Counties / Sanders
Sanders County
Land records for Sanders County, Montana: ownership, ownership changes, permits and projects, and state records. As of Oct 5, 2026, from 5 public sources.
Sanders County. Click a county to open its profile.
Summary
Land and ownership
1,760,976 acres in 15,324 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 135 SQUIRE LLCS SQUIRE LN TROUT CREEK, MT 59874, 159.22 acres, parcel 35345720201600000Open the parcel on the mapState parcel roll
- Lot splitUnknown to Private individualLonepine, 158.89 acres, parcel 35334533201500000Open the parcel on the mapState parcel roll
- SoldPrivate individual to Private individualHot Springs, 79.87 acres, parcel 35309601101200000Open the parcel on the mapState parcel roll
- Sold to a companyPrivate individual to LP PROPERTIES LLC60.87 acres, 3-parcel propertyOpen the parcel on the mapState parcel roll
- Sold to a companyPrivate individual to HIDDEN HILL RANCH LLCBLUE SLIDE RD THOMPSON FALLS, MT 59873, 51.33 acres, parcel 35333909301200000Open 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
- Thompson River LumberEnvironmental permit 241 Airport Rd, #MTR000931, Effective
- US Antimony Corporation - Thompson FallsEnvironmental permit 47 Cox Gulch Road, #MTR000913, Effective
- IIG Thompson Falls Reroute MTR111791Environmental permit Hwy 200 and 471, #MTR111791, Effective
- Clark Fork River Bank at River Road EastEnvironmental permit River Road East, #MTB013670, Effective
- Clark Fork River Bank at Sanders County FairgroundsEnvironmental permit River Road West, #MTB013666, Effective
The full list of permits, projects and hearings in Sanders 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.
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.