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Lake County, Montana property search

Search an address or an owner in Lake County, Montana with the box at the top of the map, or tap a lot, for its owner, lines and acreage. 23,623 lots are mapped here, covering 1,047,095 acres. 3,473 of them are held by institutions rather than by individuals.

Farmers and landowners in Lake County received $2 million in federal farm program payments in 2025, paid to 154 recipients. 12 acres of agricultural land here are disclosed as foreign-held, the most by owners from Canada. Crop insurance paid $940,000 in claims for the 2024 crop year.

23,623
Lots mapped
1,047,095
Acres
3,473
Institutional

Land use in Lake County

Parcels and acreage by land use in Lake County, Montana
Land useParcelsAcres
Improved Property13,074131,920
Vacant Land5,819215,168
Tribal Property1,901328,406
Exempt Property1,212252,185
Condominium37931
Non-Valued Property160981
Townhouse11440
Apartment3729
Mobile/RV Parks34214
Partial Exempt Property23188
Industrial Property16201
Gravel Pit141,330

Largest landowners in Lake County

Largest landowners by acreage in Lake County, Montana
OwnerParcelsAcres
STATE OF MONTANA STATE BOARD OF LAND COMMISSIONERS7139,330
STATE OF MONTANA8027,297
FLATHEAD RIDGE RANCH LLC6521,638
LOON LAKE FAMILY RANCH LLC9519,911
NAMCHAK RETREAT RANCH LLC5110,215
VALLEY VIEW FARMS LLC915,302
NASH LIMITED PARTNERSHIP293,947
MONTANA FISH & GAME COMMISSION353,469
VALLEY VIEW CHAROLAIS RANCH INC102,397
YORLUM VV RANCH INC112,342

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 Lake County

$2M
Paid in 2025
154
Recipients
Federal farm program payments by program in Lake County, Montana, 2025
ProgramPaid
Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops$709K
Emergency Commodity Assistance Program$389K
Emergency Livestock Relief Program 2023-24$387K
Livestock Forage Program$229K
Supplemental Disaster Relief Spec Crops$202K
Livestock Forage Disaster Program$79K

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

Foreign-held farmland in Lake County

12
Acres disclosed
1
Holdings
Foreign-held agricultural land by country in Lake County, Montana, 2024
CountryAcres
Canada12

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 Lake County

56
Policies
13,491
Insured acres
$940K
Claims paid
2.46
Loss ratio
Crop insurance claims by crop in Lake County, Montana, 2024
CropClaims
Cherries$924K
All Other Crops$7K
Pasture,Rangeland,Forage$7K
Barley$2K

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

Conservation and the power grid

20
CRP acres, 2025
25
Substations
161 kV
Highest voltage

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

Find out who owns a property in Lake County by address, free, or work out a lot's acreage.

Nearby counties in Montana

  • Missoula County60,698
  • Sanders County15,529
  • Flathead County84,052
  • Mineral County5,751
  • Powell County8,347
  • Lincoln County23,097
  • Glacier County13,222
  • Lewis and Clark County40,142

All Montana counties

Lake County last published these records on August 4, 2026. Assessment records, not a survey.