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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.

Monarch within St. Louis County

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 25 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

5 since 2006

Regional 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/undetermined4
Debris and open burning1

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
8 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation241105-09222-04082020-1900
15 March 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation135208-09222-03152016-1835
31 December 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation143232-09222-12312016-1455
11 December 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
5 January 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.7 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Louis County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Etherington Clay BankFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Hamburg SquarryStone, DimensionUnknown
Brown BankClayPast Producer
King LandClayPast Producer
Babler State Park QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in St. Louis County

Storms near this place

3 since 2015

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2021Thunderstorm WindMonarch-Thunderstorm winds blew down a tree onto Eartherton Road near intersection with Wild Horse Creek Road.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindMonarch-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 2025HailMonarch-no account filed

Every storm recorded in St. Louis 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
Orrville0.7 miles25
Centaur1.5 miles25
Stevens2.8 miles26
Gumbo3.3 miles26
Wildwood4.2 miles28
Pond4.4 miles28
Clarkson Valley4.7 miles29
Grover5.0 miles28

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.