Mont Ida, Kansas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66091. The Survey maps it on the Welda quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1885 USGS Garnett quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Garnett quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1947 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Welda quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Garnett quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Garnett quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
18 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Mont Ida between 2015 and 2020, burning about 192 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Anderson County | 1758025 |
| 19 July 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Anderson County | 1757049 |
| 27 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 25 June 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Anderson County | 1758025 |
| 27 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 22 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 1852097 |
| 9 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 1857016 |
| 31 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 60 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 1557027 |
| 22 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 1557022 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
14 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mont Ida in 14 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 6 hail, 5 flash flood, 3 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 | Hail | Mont Ida | - | Time estimated from radar. |
| May 2019 | Flash Flood | Mont Ida | - | Water was reported over Kentucky Road. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mont Ida | - | Delayed report of tree limbs down. Size unknown. |
| September 2018 | Flash Flood | Mont Ida | - | The roadway was closed due to water across the road. |
| September 2018 | Flash Flood | Mont Ida | - | High water closed 1600 road between Iowa and Indiana roads. |
| October 2018 | Flash Flood | Mont Ida | - | A roadway was closed due to flash-flooding. |
| October 2018 | Flash Flood | Mont Ida | - | Road closed at 1600 Road and Indiana Road due to flooding. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mont Ida | - | Two outbuildings had their tin roofs blown off. |
| October 2017 | Hail | Mont Ida | - | Correction to previous hail report from Garnett. |
| October 2014 | Hail | Mont Ida | - | A few golf balls reported. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mont Ida | - | Wind damage reported in several locations across Anderson County. Roof removed from barn, windows broken out of home, shingles off of homes, and a missing carport. |
| July 2020 | Hail | Mont Ida | - | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Hail | Mont Ida | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Mont Ida | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 477885. 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.








