Musselshell County, Montana property search
Search an address or an owner in Musselshell County, Montana with the box at the top of the map, or tap a lot, for its owner, lines and acreage. 8,053 lots are mapped here, covering 1,196,507 acres. 2,036 of them are held by institutions rather than by individuals.
Farmers and landowners in Musselshell County received $1.5 million in federal farm program payments in 2025, paid to 68 recipients. 160 acres of agricultural land here are disclosed as foreign-held, the most by owners from Germany. Crop insurance paid $1.5 million in claims for the 2024 crop year.
- 8,053
- Lots mapped
- 1,196,507
- Acres
- 2,036
- Institutional
Land use in Musselshell County
Parcels and acreage by land use in Musselshell County, Montana| Land use | Parcels | Acres |
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| Vacant Land | 4,013 | 808,435 |
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| Improved Property | 2,992 | 183,614 |
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| Exempt Property | 804 | 190,146 |
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| CN - Centrally Assessed Non-Valued Property | 49 | 1,386 |
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| Industrial Property | 15 | 7,322 |
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| Mobile/RV Parks | 10 | 16 |
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| Apartment | 5 | 1 |
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| Partial Exempt Property | 2 | 1,494 |
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Largest landowners in Musselshell County
Largest landowners by acreage in Musselshell County, Montana| Owner | Parcels | Acres |
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| WILKS RANCH MONTANA LTD | 152 | 64,267 |
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| DNRC SCHOOL TRUST LAND | 108 | 51,477 |
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| TRANEL PROPERTIES LP | 106 | 41,335 |
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| STATE OF MONTANA | 51 | 24,865 |
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| HIGH BUTTE RANCH | 41 | 20,993 |
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| MUSSELSHELL RANCH CO | 55 | 18,419 |
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| RUNAMUK LAND & LIVESTOCK LP | 33 | 16,552 |
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| HOUGEN LAND INC | 31 | 15,790 |
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| MUSSELSHELL RESOURCES LLC | 27 | 12,496 |
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| DYER LAND & CATTLE LLC | 22 | 12,251 |
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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 Musselshell County
- $1.5M
- Paid in 2025
- 68
- Recipients
Federal farm program payments by program in Musselshell County, Montana, 2025| Program | Paid |
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| Emergency Commodity Assistance Program | $781K |
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| Supplemental Disaster Relief Non-Spec Crops | $232K |
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| CRP Payment - Annual Rental | $147K |
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| Livestock Forage Program | $108K |
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| Emergency Livestock Relief Program 2023-24 | $67K |
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| Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops | $41K |
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USDA Farm Service Agency payment files, 2025. Compare farm subsidies by county
Foreign-held farmland in Musselshell County
- 160
- Acres disclosed
- 1
- Holdings
Foreign-held agricultural land by country in Musselshell County, Montana, 2024| Country | Acres |
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| Germany | 160 |
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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 Musselshell County
- 69
- Policies
- 167,064
- Insured acres
- $1.5M
- Claims paid
- 1.00
- Loss ratio
Crop insurance claims by crop in Musselshell County, Montana, 2024| Crop | Claims |
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| Forage Production | $472K |
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| Corn | $470K |
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| Wheat | $363K |
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| Pasture,Rangeland,Forage | $110K |
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| Barley | $31K |
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USDA Risk Management Agency Summary of Business, 2024 crop year.
Conservation and the power grid
- 6,548
- CRP acres, 2025
- 18
- 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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Musselshell County last published these records on August 4, 2026. Assessment records, not a survey.