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One of 43 National Register listings published here for Cascade County · listed in 2020 · category: District.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Monarch Depot Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2020.
The listing
- Address. 10 Montana Ave., Monarch, 59463
- When was it listed? November 2020
- Category. district
- Census division. Monarch-Neihart
- National Register reference number. 100005745 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
15 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Monarch Depot Historic District 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/distribution | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest | CAMPFIRE |
| 3 September 2001 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1,684 acres | Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest | MONARCH |
| 14 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest | DRY FORK |
| 8 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Meagher County | HERIUM |
| 7 August 2010 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest | MILE MARKER 49 |
| 7 August 2010 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest | MILE MARKER 50.5 |
| 26 August 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest | CANYON CAFE |
| 9 July 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest | BELT PARK |
Mines and quarries near this property
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Monarch Depot Historic District: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albright Group | Gold, Iron | Prospect | ||
| Hurricane and Tornado | Iron | Occurrence | 1887 | |
| Monarch Stone Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Unknown | ||
| Tiger Mine | Gold, Silver | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
21 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Monarch, the town this property stands in, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2016 | Hail | Monarch | - | A thunderstorm dropped 1 inch diameter hail at Monarch. |
| June 2016 | Hail | Monarch | - | A thunderstorm dropped 1 inch diameter hail at Monarch. |
| August 2016 | Hail | Monarch | - | A thunderstorm dropped 1 inch diameter hail at Monarch 5SSE and at Neihart 7NW. |
| July 2016 | Hail | Monarch | - | A thunderstorm dropped 1.75 inch diameter hail at Monarch. |
| July 2014 | Heavy Rain | Monarch | - | Heavy rain, measuring about .75 inches in 30 minutes, was reported. |
| August 2013 | Hail | Monarch | - | Hail measuring 1.00 inches (quarter sized) was reported 1 mile SSE of Monarch, MT. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monarch | - | High winds estimated at 52KT (60MPH) were reported 4 mi N of Monarch, MT. |
| June 2011 | Flash Flood | Monarch | - | Heavy rain from a thunderstorm resulted in the closure of U.S. Highway 89 at Mile Marker 11 near Monarch. |
| May 2011 | Flood | Monarch | - | 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 2009 | Hail | Monarch | - | A thunderstorm dropped 1.75 inch diameter hail at Monarch 3S. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monarch | - | A severe thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 60 mph at Monarch 18W. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Monarch | - | A severe thunderstorm dropped 2 inch diameter hail at Monarch. The hail damaged numerous car windshields and house windows. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Monarch | - | A severe thunderstorm dropped 1.75 inch diameter hail at Monarch 4N. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monarch | - | Actual spotter location Monarch 3 N. |
| July 2001 | Hail | Monarch | - | Actual spotter location Monarch 10 N (reported as Raynesford 5 W). |
| June 2005 | Hail | Monarch | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Wildfire | Monarch | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Monarch | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Monarch | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Monarch | - | no account filed |
| August 1993 | Hail | Monarch | - | no account filed |
Map coverage status
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Listed places nearby
1 within 8 milesOther National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albright Historic District | 6.7 miles | 2025 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100005745 in Record Group 79. |
| Cascade County | All 43 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- 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.