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Montongo, Arkansas

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Clear Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71655. The Survey maps it on the Monticello North quadrangle. It stands 384 feet above sea level.

Montongo within Drew County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 9 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

49 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Montongo between 2001 and 2018, burning about 277 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 4 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Debris and open burning13
Equipment and vehicle use4
Arson/incendiarism4
Natural3
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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
9 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionDRE8183819
6 September 2006Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2004Debris and open burning11 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Drew County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Montongo: 20 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Drew County

Storms near this place

11 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Montongo in 11 storm reports between 1996 and 2022: 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 lightning. 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
June 2019Thunderstorm WindMontongo$30,000The damage across Drew County near Montongo was determined to be the result of straight line winds between 60 and 85 mph. Many trees were uprooted across the area. An outbuilding was destroyed. A stand alone carport sustained damage and some siding was peeled off a home. Some trees across the county fell onto homes. Trees and power lines were down county wide according to the Emergency Manager.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindMontongo$10,000Thunderstorm winds blew a barn down.
July 2011LightningMontongo$7,000A bull and a cow were killed when lightning struck the tree under which they were standing.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindMontongo-A tree was blown down across Highway 425.
October 2006Thunderstorm WindMontongo-Trees were blown down.
July 2004Flash FloodMontongo-Heavy rains caused flash flooding to occur at Montongo. Numerous streets were flooded for a short period of time.
April 2006HailMontongo-no account filed
October 2006HailMontongo-no account filed
May 2002HailMontongo-no account filed
November 1996Thunderstorm WindMontongo-no account filed
April 1996HailMontongo-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Drew 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
Plantersville3.5 miles10
Coleman4.4 miles12
Rock Springs4.7 miles10
Rose Hill5.3 miles9
Brandon5.4 miles9
Barkada6.4 miles9
Old Union (historical)6.9 miles14
Bethel6.9 miles10

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 MontongoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6906126The 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 79042. 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.