individual to Private individual
    320.59 acres, parcel 29215309101011320
  • Out-of-state buyer
    Private individual to Private individual
    308.26 acres, parcel 29225335101011252
  • Out-of-state buyer
    OW LAND & CATTLE CO LLC to ZA LAND COMPANY LLC
    178.85 acres, parcel 29038335302011180

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

  • Forsyth Water Improvements
    Environmental permit 400 Rosebud Street, #MTR111648, Effective
  • Timber Bridges-Forsyth Area
    Environmental permit Highway 12, #MTB013640, Effective
  • PRINCE SAND AND GRAVEL WASHING
    Gravel pit or open cut 1.75K W ON OLD HWY 10 E, #MTG490014, Effective
  • Colstrip Power Plant
    Environmental permit 580 Willow Ave, #MTR111347, Effective
  • Forsyth Area Timber Bridges
    Environmental permit US Hwy 12, #MTR111240, Effective

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

8,253
people (2025)
-0.7% since 2020; Montana +5.3%
$49,914
median household income
Montana: $72,509
$672
median gross rent per month
Montana: $1,081
$1,186
HUD fair market rent, 2 bedrooms
Rosebud County, MT
$182,400
median home value
Montana: $375,800
36%
of homes are rented
Montana: 31%
2,214
private jobs (2023)
+0.0% since 2018
$1,201
average weekly wage
+19.6% in five years
New homes permitted per year

Housing units authorized, Census Building Permits Survey. 1 so far this year.

0122016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Population

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

8,0008,2508,500202020258,253
Largest industries by jobs

County Business Patterns, private employers.

Utilities332
Educational services320
Health care & social assistance240
Retail trade223
Construction163

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.