Montana — Config Review
Profile config
Judicial Regions22
Athletic Sections4
Concepts (11)
Montana
Local NameMontana
Has Active GovernmentYes
Default Body NameLegislature
Executive TitleGovernor
SubdivisionsCounties
Additional Subdivisions
Major CitiesBillings, Missoula, Great Falls, Bozeman
County
Local NameCounty
Has Active GovernmentYes
Default Body NameBoard of County Commissioners
SubdivisionsCities, Towns
Legislative CommitteesYes
Committees LabelCommittees
City
Local NameCity
Has Active GovernmentYes
Default Body NameCity Council
Executive TitleMayor
Governancestrong-mayor
SubdivisionsNo
Town
Local NameTown
Has Active GovernmentYes
Default Body NameTown Council
Executive RequiredNo
Legislative CommitteesNo
School District
Local NameSchool District
Has Active GovernmentYes
Default Body NameBoard of Trustees
District
Local NameDistrict
Parent Org NameMHSA
Has Active GovernmentNo
House District
Local NameHouse District
Local AbbrevHD
Has Active GovernmentNo
Senate District
Local NameSenate District
Local AbbrevSD
Has Active GovernmentNo
Congressional District
Local NameCongressional District
Local AbbrevCD
Has Active GovernmentNo
Judicial District
Local NameJudicial District
Has Active GovernmentNo
Special District
Local NameSpecial District
Has Active GovernmentYes
Governance (1)
Strong-Mayor
Legislative CommitteesYes
Committees LabelCommittees
Sources (5)
Counties
Urlhttps://gisservice.mt.gov/arcgis/rest/services/msdi_administrative_boundaries_map_v1/MapServer/8
ProviderMontana State Library / MSDI (Montana Spatial Data Infrastructure)
TypeArcGIS REST MapServer, layer "County"
Noteverified 56 counties, exact match. The old host gisservicemt.gov now redirects — use gisservice.mt.gov.
Municipalities
Urlhttps://gisservice.mt.gov/arcgis/rest/services/msdi_administrative_boundaries_map_v1/MapServer/3
Providersame MSDI host, layer "Incorporated Cities and Towns"
TypeArcGIS REST MapServer
Noteverified 127 records.
Field mapping (4)
NAMEname
TYPEconcept_id (City/Town)
COUNTYparent county
(FIPS Field)jurisdiction_identifiers (scheme "census_geoid")
School Districts
Urlhttps://gisservice.mt.gov/arcgis/rest/services/msdi_administrative_boundaries_map_v1/MapServer/
Providersame MSDI host, co-maintained with Montana OPI — three separate layers for MT's distinct district types
Note97+233+65 = 395, matching the expected ~400 combined figure. Corresponding boundary-line-only layers exist at 64/65/66.
Field mapping (3)
Layer 4 "Secondary School Districts"97 verified
Layer 5 "Elementary School Districts"233 verified
Layer 6 "Unified (K-12) School Districts"65 verified
Educational Region
Statusconfirmed none — Montana OPI provides regional support/ accreditation services, but no chartered intermediate agency layer exists in the MSDI framework.
Population
Statusnot yet ingested
Recommended SourceUS Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) — https://api.census.gov/data/{year}/pep/population — joins on the county FIPS from the counties source above.