Montier, Missouri
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Montier Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65438. The Survey maps it on the Montier quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1945 USGS Montier quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Montier quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS West Plains quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Montier quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
41 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Montier between 1992 and 2017, burning about 1,242 acres in total. None started naturally. 13 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 burning | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 23 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 387 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | RENEGAR |
| 15 July 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 25 June 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Ozark National Scenic River | HAYFIELD WF |
| 5 May 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 80 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 124130-09100-05052015-1430 |
| 9 April 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 40 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 April 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 36 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 April 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Montier: 8 past producers, 3 prospects, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Bryson Bank | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Clarence Ballance Land | Iron | Past Producer | 1914 | |
| Cutler Land | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Esther B. Detwiler Land | Iron | Occurrence | Surface | |
| Fisher-Melton Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1954 | |
| Garrison Tract | Iron | Occurrence | Limonite | |
| Lola Farrar Prospect | Iron | Prospect | Surface |
Storms near this place
9 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Montier in 9 storm reports between 2004 and 2025: 4 flood, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montier | $25,000 | Several power lines were reported down. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montier | $5,000 | A tree was blown down and struck a house off State Highway T. |
| April 2025 | Flash Flood | Montier | - | Route T between 687 Street and Route TT was flooded and impassable. |
| March 2023 | Flood | Montier | - | State Highway MM was closed due to heavy rainfall and flooding of a low water area. |
| March 2023 | Flood | Montier | - | State Highway T at the Spring Creek was flooded and impassable. |
| October 2019 | Hail | Montier | - | Hail to the size of quarters and winds up to 50 mph were reported. |
| November 2015 | Flood | Montier | - | Highway MM was closed between Highway T and Highway 99 due to flooding of Spring Creek. |
| June 2013 | Flood | Montier | - | Route T was closed. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montier | - | Severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed a few trees near the community of Montier. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teresita | 2.8 miles | 12 | |
| Congo (historical) | 3.6 miles | 12 | |
| Birch Tree | 4.4 miles | 14 | |
| Not | 6.3 miles | 12 | |
| Tin Roof (historical) | 6.9 miles | 19 | |
| Bartlett | 8.6 miles | 22 | |
| Oakside | 9.2 miles | 19 | |
| Buckhart Springs (historical) | 11.2 miles | 22 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 722548. 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.






