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Montague, Texas

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Montague-Forestburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76251. It stands on Ritchie Creek. The Survey maps it on the Montague quadrangle. 261 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,070 feet above sea level.

Montague within Montague County

On record in Montague

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

Population over time

2 figures

Montague fell from 304 to 261 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2010304
2020261-43 (-14%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

85 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Montague between 2005 and 2019, burning about 1,019 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 4 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 burning36
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Equipment and vehicle use14
Natural4
Arson/incendiarism4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony2
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
8 September 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
8 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
3 September 2018Debris and open burning4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2018085
13 September 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2010064
4 August 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
31 August 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
30 August 2009Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2009114
24 August 2009Debris and open burning200 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2009107

Every fire recorded in Montague County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Montague: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper. 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
Pevler Spring-1,2,3CopperOccurrence

Every working recorded in Montague County

Storms near this place

41 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Montague in 41 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 27 hail, 11 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado. 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
May 2012Thunderstorm WindMontague$12,000A building on Alamo Road south of Montague sustained roof damage. The metal roof of the building was partially peeled back.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindMontague$10,000Tree damage was reported on a property approximately 1.5 miles north of Montague.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindMontague$10,000Minor wind damage was reported in and around the city.
May 2025HailMontague$7,000Amateur radio operator reported golf ball sized hail in Montague.
May 2025HailMontague$7,000Report from mPING: Golf Ball (1.75 in.).
May 2025HailMontague$7,000Report from mPING: Golf Ball (1.75 in.).
April 2009HailMontague$7,000Hen Egg size hail was reported 1 mile west of Montague.
April 2009HailMontague$7,000Golfball size hail fell in the city of Montague.
June 2009HailMontague$5,000Golfball size hail fell in the city of Montague.
June 2009HailMontague$5,000Golfball size hail fell in the city of Montague.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindMontague$4,000Numerous trees were blown down by high winds.
April 2009HailMontague$3,000Golfball size hail was reported 4 miles north-northwest of the city of Montague.
April 2009HailMontague$3,000Hen Egg size hail was reported 3 miles northwest of the city of Montague.
April 2009HailMontague$3,000Golfball size hail fell 8 miles west of Montague.
March 2022Tornado (EF1)Montague-The tornado began northeast of the city of Montague near Nobile Rd and Fenoglio Rd. Tree damage was observed in this area. The tornado moved northeast, damaging the roof of a home and more trees on Aurelia School Road, and then caused significant damage to a home on Dixie School Road, rendering the house a total loss. The tornado wandered down Dixie School Road where substantial tree damage was observed. The tornado crossed Highway 82 to the east of Nocona. On Old Bonita Rd, a few sheds and small barns sustained damage along with damage to a number of large pecan trees across the area. As the tornado moved northeast it passed through a heavily wooded area with additional tree damage throughout before crossing Redbud Creek. As the tornado crossed FM 1956 a manufactured home in the path was separated from its undercarriage while a nearby single-family home sustained damage to its roof, several windows, and a small barn on the property. Tree damage extended through Saunders Rd to Cottonwood Creek Rd. The tornado tracked all the way to the Red River Bridge on FM 667, but no tree damage was observed on the Oklahoma side of the river. Maximum estimated winds were 110 mph.
May 2019HailMontague-A social media report indicated nickel size hail approximately one-half of a mile west of the city of Montague, TX.
May 2017HailMontague-Emergency management reported quarter-sized hail in the city of Montague, TX.
May 2012HailMontague-Quarter sized hail was reported in Montague.
September 2011Thunderstorm WindMontague-Large trees and tree limbs were also blown down along Alamo Road south of Montague. Several of these trees were rotted inside.
September 2011Thunderstorm WindMontague-Tree limbs with a diameter between 6 and 8 inches were blown down in Montague.
May 2006HailMontague-Penny-size hail was reported on Highway 455 just east of the city.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindMontague-A fruit stand awning was damaged by high winds.
April 2002Thunderstorm WindMontague-Trees were blown down by high winds.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindMontague-Trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds.
May 1997Thunderstorm WindMontague-Trees were blown down by strong winds.
April 1994HailMontague-Thunderstorm winds blew down trees and power lines between Nocona and Spanish Fort.
April 1994Tornado (F0)Montague-An intermittent tornado track extended along Highway 59 between Montague and St. Jo. Fences and power lines were down across the highway, closing it to traffic until the debris could be cleared.
May 1993HailMontague-Tornado with debris between Montague and Saint Jo.
May 1993Tornado (F0)Montague-Tornado with debris between Montague and Saint Jo.
April 2011HailMontague-no account filed
April 2011HailMontague-no account filed
May 2008HailMontague-no account filed
June 2006HailMontague-no account filed
April 2004HailMontague-no account filed
April 2004HailMontague-no account filed
March 2000HailMontague-no account filed
March 2000HailMontague-no account filed
June 1998HailMontague-no account filed
April 1997Thunderstorm WindMontague-no account filed
April 1996HailMontague-no account filed
April 1996HailMontague-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Montague 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
Dye6.5 miles10
Mallard6.7 miles10
Dry Valley7.8 miles10
Salona8.2 miles10
Nocona8.4 miles10
Bonita9.3 miles9
Stoneburg9.8 miles10
Bowie10.0 miles10

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 MontagueAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q976592The 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 1363054. 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.