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Montour, Iowa

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Indian Village Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50173. It stands on Indian Creek. The Survey maps it on the Montour quadrangle. 203 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 846 feet above sea level.

Montour within Tama County

Population over time

2 figures

Montour fell from 249 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.

YearPeople Change
2010249
2020203-46 (-18%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 8 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

316 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 316 fires within 5 miles of Montour between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,551 acres in total. None started naturally. 46 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 burning130
Missing data/not specified/undetermined110
Arson/incendiarism46
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Recreation and ceremony4
Fireworks3
Smoking3
Firearms and explosives use1
Other causes1

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
4 September 1999Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresSac and Fox AgencyTRANSFORM
23 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSac and Fox Agency3024 F AVE
3 August 2019Fireworks3.0 acresSac and Fox Agency163 CIRCLE
26 August 2004Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreSac and Fox AgencyF AVE WIRE
25 August 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreSac and Fox AgencyLINCOLN
2 August 2013Smoking3.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
19 August 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreSac and Fox Agency1340 DOG
16 August 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSac and Fox AgencyCAMPER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tama County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Montour: 5 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Legrand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Montour QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
South Le Grand QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Stevens QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Tama County

Storms near this place

29 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Montour in 29 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 11 flood, 7 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 3 hail. 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
September 2018FloodMontour$100,000The Iowa River at Tama Highway E49 crested at 13.04 feet on 6 September 2018 at 0430 UTC.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindMontour$50,000Estimated winds of 70 to 100 MPH between Montour and Toledo. Road signs blown down with power outages.
June 2008Flash FloodMontour$50,000Flooding was causing evacuations in town.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindMontour$50,000no account filed
June 2009Thunderstorm WindMontour$25,000A semi-tractortrailer was blown off of U.S. Highway 30 by winds.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindMontour$10,000Law enforcement reported trees down in Montour. Time estimated from radar.
August 2009FloodMontour$10,000Water was reported over the road near 330th St and G Ave.
July 2001HailMontour$5,000no account filed
August 2010Thunderstorm WindMontour$2,000Large tree down on County Highway T47.
August 2004Thunderstorm WindMontour$2,000no account filed
October 1998HailMontour$2,000no account filed
October 1998HailMontour$1,000no account filed
March 2022Tornado (EF0)Montour$500The tornado entered into Tama county from Poweshiek county. Tree damage occurred at both D and E Avenue residences with moderate to large branches downed. The tornado dissipated near Highway E69 just east of E avenue.
May 2024FloodMontour-The Iowa River at Tama Highway E49 crested at 13.69 ft on May 24 at 5:30 am CDT.
May 2024Flash FloodMontour-Water flowing over B Ave south of 340th St due to flooding from Raven Creek.
May 2024Flash FloodMontour-Hwy T47 closed south of Montour due to water flowing over the road.
May 2024Flash FloodMontour-C Ave north of US 30 closed due to flooding. Reported by Tama County Engineer via social media.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindMontour-Public report of 60 plus mph wind gusts east of Le Grand, significantly reducing visibility on highway 30.
October 2021Heavy RainMontour-A 48 hour rain total of 3.55 inches.
June 2020FloodMontour-The Iowa River near Tama created at 1445 UTC on June 25th at 12.53 feet. Flood stage is 12.50 feet.
June 2020Funnel CloudMontour-Emergency manager relayed report of brief funnel cloud.
March 2019FloodMontour-The Iowa River at Tama Highway E49 crested at 13.95 feet on 16 March 2019 at 14:00 UTC.
May 2019FloodMontour-The Iowa River at Tama Highway E49 crested at 13.32 feet on 26 May 2019 at 10:30 UTC.
October 2018FloodMontour-The Iowa River at Tama Highway E49 crested at 13.04 ft on 4 October 2018 at 12:15 UTC.
October 2018FloodMontour-The Iowa River at Tama Highway E49 crested at 13.23 ft on 12 October 2018 at 19:15 UTC.
September 2018FloodMontour-The Iowa River at Tama Highway E49 crested at 12.82 feet on 28 September 2018 at 1315 UTC.
September 2016FloodMontour-The Iowa River at Tama Highway E49 crested at 13.26 feet on 29 September 2016 at 10:30 pm CDT. The river remained in flood into early October.
October 2016FloodMontour-The Iowa River at Tama Highway E49 crested at 13.26 feet on 29 September at 10:30 pm CDT.
July 2009Heavy RainMontour-Rainfall amount of 2.9 inches in 90 minutes.

Every storm recorded in Tama 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
Potter2.6 miles8
Mesquakie Indian Settlement3.8 miles8
Toledo7.4 miles8
Tama7.4 miles8
Garwin8.0 miles9
Gladstone11.6 miles8
Long Point12.5 miles8
Helena13.4 miles8

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 MontourAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1926380The 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 459196. 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.