Monarch, Missouri
25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Chesterfield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63005. The Survey maps it on the Weldon Spring quadrangle.
On record in Monarch
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Orrville Historic Districtlisted 2003 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 25 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.
- 1903 USGS O'Fallon quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1937 USGS Weldon Spring quadrangle1:24000
- 1940 USGS Weldon Spring quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS Saint Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Weldon Spring quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1962 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Weldon Spring quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS St Louis quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1994 USGS Weldon Spring quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
5 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Monarch between 2006 and 2020, burning about 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 241105-09222-04082020-1900 |
| 15 March 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 135208-09222-03152016-1835 |
| 31 December 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 143232-09222-12312016-1455 |
| 11 December 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 5 January 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.7 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Monarch: 12 past producers, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory), Stone, Dimension. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Etherington Clay Bank | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Hamburg Squarry | Stone, Dimension | Unknown | ||
| Brown Bank | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| King Land | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Babler State Park Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Monarch in 3 storm reports between 2015 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monarch | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down a tree onto Eartherton Road near intersection with Wild Horse Creek Road. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monarch | - | Damage at Spirit of St. Louis Airport was caused by a microburst, most likely near the end of runway 26R. The microburst began around 716 pm and likely ended shortly thereafter around 720 pm. There was heavy damage to a building about 440 yards from the end of runway 26R. The wind was estimated at up to 120 mph when it hit the building. A small garage door was blown off its track and the wind entered the building through this space. The wind peeled off the roof and compromised the structure of a second garage. The roof of this second garage mostly collapsed into the building. Roof materials were thrown as much as 150 yards from the building, including air conditioning units. The damage pattern was clearly divergent which lends to the microburst identification. Scattered minor tree, sign and roof damage was noted on the northern periphery of the microburst. Estimated wind speeds ranged from 65 to 90 mph. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Monarch | - | 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 756403. 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.











