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Montrose, Nebraska

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Bowen precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 69346. It stands on Jim Creek. The Survey maps it on the Montrose quadrangle.

Montrose within Sioux County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

12 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Montrose between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,163 acres in total. 10 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
Natural10
Equipment and vehicle use1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
12 September 2017Natural51 acresNebraska National ForestPASTURE 16
9 August 2014Natural1.5 acresNebraska National ForestPASTURE 17
4 August 2009Naturalunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
31 August 2007Natural1.0 acresNebraska National ForestHAT CREEK
27 August 2020Natural85 acresNebraska Forest ServiceBUHR CA
22 August 1995Natural47 acresNebraska National ForestSTONY HILL
10 August 2016Natural937 acresNebraska National ForestMONTROSE
21 July 2012Natural3.0 acresNebraska National ForestPASTURE 21D

Every fire recorded in Sioux County

Storms near this place

23 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Montrose in 23 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 13 thunderstorm wind, 10 hail. 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
July 2010HailMontrose$5,000According to spotter's report, an area from Ardmore, SD to south of the Nebraska state line, house windows were broken by hail. Estimated 60 MPH winds. Car windows broken. Over 1.00 inches of rainfall. Gravel piles along HWY 71 blown across the road. Estimated time of report.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindMontrose-A DOT sensor reported a 62 mph wind gust 18 miles north-northeast of Harrison.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindMontrose-Mesonet station in MONTROSE reported 68mph wind gusts between 424 and 524pm. This site only reports every hour.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindMontrose-RAWS mesonet station Montrose (MTRN1) reported maximum wind gust.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindMontrose-RAWS mesonet station Montrose (MTRN1) measured wind gust.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindMontrose-Measured wind gust from sensor along Highway 71 near the South Dakota border.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindMontrose-The Montrose RAWS sensor recorded a wind gust to 75 MPH.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindMontrose-A trained weather spotter located 22 miles NNE of Harrison reported estimated wind gusts of greater than 60 MPH. A South Dakota State University sensor near Ardmore, SD, just north of the NE/SD state line also recorded a wind gust to 63 MPH.
September 2023HailMontrose-The public reported golf ball sized hail 21 miles WNW of Fort Robinson. Received via mPING.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindMontrose-Winds measured by observation station MTRN1 at Montrose.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindMontrose-Montrose sensor measured the reported wind gust.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindMontrose-RAWS station MTRN1 - Montrose reported wind gust 17 miles north-northeast of Harrison, NE.
August 2019HailMontrose-Spotter's vehicle had window damage along with nearby alfalfa fields flattened and snapped tree limbs.
May 2018HailMontrose-Quarter size hail was observed at Montrose.
May 2016HailMontrose-Quarter size hail was reported at Montrose.
July 2013HailMontrose-Quarter size hail was reported 14 miles northeast of Harrison.
September 2010Thunderstorm WindMontrose-Dime sized hail also reported.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindMontrose-Wind gusts broke off tree limbs up to 2 inches in diameter.
July 2008HailMontrose-Hail from 1.0 up to 1.75 inches in diameter reported.
June 2018HailMontrose-no account filed
May 2018Thunderstorm WindMontrose-no account filed
August 2011HailMontrose-no account filed
July 2009HailMontrose-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Sioux 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
Five Points10.0 miles8
Joder10.4 miles8
Story11.1 miles8
Orella12.3 miles8
Harrison18.2 miles8
Andrews20.1 miles8
Glen23.1 miles8
Agate34.8 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 835623. 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.

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.