Madison, Montana2025 Year in Review

Land use and zoning activity from city and county planning meetings in Madison during 2025.

Madison County indexed 132 projects with at least one decision in 2025, leading to 143 approved and 4 denied actions. Approval ran at 97.3%, in line with the high-approval baseline most Montana jurisdictions show. Activity was relatively distributed across Sheridan (2) and Virginia City (2).

“Projects with decisions” counts unique projects. “Approved” and “Denied” count individual actions (one project can have multiple actions across meetings).

132
Projects with decisions
143
Approved actions
4
Denied actions
97.3%
Approval rate (of actions)

By city

CityProjectsApproved actionsDenied actionsApproval %
Sheridan220100.0%
Virginia City230100.0%

Data from public meeting documents processed by Boardwalk. Coverage varies by jurisdiction. Not all cities are included.