Flock & ALPR Cameras in Columbia Falls, Montana
No cameras reported in and around Columbia Falls — yet. That usually means nobody has checked, not that the roads are clear. Be the one who looks.
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Help put Columbia Falls on the map
The camera map is built by volunteers, one report at a time — and nobody has surveyed Columbia Falls yet. ALPRs look like small gray cameras on poles, often solar-powered, near intersections and shopping centers. Spot one? Reporting takes about a minute.
No new reports near Columbia Falls in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Sep 6, 09:56 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Columbia Falls in the Flathead County picture
Flathead County has 6 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,959 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 108,445 residents and 6,571 road miles.
Why this page exists
Automated license plate readers are spreading town by town, usually with no public vote — volunteers have already mapped 65 across Montana. Cameras often arrive quietly in towns exactly like Columbia Falls: a council consent-agenda item, then poles by the grocery store. Learn what they look like, check the roads you drive daily, and this page will update as reports come in.
The latest around Columbia Falls
What you can do in Columbia Falls
Ask who approved these cameras, how long plate data is kept, and who it’s shared with. File a public records request, raise it at a council meeting, and see the full playbook on Take Action. Fighting this locally? Join or start a chapter and we’ll amplify you.
Not sure what one looks like? See photographs of installed cameras before you go looking.
Cameras near Columbia Falls
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).