BlockMontfort, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Rice census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75153. The Survey maps it on the Bazette quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1954 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Bazette quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Corsicana quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
118 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 118 fires within 5 miles of Montfort between 2005 and 2020, burning about 2,220 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 5 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 burning | 57 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 22 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1112231 |
| 8 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1212043 |
| 7 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 09042010 WILDFIRE |
| 27 September 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 13 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | C15-13189 |
| 22 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 16 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | C2020881 |
| 11 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1728274 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Montfort in 2 storm reports between 2012 and 2015: 2 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 2015 | Flood | Montfort | - | Several roads across parts of the county remained closed due to flooding from heavy rains related to Tropical Depression Bill. Water was still flowing over the southbound lanes of Interstate 45 for a few hours after the rain ended. |
| March 2012 | Flood | Montfort | - | Residual flooding continued and many roads remained closed until the morning hours. This was well after the heavy rain had ended. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chatfield | 3.3 miles | 8 | |
| Roane | 3.7 miles | 8 | |
| Tupelo | 4.7 miles | 8 | |
| Bazette | 4.9 miles | 9 | |
| Valley Farms | 6.6 miles | 8 | |
| Powell | 7.4 miles | 9 | |
| Rice | 8.0 miles | 8 | |
| Pettys Chapel | 8.3 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378698. 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.