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Introduction

This is an annotated list of databases produced by Montana State Agencies listed by database subject and was last checked for broken links in January 2019. Should you have questions or suggestions for adding additional state agency databases, please email me, jkammerer@mt.gov.

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About Montana

Montana Census Data and Economic Information
Montana Government News
Official State Website The official portal for information on Montana. Use the search box or the dropdown menus to find information on agencies, services and general information
State Telephone Directory

Agriculture & Food Sources

USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service. Montana Field Office supplies state and county level data.

Livestock Count by County
Includes goats, swine, bees, llamas, alpacas, poultry, bison, mules, horses, sheep, etc.
Pesticide Brand Search
Search by brand name, EPA registration number product type and other information.
Montana Brand Book
Lists registered brands by county.
Search Licensed Pesticide Applicators
Search by name, business name, and location.

Business, Finance & Economy

Data Search
Search on Montana businesses, employment, income & taxes, industry, inflation, etc.

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Click on "Select a Category" to begin search.
Montana Secretary of State's Online Business Filing System
Search for businesses by name or agents. You can also search for available business names.
Secretary of State Information Management System
Search for UCC filings. Requires an ePass account.

Community & Social Services

Public Service Commission
The Public Service Commission reports on Telecommunication Carriers, Billing Aggregators, Service Providers. Search is for documents.

Crime, Criminal Justice & Law Enforcement

Business Complaint Database
Records of past complaints filed against businesses.
Look up records of convicted felons
Missing Person Search
Search by name, aliases, DOB, and investigating agency
Montana Supreme Court Cases
Search for sexual or violent offenders
Sentence Review Database
Decisions made by the Sentence Review Division on the sentences of inmates incarcerated for a term of one year or more in the #Montana State Prison or Montana Department of Corrections.

Earth & the Environment

Abandoned-Inactive Mines Database
The Abandoned-Inactive Mines (AIM) database contains over 8,000 records and includes several data tables that include information on location (latitude/longitude and cadastral), ownership (as determined from 1:24,000-scale maps, GPS, or other sources), office and field screening results, and water/soil sampling (sample-ID, location, and field parameters). Login is required but is free.
Animal Information
Information on the status, distribution, and ecology of vertebrates and invertebrates that occur in Montana
Approved Asbestos Project Permits in Progress
Asbestos Accreditations Search
Montana-accredited Asbestos Inspectors who have agreed to release their information to the public
Automated Licensing Service (ALS) (Hunting)
"Allows applicants to find their ALS number, how many bonus points they have, or find out more about their options for applying for hunting licenses."
Clean Water Act Information Center
Junk Vehicles
Provided by Motor Vehicle Wrecking facilities owner/operators and/or County Motor Vehicle Graveyard personnel.
Montana 310 Permit Database
"310 Permit Mapping and Information System for the State of Montana Conservation Districts. This site allows the user to locate and view the attributes of river structures permitted under the 310 Permit system."
Montana Board of Oil & Gas Conservation Online Oil and Gas Information System
Maps and data on oil and gas wells in Montana.
Montana Drinking Water Watch
Montana Fisheries Information System
Opencut Permit Search
Please enter one or more search criteria below to view the list of available documents (i.e., permit and amendment applications, and approved permits and amendments).
Complete applications and permits or amendments approved since April 2010 are available on this website.
Petroleum Tank Compensation Fund
The facilities found via this search tool are those for which tank owners and operators have submitted claims for reimbursement from the Petroleum Tank Compensation Fund.
Plant Field Guide
Information on the status, distribution, and ecology of plants that occur in Montana.
Public Building Energy Use
provides energy consumption and cost data for most state owned public buildings and participating city and county public owned buildings. The data consists of electricity and natural gas commodities and is sourced from Montana utility providers.
Public Building Energy Use
Reservoir Data
Includes data for:
East Fork Rock Creek
Tongue River
Middle Creek
Martinsdale
Ruby River
Deadman's Basin
Bair
Cooney
Septic Tank Pumper Program
The Montana Septic Tank Pumper Program (STPP) is responsible for protecting human health and the environment by ensuring septic tank pumpers, their disposal sites\facilities, and equipment are licensed and operated according to the Septage Disposal Act.
Source Water Protection Program Query System
Source Water Assessments and maps of Montana's public water supplies.
Species of Concern
Search for plants and animals that are at risk or potentially at risk.
Statewide Urban Forestry Inventory
Streamflow: Current Conditions for Montana
In cooperation with State, County, local, and other Federal agencies.
Surface Water Assessment and Monitoring Program (SWAMP) database
The top section of the page lists the gages that are sending data continuously via satellite. The bottom section lists the gages that are either currently monitored and downloaded manually or have been monitored at some time in the past.
Underground Storage Tanks
The objective of the Montana Underground Storage Tank (UST) Leak Prevention Program is to protect human health and the environment by preventing releases of petroleum and hazardous substances from UST systems. The release of these regulated products into the environment threatens groundwater resources and can cause explosive vapors to seep into confined spaces and occupied dwellings.
Unpermitted Hazardous Substance Releases
UST-Access
A statewide database of all known underground storage tanks. Information contained in this database includes tank ownership, contents, age, size, construction, and release detection method installed. This database includes data on the status of these UST systems--whether active, closed in-place or removed. Information on the status and final disposition of reported environmental releases is also tracked on the Program's database system.
Water Right Query System

Education

Find-A-School
Advanced Directory of Montana Schools
Access to the directory databases and produce reports that can also be exported to Excel.
Montana's Statewide Longitudinal Education Data System
"This data reporting system provides access to multiple years of data and interactive reports on student achievement, graduation rates, enrollment, program and course offerings, district and school profiles, the National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP), and financial information reported by school districts."
Per Pupil Revenue
Reported Revenues by School District
School Budget Dashboard

Government Agencies & Elected Officials

Boards Councils Information
Campaign Report Search
Search for Candidate Campaign Finance, Statement of Candidacy, Business Disclosure & Executive Agency Director Business Disclosure.
Committee Report Search
Search for Committee Financial Reports & Contribution Reports

Government Finances & Contracts

Disadvantaged Business Enterprise / Small Business Enterprise
List of vendors participating in DBE/SBE Program at the Montana Department of Transportation.
Find Unclaimed Property
Search for Unclaimed Cash. Search by personal name or business.
Market and Taxable Property Values
View total market and taxable property values within the selected taxing authority
Montana Acquisition & Contracting System (eMACS)
"Database can be searched by keywords, event title or code. "State Procurement is pleased to provide a central location for vendors interested in bidding on state projects to find all Invitation for Bid (IFB) and Request for Proposal (RFP) opportunities with all state agencies and universities. State Procurement strives for transparent, cost effective contracts that ensure the State receives the maximum value for taxpayers’ dollars."
Montana Mortgage Broker, Lender, and Servicer
The consumer search for licenses has been outsourced to *NMLS consumer access
Montana Tax Appeal Board hearings
Schedule of upcoming Montana Tax Appeal Board hearings
Procurement Term Contracts
Property Tax Exemptions by County
State of Montana Lease Contracts
Contains all public information that relates to lease contracts between the State of Montana and owners/owner agents for buildings used by state government.

Health, Medicine & Safety

Montana Public Health Information System
Explore Morbidity Data, Vital Records Birth and Death Data, Population Data, and Survey Data.
Meth Contaminated Properties List
This list identifies properties contaminated by the production of methamphetamine. DEQ is currently helping property owners comply with the laws and rules during the cleanup of property contaminated by methamphetamine production.
Mutual Aid Frequencies Permits
Search for licenses with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) held by the state of Montana for more than 20 mutual aid frequencies.
View end-of-life advance directives
Vital Statistics
Office of Vital Statistics provides reports on births and deaths.

History, People & Culture

Artists in Schools and Communities Registry
Montana Historical Society Research Center Online Catalog
Montana Library Directory
Find library, library employee or trustee.
Montana Memory Project
The Montana Memory Project provides access to digital collections and items relating to Montana’s cultural heritage and government.
Montana Newspapers
Montana newspapers- historic and more current.
Montana Public Library Data
Compiled by Montana State Library and hosted by Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).
Montana State Publications Text Archive
Historic collection of digitized Montana state publications dating from late 19th century.
MT.GOV Connect
Online archive of Montana state agency websites dating from 1996 in partial fulfillment of statutory mandate to identify, acquire, describe, and provide permanent public access to state publications.
State of the Arts Newspaper

Jobs & Unemployment

Human Rights Hearings Decisions
Use search feature to find all Human Rights decisions pertaining to any word or phrase in the document.
Job Service Montana
Find your Montana job.
Office of Administrative Hearings
Hearing decisions database.
Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) Search
Search to find all Board of Personnel Appeal Unfair Labor Practices pertaining to any word or phrase in the document.
Unit Clarification (UC) Search
Search all Board of Personnel Appeal Unit Clarifications pertaining to any word or phrase in the document.
Unit Determination (UD) Search
Find all Board of Personnel Appeal Unit Clarifications pertaining to any word or phrase in the document.

Laws, Legislative Materials, and Legal Issues

Montana Supreme Court Cases
Search by case number, party name, or date.

Licensing

Alcoholic Beverage License Search
Find information on a licensed professional
Information on nurses aids, healthcare, occupational and construction licenses.
Pesticide Business/Licensed Applicator Search
Search for a building permit
"Apply, search, pay fees, schedule inspections and view inspection results for a variety of building-related permits."
Search License Holders in Montana
Name, license type, status, expiration date, and hometown of all license holders in Montana.

Recreation, Travel & Tourism

Montana Place Names
"This traveler’s guide, based on the places found on the 2003 Montana highway map, explores the origins of more than 1100 Montana place names, hundreds of geographic features and historical locations."
Traveler Information Map
Search for directions and road conditions.
Fishing Access Sites
Search by name, nearby town, region, by lake, by stream, ADA accessibility

Statistics, Data & Mapping/GIS

Montana Cadastral Mapping Project
"Montana land ownership information accessible through a parcel search or through browsing a property map. The Montana Cadastral is hosted by the Montana State Library. "
Montana Digital Atlas
Includes: County, Highways, Indian Reservation, Legislative Districts, National Forest or District Streams, Lakes, Towns, Township and Range, Geographic Names, Geographic Coordinates, Tax Parcel ID, 2000 Census Geography, Watershed Boundaries, Subbasins (USGS 4th Code), Watersheds (NRCS 5th Code), Watershed Groups (MT) and some land ownership information.

Transportation

Airline boarding statistics, rates and charges.
Crash data by county, city, reservation, and statewide.
Crash incidents by county and date.
Bridge and Road Safety and Accountability Act (BaRSAA) distributions
Motor Vehicle Data includes agency-specific motor vehicle fees and donations, county taxes on vehicles, specialty license plate donations, vehicle registrations by county, alcohol violations, and federal highway report.
Transportation Data Management System. The quick help guide is available here.

Empty Subjects - Can you help?

As of December 2018, we were unable to locate publicly searchable databases produced by a Montana State Agency in these areas:

Military & Veterans
Science & Technology (not including earth and environmental sciences)

If you know of Montana produced databases in these or other subjects shown here, please use the "email me" link in the Documents Specialist box above to drop us a line.

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