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Monterey, Missouri

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Lesterville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63656. It stands on Shut-in Creek. The Survey maps it on the Johnson Shut-Ins quadrangle.

Monterey within Reynolds County

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 21 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

19 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Monterey between 1992 and 2016, burning about 710 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 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 burning11
Arson/incendiarism4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Natural1

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
2 September 1995Natural8.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
17 May 1997Debris and open burning8.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
3 April 1997Debris and open burning126 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
2 April 1997Debris and open burning10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
18 April 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined19 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
23 March 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined350 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
17 March 2009Arson/incendiarism48 acresMark Twain National ForestOTTERY CREEK
17 March 1995Debris and open burning32 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Reynolds County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Monterey: 5 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese, Lead. 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 - Asbestos ProspectAsbestosProspect
Unknown - LeadLeadPast Producer
Unknown ManganeseManganesePast Producer
Unknown S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - CopperCopperPast Producer
Unknown CopperCopperPast Producer

Every working recorded in Reynolds County

Storms near this place

3 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Monterey in 3 storm reports between 2018 and 2024: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 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
October 2021Tornado (EF1)Monterey-A tornado touched down just outside of Johnson`s Shut Ins State Park on highway N, east of Black, MO. This tornado snapped the trunks of several large trees along the road before moving into the park where it caused widespread tree damage. Overall, the tornado was rated EF1 with a path length of 1.17 miles and a max path width of 100 yards. No deaths or injuries reported.
January 2018Thunderstorm WindMonterey-Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees onto Highway N about 5 miles east northeast of Black.
April 2024HailMonterey-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Reynolds 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
Munger3.5 miles21
Edgehill4.4 miles19
Pinkley (historical)5.0 miles21
Black5.1 miles19
Lesterville8.2 miles18
Lake Springs8.7 miles18
Oates10.8 miles19
Centerville11.0 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 751140. 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.