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Water Rights

Glacier County, Montana

Water Rights & Land Ownership

Glacier County is largely the Blackfeet Indian Reservation with Glacier National Park forming the western boundary along the Continental Divide. Cut Bank is the county seat. The Two Medicine and Cut Bank Creek systems drain east; the St. Mary and Milk River headwaters drain north into Canada and east into the Milk. The Blackfeet-Montana Water Compact establishes federally-reserved Tribal water rights senior to most state-administered priorities on reservation parcels.

3,485Active state water rights
Irrigation & StockPrimary uses
3,041 mi²County area
41L · 41M · 40FDNRC basins

Active state-administered rights pulled live from DNRC WRQS on 2026-06-01. Glacier spans five basins: 40F (Milk side / NE), 40T (St. Mary), 41L/41M (Marias-Two Medicine), 41P (Marias trib). Blackfeet Tribal compact rights administered separately from state WRQS.

Glacier County Watershed Map

Glacier County, Montana — Canadian border — — Blackfeet Reservation — Glacier NP / Continental Divide Cut Bank Cr. Two Medicine R. St. Mary R. CUT BANK Browning (Tribal HQ) Babb / St. Mary N ~18 mi
Rivers Cut Bank Cr. Two Medicine R. St. Mary R.

Search Glacier County water rights

Water right format:
41L 12345 00 (Cut Bank) · 41M (Two Medicine) · 40T (St. Mary).
Primary basins:
41L/41M Cut Bank-Two Medicine · 41P Marias trib · 40F Milk side · 40T St. Mary.
Blackfeet Compact:
Tribal water rights ratified under MCA Title 85; federal trust on reservation parcels — quantification senior to most state priorities.
St. Mary diversion:
St. Mary R. water trans-basin diverted via St. Mary Canal to the Milk River Project — operating under USBR + international compact.
DNRC regional office:
Havre Regional Office, 406-265-5516.
Clerk & Recorder:
Glacier County, 406-873-3617.

Quick links

Data sources: Montana DNRC, MSL/DOR Cadastral, MBMG GWIC, USBR, NPS. Blackfeet Tribal compact rights administered separately. Informational only.

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