BlockMontrose, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Dudley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31065. The Survey maps it on the Danville East quadrangle. 203 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 384 feet above sea level.
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 1 record
- Sanders Hilllisted 1975
Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record
- White Hall, Georgia Highway 26, Montrosefederal building survey, 2 photographs
Population over time
2 figuresMontrose fell from 215 to 203 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 215 | |
| 2020 | 203 | -12 (-6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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.
- 1957 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1974 USGS Danville East quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Macon quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
307 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 307 fires within 5 miles of Montrose between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,097 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 26 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 burning | 181 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 53 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 26 |
| Smoking | 13 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
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 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 16 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020BLECKLEY003 |
| 7 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-LAURENS-021 |
| 5 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-LAURENS-019 |
| 30 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-BLECKLEY-011 |
| 29 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
17 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Montrose in 17 storm reports between 1997 and 2022: 11 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montrose | $100,000 | The Laurens County 911 Center reported that several trees were down across the far northern part of the county. Amateur radio operators reported that the roof was torn off a barn and a grain elevator was flipped over between Dublin and the Wilkinson/Johnson county line as well. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montrose | $50,000 | A damage survey conducted by the National Weather Service in Peachtree City, Georgia and additional information received from the Laurens County Emergency Management Director concluded that extensive straight-line wind damage affected nearly all of Laurens county in addition to three separate tornadoes that tracked across the county, two in the north and one in the southeast part of the county. Numerous trees and power lines were downed throughout the county, but especially the northern sections. |
| October 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montrose | $7,000 | The Laurens County Emergency Manager reported several trees blown down across the county from around Montrose to near Cedar Grove. |
| March 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montrose | $5,000 | The Laurens County 911 Center reported that up to a dozen trees and five power lines were down across the western part of the county from Montrose, to Dudley, and Dexter. Three trees were down on the eastbound side of Interstate-16 near mile marker 42. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montrose | $5,000 | The Laurens County 911 Center reported that at least two dozen trees had been blown down across the county. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montrose | $5,000 | The Laurens County 911 Center reported that over a dozen trees and several power lines were down throughout the county. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montrose | $3,000 | The Laurens County Emergency Management Director reported that up to 10 trees were down across the county. Most of the trees were down across the southern half of the county from Dexter to Rentz. A few trees were also down in East Dublin. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montrose | $3,000 | The Laurens County 911 Center reported that at least 10 trees were down, scattered about the county. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montrose | $3,000 | The Laurens county 911 center reported that some trees were blown down in Montrose and Rentz. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montrose | $500 | The Laurens County 911 Center reported that trees were blown down near Montrose. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montrose | $500 | The public reported that the skirting or underpinning was blown out from under a mobile home. |
| April 2022 | Tornado (EF0) | Montrose | - | Continuation from Bleckley County -- The tornado path closely followed I-16 Southeastward where trees were snapped or uprooted often on one side of interstate or the other. Radar data confirms the path and storm direction was to the ESE aligning with damage found on the ground along the interstate. The tornado continued for over 3 miles along the interstate snapping or uprooting trees across GA Hwy 112, Eason Hill Church Rd in Laurens County before weakening and lifting as it approached GA HWY 278 southwest of the town of Montrose. Most of the damage was confined to the area between mile markers 32 to 35 along I-16. [4/6/22: Tornado #2, County #3/3, EF-0, Twiggs/Bleckley/Laurens, 2022:022]. |
| September 2021 | Flash Flood | Montrose | - | The Emergency Manager reported water over the roadway on I-16 near the Bleckley/Laurens county line. Radar estimates indicate that between 2 and 3 inches of rain had fallen over the area in a short period of time, resulting in the flash flooding. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Montrose | - | The Fire Department in Montrose reported quarter size hail. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Montrose | - | The public reported penny-sized hail in the Montrose area. |
| June 2001 | Hail | Montrose | - | The public reported dime size hail. |
| June 1997 | Hail | Montrose | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bender (historical) | 1.8 miles | 8 | |
| Haskins Crossing | 2.1 miles | 8 | |
| Laurens Hill | 2.7 miles | 8 | |
| Dudley | 4.5 miles | 8 | |
| Whipples Crossing | 5.4 miles | 8 | |
| Kewanee | 5.7 miles | 8 | |
| Shewmake | 7.0 miles | 8 | |
| Five Points | 8.3 miles | 8 |
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 Montrose | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2371695 | The 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 318408. 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.