Montreal, Missouri
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1933 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Auglaize Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65591. The Survey maps it on the Montreal quadrangle. 119 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,037 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1933 USGS Stoutland quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1938 USGS Stoutland quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1958 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Montreal quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Lebanon quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
59 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Montreal between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,728 acres in total. None started naturally. 15 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 | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.5 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178056-01502-09042018-1220 |
| 26 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 261563-01502-09262020-1515 |
| 28 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | 47 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 28 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 187 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 26 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 261562-01502-08262020-1210 |
| 4 May 2014 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 25 May 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179777-01502-05252019-1352 |
| 7 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177874-01502-04072018-1143 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Montreal: 6 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Lead, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Zinc, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nelson Owen Sand & Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Robinett Diggings | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| J B Harris Diggings | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Jones Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Old Harold Mines | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Lead | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Lead | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
27 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Montreal in 27 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 13 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2003 | Tornado (F1) | Montreal | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montreal | $5,000 | Roofing material from a nearby building was reported in the road at south Highway 7 and Highway E in Montreal. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montreal | $2,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed power lines. |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montreal | - | Large limbs were reported down. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Montreal | - | Ping pong ball sized hail was reported. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Montreal | - | Quarter sized hail was reported. |
| March 2017 | Hail | Montreal | - | A picture from Facebook showed half dollar size hail. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montreal | - | A picture from social media showed a large tree blown down in a yard near Montreal. |
| November 2015 | Flood | Montreal | - | There was water over the roadway at the intersection of Route BB and Pritchett Road. |
| September 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montreal | - | A picture from social media showed a large tree snapped. |
| June 2009 | Flash Flood | Montreal | - | Excessive rain caused flooding over a section of Highway BB. |
| August 2006 | Flash Flood | Montreal | - | Heavy rain from thunderstorms caused flash flooding over a few low water crossings in the Montreal area. |
| May 1995 | Hail | Montreal | - | Large and small hail damaged gardens but no major damage to farm crops was reported. |
| March 2017 | Hail | Montreal | - | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Hail | Montreal | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Montreal | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Montreal | - | no account filed |
| September 2006 | Hail | Montreal | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montreal | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Montreal | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Montreal | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Montreal | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montreal | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Montreal | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Flash Flood | Montreal | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montreal | - | no account filed |
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montreal | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hugo | 4.0 miles | 13 | |
| Toronto | 4.3 miles | 22 | |
| Wet Glaize | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| Freedom | 4.6 miles | 22 | |
| Decaturville | 7.1 miles | 13 | |
| Passover | 7.7 miles | 22 | |
| Linn Creek | 7.9 miles | 22 | |
| Glaize (historical) | 8.1 miles | 14 |
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 Montreal | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3476697 | The 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 722550. 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.






