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Monarch, Montana

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Monarch-Neihart census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59463. It lies in Monarch Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Monarch quadrangle. 26 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,560 feet above sea level.

Monarch within Cascade County

On record in Monarch

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

15 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Monarch between 1995 and 2020, burning about 1,688 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None 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
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Recreation and ceremony3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Debris and open burning1

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 2006Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHelena - Lewis and Clark National ForestCAMPFIRE
3 September 2001Misuse of fire by a minor1,684 acresHelena - Lewis and Clark National ForestMONARCH
14 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHelena - Lewis and Clark National ForestDRY FORK
8 August 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMeagher CountyHERIUM
7 August 2010Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreHelena - Lewis and Clark National ForestMILE MARKER 49
7 August 2010Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreHelena - Lewis and Clark National ForestMILE MARKER 50.5
26 August 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreHelena - Lewis and Clark National ForestCANYON CAFE
9 July 2017Naturalunder an acreHelena - Lewis and Clark National ForestBELT PARK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cascade County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Monarch: 1 prospect, 1 occurrence, 1 unknown, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Iron, Iron, Stone, Dimension, Gold. 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
Albright GroupGold, IronProspect
Hurricane and TornadoIronOccurrence1887
Monarch Stone QuarryStone, DimensionUnknown
Tiger MineGold, SilverPast Producer

Every working recorded in Cascade County

Storms near this place

21 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Monarch in 21 storm reports between 1993 and 2016: 14 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 wildfire, 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 2016HailMonarch-A thunderstorm dropped 1 inch diameter hail at Monarch.
June 2016HailMonarch-A thunderstorm dropped 1 inch diameter hail at Monarch.
August 2016HailMonarch-A thunderstorm dropped 1 inch diameter hail at Monarch 5SSE and at Neihart 7NW.
July 2016HailMonarch-A thunderstorm dropped 1.75 inch diameter hail at Monarch.
July 2014Heavy RainMonarch-Heavy rain, measuring about .75 inches in 30 minutes, was reported.
August 2013HailMonarch-Hail measuring 1.00 inches (quarter sized) was reported 1 mile SSE of Monarch, MT.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindMonarch-High winds estimated at 52KT (60MPH) were reported 4 mi N of Monarch, MT.
June 2011Flash FloodMonarch-Heavy rain from a thunderstorm resulted in the closure of U.S. Highway 89 at Mile Marker 11 near Monarch.
May 2011FloodMonarch-KFBB reports flooding of Belt Creek in the Monarch area and Dry Fork Creek along Hughesville Road. One house about a foot under water. Bridge wiped out. Restaurant parking lot half flooded.
July 2009HailMonarch-A thunderstorm dropped 1.75 inch diameter hail at Monarch 3S.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindMonarch-A severe thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 60 mph at Monarch 18W.
June 2007HailMonarch-A severe thunderstorm dropped 2 inch diameter hail at Monarch. The hail damaged numerous car windshields and house windows.
June 2007HailMonarch-A severe thunderstorm dropped 1.75 inch diameter hail at Monarch 4N.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindMonarch-Actual spotter location Monarch 3 N.
July 2001HailMonarch-Actual spotter location Monarch 10 N (reported as Raynesford 5 W).
June 2005HailMonarch-no account filed
September 2001WildfireMonarch-no account filed
June 1997HailMonarch-no account filed
June 1996HailMonarch-no account filed
June 1996HailMonarch-no account filed
August 1993HailMonarch-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cascade 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
Michigan Settlement (historical)2.8 miles14
Albright (historical)6.8 miles14
Riceville9.5 miles14
Centerville (historical)10.6 miles16
Neihart12.6 miles20
Blythe14.0 miles15
Evans14.4 miles12
Calvert16.3 miles11

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 MonarchAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6897972The 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 787548. 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.