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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.

Montier within Shannon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

41 since 1992

Regional 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 burning19
Arson/incendiarism13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
3 September 2001Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
23 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined387 acresMissouri Department of ConservationRENEGAR
15 July 1997Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
25 June 2009Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresOzark National Scenic RiverHAYFIELD WF
5 May 2015Arson/incendiarism80 acresMissouri Department of Conservation124130-09100-05052015-1430
9 April 2000Arson/incendiarism40 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 April 2011Arson/incendiarism36 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 April 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shannon County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Bryson BankIronProspect
Clarence Ballance LandIronPast Producer1914
Cutler LandIronPast Producer
Esther B. Detwiler LandIronOccurrenceSurface
Fisher-Melton MineIronPast Producer1954
Garrison TractIronOccurrenceLimonite
Lola Farrar ProspectIronProspectSurface

Every working recorded in Shannon County

Storms near this place

9 since 2004

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2019Thunderstorm WindMontier$25,000Several power lines were reported down.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindMontier$5,000A tree was blown down and struck a house off State Highway T.
April 2025Flash FloodMontier-Route T between 687 Street and Route TT was flooded and impassable.
March 2023FloodMontier-State Highway MM was closed due to heavy rainfall and flooding of a low water area.
March 2023FloodMontier-State Highway T at the Spring Creek was flooded and impassable.
October 2019HailMontier-Hail to the size of quarters and winds up to 50 mph were reported.
November 2015FloodMontier-Highway MM was closed between Highway T and Highway 99 due to flooding of Spring Creek.
June 2013FloodMontier-Route T was closed.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindMontier-Severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed a few trees near the community of Montier.

Every storm recorded in Shannon 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
Teresita2.8 miles12
Congo (historical)3.6 miles12
Birch Tree4.4 miles14
Not6.3 miles12
Tin Roof (historical)6.9 miles19
Bartlett8.6 miles22
Oakside9.2 miles19
Buckhart Springs (historical)11.2 miles22

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.