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Montserrat, Missouri

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Montserrat Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65336. The Survey maps it on the Knob Noster quadrangle.

Montserrat within Johnson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 23 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.

In the county-history sources

297 words on this township

History of Johnson County, Missouri, published 1918 names this settlement in its chapter on Montserrat Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

"Montserrat" was an old world name given to the town by James A. Gallaher wdien he laid it out. The township received the same name. Montserrat is on the main line of the Missouri Pacific railroad about six miles east of Warrensburg. It is in section 13, township 46. range 25 and was laid out August 24. 1870, by John A. Gallaher. It is in the midst of a valuable coal field and coal has been mined in this vicinity for a number of years. Mines were first worked about 1863. the first mining being done in drifts along the Clear Fork creek. The first shafts were sunk in this vicinity in 1866 by the Missouri Pacific Railroad Coal Company and other companies and private individuals have operated here with varying degrees of success for the past fifty years. In the earlv historv of the village of ^Montserrat. the following were among the first business men: W. H. Anderson, was a carpenter and justice of the peace; C. B. Baker kept a saloon, and was also postmaster; Thomas Boyd was a merchant and coal operator: John A. Gallaher was a coal operator: Dr. John W. Gallaher was a physician: Dr. J. L. Lea was also a physician : Lea & Gallaher kept a drug store : Lea & Mayes kept a grocery store: S. J. LaRue also kept a grocery store; H. B. McCracken was a drayman; and D. S. Williams kept a butcher shop. J. C. Cooper (colored, an ex-Union soldier and a good man) was one of the pioneer blacksmiths. There seems to have been a surplus of saloons in the town in the early days. In addition to the postmaster, John Gibson, George James and George Penn kept saloons here at the same time.

Passage source: History of Johnson County, Missouri, published 1918.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Montserrat Township.

Fires near this place

40 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Montserrat between 2003 and 2020, burning about 247 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Debris and open burning7
Equipment and vehicle use5
Recreation and ceremony2
Other causes2
Arson/incendiarism1
Smoking1

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
9 September 2003Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
8 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined21 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
5 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
5 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
25 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.1 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177832-05130-09252018-1508
2 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177643-05130-09022018-1203
10 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177655-05130-09102018-1345
9 August 2018Smokingunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177511-05130-08092018-1447

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Johnson 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 Montserrat: 7 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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
Boyd Shale PitClayPast Producer
Montserrat QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Johnson County

Storms near this place

8 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Montserrat in 8 storm reports between 1996 and 2019: 4 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 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
June 2019Thunderstorm WindMontserrat-A trained spotter reported 63 mph measured wind near Warrensburg.
July 2015Flash FloodMontserrat-Highway 50 flooded due to Bear Creek flowing over the roadway.
March 2014HailMontserrat-Also reported 60 to 70 mph winds and small tree branches down.
March 2014Thunderstorm WindMontserrat-Small tree limbs were knocked down.
March 2006Tornado (F0)Montserrat-F0 tornado touched down at 1951 CST in rural areas with minimal damage. The tornado crossed into Pettis county at 2002 CST.
March 2014HailMontserrat-no account filed
May 2009HailMontserrat-no account filed
May 1996HailMontserrat-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Johnson 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
Carbon Hill0.8 miles23
Knob Noster3.4 miles23
Bristle Ridge4.6 miles20
Warrensburg6.1 miles22
Valley City6.3 miles23
Pertle Springs6.5 miles20
Blackwater (historical)6.5 miles22
Burtville6.8 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 729779. 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.