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Introduction

This is an annotated subject list of Montana state agency databases maintained by the Montana State Library. It was last checked for broken links in January 2023. Should you have questions or suggestions for adding additional state agency databases, please email me, Jim Kammerer at jkammerer@mt.gov. Thank you.

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About Montana

eCalendar Lists meetings and events for state government.
Montana Census Data and Economic Information using GIS resources.
Montana Census Data and Economic Information for thorough economic and demographic analysis, data, and maps.
Montana Government News. Press releases from Montana state agencies.
Official State Website The official portal for information on Montana. Use the search box or the drop down 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 Per Capita Fees and Census Data
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.

Community & Social Services

Montana 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
Historical Energy Statistics
These statistics on energy production and consumption were assembled as part of studies DEQ prepared for the Legislature’s Environmental Quality Council.
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.
Statewide Maps - Reservoir Levels
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.
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.
Today's Air
The Today’s Air website provides near-real time fine particulate related air quality information to the public on an hourly basis. The website, first launched in 2006, has evolved over time to continually
provide more up-to-date information in more user-friendly formats. Currently, the Today’s Air website updates at 15 minutes past the hour and provides fine particulate, or particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter less than 2.5 microns (PM2.5), concentrations from permanent and temporary monitoring stations running 24 hours a day and 365 days a year.
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
This report provides information on unpermitted releases of hazardous materials. Data for each report is maintained by the State Superfund Unit in the Hazardous Waste Site Cleanup Bureau of DEQ's Remediation Division. More detailed, hardcopy information and reports are available from the DEQ libraries and may be viewed or obtained during regular business hours.
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 Quality Portal
Data from MT-eWQX is submitted to EPA's data warehouse, the National Water Quality Portal. DEQ's Water Quality Portal Guidance can assist you in downloading data submitted by DEQ from the Water Quality Portal.
Water Right Query System

Education

Advanced Directory of Montana Schools
Access to the directory databases and produce reports that can also be exported to Excel.
Finance Data
Find-A-School
School and District Data
Student Data

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
Montana Operations Manual
The Montana Operations Manual, or MOM, contains policies, procedures, and standards applicable to the operation of Montana state government.

Government Finances & Contracts

Checkbook Accounts Payable
Report by fiscal year, agency, category, and payee.
Checkbook Accounts Payable Summary
Summary level view of the State of Montana's Accounts Payable transactions.
Checkbook Credit Card Payments
Dark Money Spending for Entities Doing Business with State of Montana
Report by company name, contract number, contracting agency, address, date, amount, etc.
Find Unclaimed Property
Search for Unclaimed Cash. Search by personal name or business.
Local Government Annual Summarized Financial Information
Summary of Assets, Liabilities, Equity, revenues, and Expenditures/Expenses by Fund for Counties, cities and Towns (Entity) for Fiscal Year 2014 forward that have been submitted to State of Montana Local Government Services Bureau.
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 recent decisions
Procurement Term Contracts
Property Tax Exemptions by County
Electronic Municipal Market Access
EMMA makes publicly available free copies of official statements and advance refunding documents received by the MSRB from underwriters of municipal securities since 1990. EMMA is the official repository for continuing disclosures made by issuers and obligated persons throughout the life of municipal securities. EMMA provides free access to price data for municipal securities trades reported to the MSRB since January 31, 2005. EMMA also offers free public access to tools, statistics and resources for evaluating broader municipal market trends.
State Employee Salary Information
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

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.
Community Health Insights in the 406
Data on health conditions, health behaviors, health care utilization, birth data, death data, etc.

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

Job Service Montana
Find your Montana job.
Office of Administrative Hearings
Hearing decisions database.
Dept. Labor and Industry data dashboards
Search various data dashboards hosted by DLI.

Laws, Legislative Materials, and Legal Issues

Montana Supreme Court Cases
Search by case number, party name, or date.
Montana Legal Notices
Search public notices from newspapers in 56 Montana counties as required by M.C.A.
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Hosted by Montana Newspaper Association.

Licensing

Alcoholic Beverage License Search
Find information on a licensed professional
Information on nurses aids, healthcare, occupational and construction licenses.
Independent Contractor Search
Find information on registered independent contractors in Montana.
Montana State Educator Information System
Provides access to Educator Credential lookup for viewing Montana Educators Licenses
Montana State Educator Information System (MSEIS)
Provides access to all educator licenses in State of Montana (active and inactive).
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.
Pavement Analysis View Pavement Condition Treatment reports, Field Review reports, and Rut and Ride reports
Transportation Data Management System. The quick help guide is available here.

Voting & Elections

Empty Subjects - Can you help?

As of April 2022, 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.