Counties / Yellowstone
Yellowstone County
Land records for Yellowstone County, Montana: ownership, ownership changes, permits and projects, and state records. As of Oct 5, 2026, from 6 public sources.
Yellowstone County. Click a county to open its profile.
Summary
Land and ownership
1,665,593 acres in 83,878 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
- Out-of-state buyerMONTANA PROPERTY LLC to BIG SKY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE LLC4698.07 acres, 19-parcel propertyOpen the parcel on the mapState parcel roll
- Sold to a companyPrivate individual to ARROWHEAD CATTLE RANCH LLC582.73 acres, parcel 03114005101010000Open the parcel on the mapState parcel roll
- SoldPrivate individual to Private individual399.92 acres, parcel 03152620101010000Open the parcel on the mapState parcel roll
- SoldBIG SKY FLYERS LLC to Private individualActon, 386.94 acres, parcel 03113127201010000Open the parcel on the mapState parcel roll
- SoldJC BOWER PROPERTIES LLC to Private individual353.91 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.
Recorded documents
The county recorder’s index, read every two weeks. 988 documents indexed; 988 recorded in the last 90 days (475 mortgage, 310 other filing, 109 deed / sale, 52 deed to a company, 28 foreclosure notice, 14 plat or survey).
- Mortgage modification #41460634 private individuals to FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION
- Substitution of trustee #4146069Private individual to 3 private individuals
- Reconveyance #41460702 private individuals to 2 private individuals
- Substitution of trustee #4146071Private individual to 3 private individuals
- Reconveyance #41460722 private individuals to 2 private individuals
The full list of recorded documents, placed on parcels, 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
- Public Water Supply Well PWS #!Environmental permit 12314 Buffalo Trail Road, #MTR112028, Effective
- Billings Airport Pond E ExpansionEnvironmental permit 1901 Terminal Circle, #MTR112032, Effective
- BLIA West ShuttleEnvironmental permit South View Drive, #MTR112026, Effective
- CENEX LAUREL REFINERYEnvironmental permit 803 US HIGHWAY 212 SOUTH, #MTG770010, Effective
- P66 Conoco LateralEnvironmental permit 251-301 Charlene St., #MTG770151, Effective
The full list of permits, projects and hearings in Yellowstone 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. 585 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.
- Hearing agendas: published, but not yet read automatically (blocked: robots.txt; other platform (custom ASP page)).
- 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.