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Montana property lines map

Look up property lines and lot boundaries in Montana. Coverage is 920,334 lots across 56 counties, covering 93,675,060 mapped acres. 202,554 of those lots are held by institutions rather than by individuals.

Farmers and landowners in Montana received $537.6 million in federal farm program payments in 2025, paid to 12,861 recipients. 1,038,584 acres of agricultural land here are disclosed as foreign-held, the most by owners from Canada. Crop insurance paid $336.5 million in claims for the 2024 crop year.

56
Counties
920,334
Lots mapped
93,675,060
Acres
202,554
Institutional

Largest landowners in Montana

Largest institutional landowners by acreage in Montana
OwnerParcelsAcres
STATE OF MONTANA12,1964,255,985
FARMLAND RESERVE INC666325,163
GREEN DIAMOND MONTANA TIMBERLANDS LLC642290,554
71 RANCH LP616250,113
WILKS RANCH MONTANA LTD630237,978
SUNLIGHT RANCH COMPANY699235,086
COFFEE NEFSY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP322153,251
STATE OF MONTANA - TRUST466152,663
AMERICAN PRAIRIE FOUNDATION592143,638
BROKEN O LAND & LIVESTOCK LLC454118,703

Companies, trusts and public agencies, by acres held under one name across Montana's county records. See the top 50

Federal farm payments in Montana

$537.6M
Paid in 2025
12,861
Recipients
Federal farm program payments by program in Montana, 2025
ProgramPaid
Emergency Commodity Assistance Program$212.1M
Supplemental Disaster Relief Non-Spec Crops$96.2M
Livestock Forage Program$40.8M
Emergency Livestock Relief Program 2023-24$38.8M
Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops$34.5M
Supplemental Disaster Relief Spec Crops$28.7M

USDA Farm Service Agency payment files, 2025. Compare farm subsidies by county

Foreign-held farmland in Montana

1,038,584
Acres disclosed
381
Holdings
Foreign-held agricultural land by country in Montana, 2024
CountryAcres
Canada501,437
Belgium225,241
No foreign investor listed46,980
Japan41,827
Netherlands39,000
Germany28,266

USDA Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act filings, holdings at the end of 2024. Only disclosed interests are counted. See foreign-owned farmland by county

Crop insurance in Montana

14,578
Policies
20,397,590
Insured acres
$336.5M
Claims paid
1.04
Loss ratio
Crop insurance claims by crop in Montana, 2024
CropClaims
Wheat$150.1M
Dry Peas$79M
Pasture,Rangeland,Forage$31.7M
Barley$21M
Forage Production$16.5M

USDA Risk Management Agency Summary of Business, 2024 crop year.

Conservation and the power grid

927,686
CRP acres, 2025
1,246
Substations
5
345 kV and up
500 kV
Highest voltage

Conservation Reserve Program acres under contract (USDA FSA). Substations in service, from a public copy of the federal HIFLD layer.

Counties with the most farm payments

Counties in Montana ranked by federal farm payments
CountyPaid
Sheridan County$41.4M
Valley County$38.2M
Daniels County$29.9M
Roosevelt County$29.5M
Toole County$28.2M
Chouteau County$27.9M
Hill County$27.2M
Liberty County$23.9M

Counties with the most foreign-held farmland

Counties in Montana ranked by foreign-held agricultural acres
CountyAcres
Rosebud County233,409
Big Horn County117,694
Glacier County76,905
Fallon County76,583
Wheatland County74,973
Treasure County57,550
Garfield County37,398
Cascade County33,963

Montana property lines by county

  • Beaverhead County16,080
  • Big Horn County14,973
  • Blaine County13,001
  • Broadwater County7,672
  • Carbon County14,996
  • Carter County7,997
  • Cascade County44,321
  • Chouteau County14,284
  • Custer County11,992
  • Daniels County5,827
  • Dawson County9,059
  • Deer Lodge County7,716
  • Fallon County4,728
  • Fergus County20,862
  • Flathead County84,052
  • Gallatin County53,618
  • Garfield County9,283
  • Glacier County13,222
  • Golden Valley County2,627
  • Granite County7,695
  • Hill County14,321
  • Jefferson County13,280
  • Judith Basin County7,292
  • Lake County23,623
  • Lewis and Clark County40,142
  • Liberty County4,797
  • Lincoln County23,097
  • McCone County6,759
  • Madison County19,259
  • Meagher County6,132
  • Mineral County5,751
  • Missoula County60,698
  • Musselshell County8,053
  • Park County15,858
  • Petroleum County4,523
  • Phillips County14,703
  • Pondera County8,355
  • Powder River County7,235
  • Powell County8,347
  • Prairie County3,779
  • Ravalli County33,247
  • Richland County11,060
  • Roosevelt County12,297
  • Rosebud County11,135
  • Sanders County15,529
  • Sheridan County8,313
  • Silver Bow County22,132
  • Stillwater County10,623
  • Sweet Grass County5,474
  • Teton County10,602
  • Toole County9,343
  • Treasure County2,169
  • Valley County18,143
  • Wheatland County4,218
  • Wibaux County2,238
  • Yellowstone County83,802