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Montrose, Alabama

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Daphne census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36559. It sits by Red Bluff. The Survey maps it on the Daphne quadrangle. It stands 102 feet above sea level.

Montrose within Baldwin County

On record in Montrose

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 2 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

30 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Montrose between 1995 and 2020, burning about 299 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 9 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning10
Arson/incendiarism9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Recreation and ceremony3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Natural1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
30 September 2003Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission26680 POLLARD ROAD, AL
11 August 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
31 July 2010Natural25 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 May 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
14 May 2001Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 April 2003Arson/incendiarism25 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 April 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionOFF HWY 42, AL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Baldwin County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Montrose: 1 past producer, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Kaolin. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Palmer PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Y P S Kaolin ProspectKaolinProspect

Every working recorded in Baldwin County

Storms near this place

10 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Montrose in 10 storm reports between 2001 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 1 tornado, 1 heavy rain. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2001Tornado (F0)Montrose$10,000An F0 tornado briefly touched down along U. S. Highway 98 near Montrose. The tornado blew several trees down.
May 2008Flash FloodMontrose$10,000no account filed
September 2008Flash FloodMontrose$5,000Heavy rains from Gustav brought flooding to most of the county. The heavy rains began around mid day and lasted into the evening. Rainfall estimates of 4-6 inches were widespread across the county with isolated areas receiving more. The Loxley area measured a total of 8.40 inches of rain and Robertsdale measured 7.46 inches. Many streets had standing water in them and had to be closed for several hours due to high water.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindMontrose-Multiple trees downed and one went through the roof of property of report source.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindMontrose-Fairhope AL PD reported trees snapped and downed in the Rock Creek S/D and in Colonial Acres.
January 2023Thunderstorm WindMontrose-High winds damaged tree limbs and shingles.
April 2022Thunderstorm WindMontrose-Measured by a handheld instrument.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindMontrose-High winds downed two large trees, resulting in roof damage to a residence.
July 2019Heavy RainMontrose-Total rainfall off 9.33 inches from Friday through Monday.
July 2013Flash FloodMontrose-Fast flowing water up to one foot deep reported near the intersecion of Highway 181 and Highway 104 northeast of Fairhope.

Every storm recorded in Baldwin County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Seacliff1.4 miles21
Volanta2.2 miles21
Daphne2.6 miles21
Fairhope3.0 miles21
Magnolia Beach3.6 miles21
Belforest3.7 miles18
Jackson Oak4.0 miles21
Houstonville4.4 miles21

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on MontroseAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6906444The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 152365. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.