BlockMontreal, Georgia
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Atlanta-Decatur census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30084. The Survey maps it on the Stone Mountain quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 24 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1888 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:125000
- 1890 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Stone Mountain quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Stone Mountain quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Stone Mountain quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
31 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Montreal between 1992 and 1999, burning about 36 acres in total. None started naturally. 11 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 July 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 July 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 July 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 July 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 July 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 July 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 July 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 July 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Montreal in 2 storm reports between 2009 and 2024: 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montreal | $1,000 | Tree down on at intersection of Pangborn Road and Springbrook Drive. |
| July 2009 | Flash Flood | Montreal | $1,000 | The USGS stream gage at the South Fork of Peachtree Creek reached its flood stage of 12.0 feet at 2045 EDT. The creek rose to a stage of 12.6 feet at 915 pm EDT, then fell back below flood stage at 1000 pm EDT. Damage was limited to debris removal. A CoCoRAHS observer approximately 1.3 miles east-northeast of Tucker reported 3.38 inches of rain in 90 minutes. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Idlewood Acres | 0.7 miles | 24 | |
| Oakengate | 1.0 miles | 24 | |
| Clarkston | 1.0 miles | 24 | |
| Wilshire | 1.4 miles | 24 | |
| Rehoboth | 1.5 miles | 21 | |
| Country Squire Acres | 1.8 miles | 21 | |
| Hunters Glen | 1.9 miles | 24 | |
| North DeKalb | 2.2 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 358248. 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.
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.