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Montague, Missouri

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1985. It stands in North Galloway Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65669. The Survey maps it on the Highlandville quadrangle.

Montague within Christian County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 12 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

45 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Montague between 1992 and 2011, burning about 349 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 were 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 burning29
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Arson/incendiarism7
Recreation and ceremony1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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 September 2011Debris and open burning5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
13 September 1996Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 May 1997Debris and open burning30 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 May 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 May 1997Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 May 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 May 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 May 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Christian County

Storms near this place

14 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Montague in 14 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 7 flash flood, 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 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
January 2008Tornado (EF1)Montague$250,000A National Weather Service storm survey revealed that an EF-1 tornado impacted the community of Highlandville. Numerous structures sustained damage including a church at the intersection of Highway 160 and Kentling Road. The tornado continued eastward and crossed Highway 65 approximately one half of a mile south of the Highlandville exit. Several outbuildings and highway advertisement signs sustained damage in this area.
June 2015Flash FloodMontague$100,000Water rose 2 feet over Highway O in about 10 minutes just west of Highlandville. Numerous other roads, bridges, and low water crossings were heavily damaged.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindMontague$5,000Report of trees uprooted or snapped and a roof blown off. Tree damage with this storm was extensive, extending from the Clever area to Nixa then south and east. In some areas, dozens of trees were reported down.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindMontague-A large tree was reported down on Highway O near Alder Road.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindMontague-Several large trees were reported down blocking the road.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindMontague-Several large trees were reported down blocking the road.
April 2022Flash FloodMontague-Tory Creek Road along Tory Creek was flooded and impassable.
April 2022FloodMontague-Highway O at Tory Creek was flooded and impassable.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindMontague-A large tree was reported across State Highway O and Mayberry Road.
April 2021Flash FloodMontague-Route V was closed at a tributary of East Prong Goff Creek due to flooding.
March 2020Flash FloodMontague-State Highway O was closed due to flooding at Tory Creek.
August 2018Flash FloodMontague-The road was reported on state highway O at the low-water crossing of Tory Creek.
April 2011Flash FloodMontague-A high water rescue was performed near Highlandville.
June 2007Flash FloodMontague-Excessive rainfall caused Torey Creek to flood sections of Highway O.

Every storm recorded in Christian 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
Bengal2.1 miles12
Highlandville2.5 miles12
Spokane4.5 miles12
Green Mound Ridge4.8 miles12
Riverdale5.1 miles12
Selmore5.9 miles13
Boaz7.3 miles20
Chestnutridge7.5 miles12

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 MontagueAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q27984480The 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 722534. 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.