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La Monte, Missouri

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1983. It stands in La Monte Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65337. The Survey maps it on the La Monte quadrangle. 1,014 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 860 feet above sea level.

La Monte within Pettis County

Population over time

2 figures

La Monte fell from 1,140 to 1,014 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
20101,140
20201,014-126 (-11%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 23 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.

In the county-history sources

9,830 words on this township

The History of Pettis County, Missouri, Including an Authentic History of Sedalia, Other Towns and Townships, Together with ... Biographical Sketches .., published 1882 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on La Monte Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on La Monte Township - 9,830 words.

Fires near this place

9 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of La Monte between 2003 and 2018, burning about 109 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 burning5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
17 July 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
3 March 2018Debris and open burning26 acresMissouri Department of Conservation176044-08052-03032018-1348
14 March 2018Debris and open burning8.8 acresMissouri Department of Conservation176066-08052-03142018-1703
14 March 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
13 March 2018Debris and open burning58 acresMissouri Department of Conservation176065-08052-03132018-1600
28 January 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation165878-08052-01282018-1530
26 January 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation165879-08052-01262018-1510
25 January 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresMissouri Department of Conservation176039-05130-01252018-2130

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pettis County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of La Monte: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Coal, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Unknown - Coal / Ls.Coal, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Pettis County

Storms near this place

35 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names La Monte in 35 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 15 thunderstorm wind, 13 hail, 5 tornado, 2 flash flood. 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
November 1999Thunderstorm WindLa Monte$100,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at up to 80 mph tore across northwest Pettis County. A railroad crossing arm was snapped 1 mile north of LaMonte. Two miles east of Houstonia, a hog barn was destroyed, and a trailer home and a 2-story house sustained extensive damage.
April 2001Tornado (F1)La Monte$50,000Tornado on the ground for 11 minutes, moving east. Two barns were destroyed, along with a chicken coop and vacant house. There were also several power poles downed.
May 1995Thunderstorm WindLa Monte$25,000Severe thunderstorms produced wind gusts up to 70 mph in both La Monte and Sedalia. Several large trees were blown down, and a television antenna was toppled just northwest of La Monte.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindLa Monte$15,000Thunderstorm winds damaged a house and a barn and La Monte.
May 2003Tornado (F0)La Monte$5,000Brief tornado touchdown reported by storm spotter with minor damage.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindLa Monte$750A pickup truck was blown over on Highway 50. Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 70 mph.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindLa Monte-Measured gust of 69 mph near La Monte.
March 2017Tornado (EF0)La Monte-This is a continuation of the tornado that formed in Johnson County and moved into Pettis County. Several buildings were damaged across rural portions of Pettis County before the tornado dissipated just east of the Johnson/Pettis County lines.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindLa Monte-A large tree limb was reported down and blocking part of Highway 127 near La Monte.
August 2016Flash FloodLa Monte-Highway 50 was closed at LaMonte due to high water. A water rescue of a stranded motorist ensued.
August 2016Flash FloodLa Monte-Route Y was closed for flash flooding.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindLa Monte-The emergency manager relayed a report of 60 mph estimated winds with pea size hail.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindLa Monte-Power lines were knocked down behind the Casey's gas station in La Monte.
September 2013Thunderstorm WindLa Monte-Trees were reported down on power lines in La Monte. Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 60 mph.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindLa Monte-A trained spotter estimated wind gusts to 60 mph.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindLa Monte-Thunderstorm winds to 60 mph blew down an eight inch diameter tree limb. Many smaller branches were also downed.
March 2006Tornado (F2)La Monte-F2 tornado crossed from Johnson county into Pettis county at 2057 CST and quickly dissipated. No significant damage was observed as the tornado moved over rural areas.
March 2006Tornado (F0)La Monte-F0 tornado touched down at 1549 CST 4 miles northeast of La Monte and traveled northeast over rural areas...with damage only to trees. The tornado crossed into Cooper county 2 miles northeast of Postal at 1604 CST.
October 2002Thunderstorm WindLa Monte-6 inch diameter tree down.
April 2001HailLa Monte-Emergency manager reported 3/4 inch hail and wind gusts to 60 mph.
January 1999HailLa Monte-One inch hail 8 miles west of Sedalia and 3 miles east of La Monte.
July 1995HailLa Monte-A spotter in La Monte reported dime-size hail.
April 2022HailLa Monte-no account filed
February 2017HailLa Monte-no account filed
March 2015HailLa Monte-no account filed
April 2014HailLa Monte-no account filed
October 2007HailLa Monte-no account filed
March 2006HailLa Monte-no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindLa Monte-no account filed
May 2003HailLa Monte-no account filed
May 2003HailLa Monte-no account filed
April 2001HailLa Monte-no account filed
August 2001HailLa Monte-no account filed
August 2000Thunderstorm WindLa Monte-no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindLa Monte-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pettis 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
Dresden5.0 miles23
Stokley5.1 miles23
Hughesville8.2 miles23
Houstonia9.3 miles23
Georgetown10.0 miles18
Green Ridge10.7 miles19
Sedalia11.5 miles22
Tedieville12.9 miles23

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 La MonteAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q770150The 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 736313. 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.