Hill County, Montana property search
Search an address or an owner in Hill County, Montana with the box at the top of the map, or tap a lot, for its owner, lines and acreage. 14,321 lots are mapped here, covering 1,865,673 acres. 3,571 of them are held by institutions rather than by individuals.
Farmers and landowners in Hill County received $27.2 million in federal farm program payments in 2025, paid to 746 recipients. 20,575 acres of agricultural land here are disclosed as foreign-held, the most by owners from Canada. Crop insurance paid $9.7 million in claims for the 2024 crop year.
- 14,321
- Lots mapped
- 1,865,673
- Acres
- 3,571
- Institutional
Land use in Hill County
Parcels and acreage by land use in Hill County, Montana| Land use | Parcels | Acres |
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| Vacant Land | 6,623 | 1,264,768 |
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| Improved Property | 5,937 | 288,518 |
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| Exempt Property | 1,314 | 258,819 |
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| Tribal Property | 87 | 43,478 |
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| CN - Centrally Assessed Non-Valued Property | 53 | 119 |
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| Apartment | 42 | 71 |
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| Mobile/RV Parks | 19 | 80 |
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| Partial Exempt Property | 17 | 1,317 |
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| Industrial Property | 16 | 62 |
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| Townhouse | 16 | 2 |
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| Non-Valued Property | 7 | 4 |
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| Golf Course | 2 | 282 |
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Largest landowners in Hill County
Largest landowners by acreage in Hill County, Montana| Owner | Parcels | Acres |
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| STATE OF MONTANA - TRUST | 466 | 152,663 |
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| HIDDEN VALLEY COLONY INC | 82 | 18,959 |
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| GILDFORD HUTTERIAN BRETHREN INC | 49 | 15,866 |
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| HILL COUNTY | 88 | 10,669 |
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| HILLDALE COLONY INC | 34 | 10,390 |
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| COOL SPRING COLONY INC | 42 | 9,824 |
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| BIRCH CREEK COLONY INC | 26 | 8,273 |
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| COTTONWOOD LIMITED PARTNERSHIP ET AL | 18 | 7,326 |
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| GRR FARMS LLC | 22 | 7,134 |
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| DUSEK RANCH INC | 21 | 7,083 |
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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 Hill County
- $27.2M
- Paid in 2025
- 746
- Recipients
Federal farm program payments by program in Hill County, Montana, 2025| Program | Paid |
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| Emergency Commodity Assistance Program | $15.8M |
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| Supplemental Disaster Relief Non-Spec Crops | $6.5M |
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| Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops | $1.9M |
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| Supplemental Disaster Relief Spec Crops | $1.5M |
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| CRP Payment - Annual Rental | $680K |
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| Emergency Livestock Relief Program 2023-24 | $552K |
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USDA Farm Service Agency payment files, 2025. Compare farm subsidies by county
Foreign-held farmland in Hill County
- 20,575
- Acres disclosed
- 10
- Holdings
Foreign-held agricultural land by country in Hill County, Montana, 2024| Country | Acres |
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| Canada | 15,434 |
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| No foreign investor listed | 4,180 |
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| Bahamas | 961 |
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Largest disclosed holders
Largest foreign holders of agricultural land in Hill County, Montana| Holder (country) | Acres |
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| Monette Farms USA, Inc. (CANADA) | 12,354 |
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| Monette Farms USA, Inc. (998 - NO FOREIGN INVESTOR LISTED) | 4,180 |
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| Legend Organic USA Farms, Inc. (CANADA) | 2,760 |
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| IOWA LAND & GEN. DEVEL. CORP. (BAHAMAS) | 961 |
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| Jeffery & Robin Goian (CANADA) | 320 |
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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 Hill County
- 1,241
- Policies
- 740,946
- Insured acres
- $9.7M
- Claims paid
- 0.36
- Loss ratio
Crop insurance claims by crop in Hill County, Montana, 2024| Crop | Claims |
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| Dry Peas | $3.7M |
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| Wheat | $3.6M |
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| Mustard | $1.7M |
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| Barley | $437K |
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| Flax | $187K |
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USDA Risk Management Agency Summary of Business, 2024 crop year.
Conservation and the power grid
- 30,152
- CRP acres, 2025
- 27
- Substations
- 230 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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Hill County last published these records on August 4, 2026. Assessment records, not a survey.