BlockMontrose, Kansas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66956. The Survey maps it on the Montrose quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 13 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.
- 1894 USGS Mankato quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Beloit quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Beloit quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1969 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Smith Center quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Storms near this place
6 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Montrose in 6 storm reports between 2008 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2013 | Hail | Montrose | $250,000 | Numerous tennis ball to softball size hail stones reported, with the largest measuring 5.25 inches. |
| March 2012 | Tornado (EF0) | Montrose | $50,000 | A 30 by 40 foot machine shed was destroyed by a brief EF0 tornado, which touched down between Montrose and Formoso. The maximum wind speed was estimated at 80 mph. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montrose | $5,000 | Damage was reported to a shed 9 miles east of Mankato, with wind gusts estimated at 60 MPH. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montrose | $3,000 | Wind gusts estimated to be near 60 MPH resulted in some minor damage to an outbuilding five miles east of Mankato. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montrose | $2,000 | A large tree limb was down near Highway 14 and R road. |
| May 2015 | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 472005. 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.
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.