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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.

Montreal within Camden County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

59 since 1992

Regional 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 burning24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Arson/incendiarism15
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
4 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.5 acresMissouri Department of Conservation178056-01502-09042018-1220
26 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation261563-01502-09262020-1515
28 August 2000Debris and open burning47 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
28 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined187 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
26 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation261562-01502-08262020-1210
4 May 2014Debris and open burning8.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
25 May 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation179777-01502-05252019-1352
7 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177874-01502-04072018-1143

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Camden County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Nelson Owen Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Robinett DiggingsIronPast Producer
J B Harris DiggingsLead, ZincPast Producer
Jones QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Old Harold MinesLead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown - LeadLeadPast Producer
Unknown - LeadLeadPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Camden County

Storms near this place

27 since 1995

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2003Tornado (F1)Montreal$10,000no account filed
May 2019Thunderstorm WindMontreal$5,000Roofing material from a nearby building was reported in the road at south Highway 7 and Highway E in Montreal.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindMontreal$2,000Thunderstorm winds downed power lines.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindMontreal-Large limbs were reported down.
April 2023HailMontreal-Ping pong ball sized hail was reported.
May 2023HailMontreal-Quarter sized hail was reported.
March 2017HailMontreal-A picture from Facebook showed half dollar size hail.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindMontreal-A picture from social media showed a large tree blown down in a yard near Montreal.
November 2015FloodMontreal-There was water over the roadway at the intersection of Route BB and Pritchett Road.
September 2014Thunderstorm WindMontreal-A picture from social media showed a large tree snapped.
June 2009Flash FloodMontreal-Excessive rain caused flooding over a section of Highway BB.
August 2006Flash FloodMontreal-Heavy rain from thunderstorms caused flash flooding over a few low water crossings in the Montreal area.
May 1995HailMontreal-Large and small hail damaged gardens but no major damage to farm crops was reported.
March 2017HailMontreal-no account filed
March 2008HailMontreal-no account filed
April 2007HailMontreal-no account filed
March 2006HailMontreal-no account filed
September 2006HailMontreal-no account filed
August 2006Thunderstorm WindMontreal-no account filed
April 2004HailMontreal-no account filed
May 2004HailMontreal-no account filed
August 2004HailMontreal-no account filed
August 2003Thunderstorm WindMontreal-no account filed
April 2003HailMontreal-no account filed
May 2002Flash FloodMontreal-no account filed
June 2001Thunderstorm WindMontreal-no account filed
April 1997Thunderstorm WindMontreal-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Camden 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
Hugo4.0 miles13
Toronto4.3 miles22
Wet Glaize4.5 miles13
Freedom4.6 miles22
Decaturville7.1 miles13
Passover7.7 miles22
Linn Creek7.9 miles22
Glaize (historical)8.1 miles14

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 MontrealAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3476697The 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.