Fergus County, Montana property search
Search an address or an owner in Fergus County, Montana with the box at the top of the map, or tap a lot, for its owner, lines and acreage. 20,862 lots are mapped here, covering 2,783,893 acres. 5,390 of them are held by institutions rather than by individuals.
Farmers and landowners in Fergus County received $7.4 million in federal farm program payments in 2025, paid to 358 recipients. 8,875 acres of agricultural land here are disclosed as foreign-held, the most by owners from Switzerland. Crop insurance paid $5.2 million in claims for the 2024 crop year.
- 20,862
- Lots mapped
- 2,783,893
- Acres
- 5,390
- Institutional
Land use in Fergus County
Parcels and acreage by land use in Fergus County, Montana| Land use | Parcels | Acres |
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| Vacant Land | 11,092 | 1,676,855 |
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| Improved Property | 6,436 | 431,824 |
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| Exempt Property | 2,830 | 657,485 |
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| Mining Claim | 179 | 3,714 |
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| CN - Centrally Assessed Non-Valued Property | 44 | 205 |
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| Apartment | 31 | 13 |
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| Industrial Property | 16 | 94 |
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| Mobile/RV Parks | 13 | 61 |
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| Partial Exempt Property | 10 | 2,061 |
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| Non-Valued with Specials | 4 | 3 |
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| Non-Valued Property | 3 | 3 |
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| CA - Centrally Assessed | 2 | 0 |
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Largest landowners in Fergus County
Largest landowners by acreage in Fergus County, Montana| Owner | Parcels | Acres |
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| STATE OF MONTANA | 516 | 156,178 |
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| WILKS RANCH MONTANA LTD | 277 | 83,386 |
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| DEERFIELD HUTTERIAN BRETHREN INC | 91 | 24,771 |
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| ROCKET LAND & LIVESTOCK LLC | 50 | 22,053 |
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| AMERICAN PRAIRIE FOUNDATION | 79 | 16,607 |
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| SPRING CREEK HUTTERIAN SOCIETY A CHURCH | 37 | 14,216 |
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| LONE CREEK LLC | 63 | 13,525 |
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| NORMAN RANCH LLC ET AL | 31 | 11,317 |
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| ROLLING HILLS GUMBO RANCH INC | 53 | 11,024 |
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| CONE BUTTE RANCH LLC | 35 | 10,758 |
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Companies, trusts and public agencies, ranked by acres held under the name on the assessor's file. Private individuals are not ranked. Largest landowners in Montana
Federal farm payments in Fergus County
- $7.4M
- Paid in 2025
- 358
- Recipients
Federal farm program payments by program in Fergus County, Montana, 2025| Program | Paid |
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| Emergency Commodity Assistance Program | $5.7M |
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| Supplemental Disaster Relief Non-Spec Crops | $1.2M |
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| CRP Payment - Annual Rental | $151K |
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| Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops | $150K |
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| Livestock Forage Disaster Program | $102K |
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| Supplemental Disaster Relief Spec Crops | $77K |
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USDA Farm Service Agency payment files, 2025. Compare farm subsidies by county
Foreign-held farmland in Fergus County
- 8,875
- Acres disclosed
- 7
- Holdings
Foreign-held agricultural land by country in Fergus County, Montana, 2024| Country | Acres |
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| Switzerland | 4,505 |
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| Canada | 2,381 |
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| Germany | 1,989 |
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Largest disclosed holders
Largest foreign holders of agricultural land in Fergus County, Montana| Holder (country) | Acres |
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| SELECT U.S. INVESTMENT CORP. (SWITZERLAND) | 4,505 |
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| MONTANA HOLDINGS, INC. (CANADA) | 2,381 |
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| VIERHEIBG FAMILY LP (GERMANY) | 827 |
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| WARM SPRINGS RANCH, LLC (GERMANY) | 202 |
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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 Fergus County
- 526
- Policies
- 549,116
- Insured acres
- $5.2M
- Claims paid
- 0.73
- Loss ratio
Crop insurance claims by crop in Fergus County, Montana, 2024| Crop | Claims |
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| Wheat | $1.7M |
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| Forage Production | $1.5M |
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| Pasture,Rangeland,Forage | $1.2M |
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| Barley | $390K |
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| Dry Peas | $197K |
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USDA Risk Management Agency Summary of Business, 2024 crop year.
Conservation and the power grid
- 7,170
- CRP acres, 2025
- 27
- Substations
- 115 kV
- Highest voltage
Conservation Reserve Program acres under contract (USDA FSA). Substations in service, from a public copy of the federal HIFLD layer.
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Fergus County last published these records on August 4, 2026. Assessment records, not a survey.