Montrose, Missouri
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Deepwater Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64770. It lies near The Mound. The Survey maps it on the Montrose quadrangle. 383 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 837 feet above sea level.
On record in Montrose
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 2 records
- C. M. and Vina Clark Houselisted 1997
- St. Ludger Catholic Churchlisted 1998
Population over time
2 figuresMontrose fell from 384 to 383 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 384 | |
| 2020 | 383 | -1 (-0%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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.
- 1887 USGS Clinton quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Clinton quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Harry S Truman Reservoir quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
9 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Montrose between 2014 and 2018, burning about 140 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 August 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 139871-04226-04072016-1700 |
| 16 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 24 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178019-04226-04162018-1900 |
| 31 March 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 15 March 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 122497-04200-03152015-1150 |
| 11 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 10 March 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 84 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 2 February 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Montrose: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Hat Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Montrose Quarry #4 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
16 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Montrose in 16 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 7 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 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 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montrose | $500,000 | A series of downbursts flipped one mobile home and heavily damaged at least six barns between Montose and just south of Deepwater. |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montrose | - | Downed power lines and outages reported near 1601 Road northwest of Montrose. |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montrose | - | Downed power lines and outages reported near 1601 Road northwest of Montrose. |
| September 2023 | Hail | Montrose | - | Quarter size hail was reported near Montrose. |
| September 2008 | Flash Flood | Montrose | - | High waters were reported to cover the majority of Highway K in Montrose. |
| January 2005 | Flash Flood | Montrose | - | K Highway near Montrose was flooded. |
| May 2004 | Flash Flood | Montrose | - | RA Highway closed just east of 18 Highway due to high water. K Highway also closed. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montrose | - | Large trees reported down. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montrose | - | Power poles and lines were downed at the intersection of Highways K and 18. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Montrose | - | Golfball-size hail was reported in Montrose by the Henry County Sheriff's office. |
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montrose | - | no account filed |
| March 2003 | Hail | Montrose | - | no account filed |
| March 2003 | Hail | Montrose | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Montrose | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Hail | Montrose | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Montrose | - | 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.
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 Montrose | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q957383 | 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 722551. 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.








