2,065 people (2024 Census estimate, +7.3% since 2020)
2,392 square miles of land · 1 people per square mile
“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.
3 active community water systems list Meagher County in the area they serve, reporting 1,162 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS CITY OF surface water · local government · MT0000360 | 1,000 served |
| SPRINGDALE HUTTERITE COLONY groundwater · private · MT0000134 | 87 served |
| MARTINSDALE WATER AND SEWER DISTRICT groundwater · local government · MT0000287 | 75 served |
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), active community systems, . Look up any system's violations and test results with EPA's search using its ID.
About 7 people were held in Meagher County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2021), or 712 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2016 it was about 11.
Source: Vera Institute of Justice, Incarceration Trends (built from federal Bureau of Justice Statistics jail surveys). Counties without their own jail, or that share one, may show no figure.
1 school district has its office in Meagher County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $4.3 million — $3.7 million to run schools, about $20,168 per student, plus $331,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3 million local (mostly property tax), $1.3 million state, $830,000 federal. Long-term debt: $7.7 million.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.
Overall risk: Very Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Meagher County about $2.2 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very Low; social vulnerability: Relatively Moderate.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
53 bridges in Meagher County: 10 in good condition, 36 fair, and 7 poor (13.2%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.
| CANYON RD over SMITH RIVER 002 · built 1957 | 100 vehicles a day |
| 1ST AVE over SIXTEENMILE CREEK 029 · built 1976 | 100 vehicles a day |
| ED LAVELL LN over SIXTEENMILE CREEK 039 · built 1959 | 100 vehicles a day |
| COUNTY ROAD 128 over MUSSELSHELL RIVER 022 · built 1986 | 100 vehicles a day |
| FDR 211 over FOUR MILE CREEK · built 1973 | 50 vehicles a day |
| FDR 211 over FOUR MILE CREEK · built 1973 | 50 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $3.9 million of work in Meagher County in fiscal 2025, about $2,023 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.
Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.
From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.
Registration deadlines, early voting and polling places for Montana are on the federal site vote.gov, which links to the state's official election office.
The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for Meagher County come from the county's own records, which we haven't gathered — not gathered, never hidden. See what a full county site looks like, or ask to have Meagher County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Broadwater County (33 mi) · Judith Basin County (42 mi) · Wheatland County (51 mi) · Cascade County (54 mi) · Jefferson County (63 mi) · Sweet Grass County (71 mi).