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Decorative drawing: a small American settlement seen from a low hill. Not a photograph of this place.

Montreal, Ohio

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Fayette Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45680. The Survey maps it on the Catlettsburg quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Montreal within Lawrence County

Then and now

1901 to 1982

The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Montreal (historical), surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Montreal (historical), surveyed 1901

Topographic sheets covering this place

23 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 nearby

33 since 2001

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Montreal (historical) between 2001 and 2020, burning about 97 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 burning21
Recreation and ceremony5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Arson/incendiarism2
Other causes1

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
8 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 September 2002Arson/incendiarism10 acresOhio State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
17 September 2015Debris and open burning4.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources2204
26 June 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources8485
13 June 2017Other causesunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources8526
1 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources13907
14 April 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources7990
13 April 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources7987

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lawrence County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 887 shown

Museums hold 887 specimens collected within 10 miles of Montreal (historical) between 1840 and 1972: 630 Animalia, 117 Fungi, 117 Plantae, 20 Protozoa, 2 Unrecorded, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Archer W. A., BARBOUR, DOUGLAS I, BARUCH and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.

Image SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Microsphaera alni (DC.) G.WinterMicrosphaera alni (DC.) G.Winter1892W.A. KellermanSymmes Creek
Specimen of Coleosporium inconspicuum (Long) Hedgc.Coleosporium inconspicuum (Long) Hedgc.1926G. G. HedgcockIronton
A photograph of the species Polanisia dodecandra, not of this specimenPolanisia dodecandra (L.) DC.1840Short, C.W.along Ohio River
A photograph of the species Eragrostis reptans, not of this specimenEragrostis reptans (Michx.) Nees1880T Meehan
A photograph of the species Carpiodes cyprinus, not of this specimenCarpiodes cyprinus (Lesueur, 1817)1888C. Gilbert & J. HenshallBig Sandy River, near mouth
A photograph of the species Polytrichum ohioense, not of this specimenPolytrichum ohioense Renauld & Cardot1892W. C. WernerIronton
A photograph of the species Isoperla bilineata, not of this specimenIsoperla bilineata (Say, 1823)1899Nathan Banks
A photograph of the species Notropis blennius, not of this specimenNotropis blennius (Girard, 1856)1899Osburn, R. C. (Raymond Carroll)Ice Creek, at Ironton, ~0.6 mi SW of Coal Grove, Upper township
A photograph of the species Cambarus bartonii, not of this specimenCambarus bartonii (Fabricius, 1798)1900not recordedGuyandotte River
A photograph of the species Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae, not of this specimenGymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae Schwein.1903Beale J. M.Guyandotte
A photograph of the species Coniothyrium fuckelii, not of this specimenConiothyrium fuckelii Sacc.1904Brooks Fred E.Huntington
A photograph of the species Venturia inaequalis, not of this specimenVenturia inaequalis (Cooke) G.Winter1904Brooks F. E.Huntington

All 887 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

10 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Montreal (historical): 6 past producers, 2 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Clay, Sulfur. 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
Armco Steel/ Ashland, Ky.IronUnknown
Ashland Oil/ Catlettsburg, Ky.SulfurUnknown
Brammer Const Co Pit No 2ClayProducer
Huntington Alloys Rolling MillNickelProducer
Burlington PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Burlington PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Jerrys Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Jerrys Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Wilson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Wilson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lawrence 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
Sulphur Springs1.0 miles23
Lincoln Park1.0 miles23
Brayfield1.9 miles23
Howell2.1 miles23
Burlington2.1 miles23
Brookdale2.2 miles23
Hyland2.2 miles23
Walnut Park2.2 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1067445. 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.

Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.

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.