Counties / Valley
Valley County
Land records for Valley County, Montana: ownership, ownership changes, permits and projects, and state records. As of Oct 5, 2026, from 5 public sources.
Valley County. Click a county to open its profile.
Summary
Land and ownership
3,208,430 acres in 17,799 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
- SoldPrivate individual to Private individual399.94 acres, 3-parcel propertyOpen the parcel on the mapState parcel roll
- SoldPrivate individual to Private individual399.38 acres, 4-parcel propertyOpen the parcel on the mapState parcel roll
- Sold to a companyPrivate individual to NORTHERN SKY LLC318.44 acres, parcel 20414419101010000Open the parcel on the mapState parcel roll
- SoldPrivate individual to Private individual207.84 acres, parcel 20489605201010000Open the parcel on the mapState parcel roll
- SoldPrivate individual to Private individual199.44 acres, parcel 20341733101010000Open 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
- Saco - Morgan Creek Milk River BoreEnvironmental permit Located approximately 5.35 miles SE of Nashua, MT, #MTG770155, Effective
- Ft Peck NW Staging AreaEnvironmental permit Intersection of Maxness Rd & Akre Rd of Highway 24, #MTR111962, Effective
- Fort Peck - NorthwestEnvironmental permit Highway 24 from RP 73.3 to RP 59.6, #MTR111944, Effective
- HI-LINE E-WASTE SOLUTIONSEnvironmental permit 57 SKYLARK RD, #SW-0637-00, Active
- Finale Dam ReconstructionEnvironmental permit Glasgow, MT, #MTR111849, Effective
The full list of permits, projects and hearings in Valley 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. 0 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.