Montfort, Wisconsin
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Montfort Village. It lies in ZIP code area 53569. The Survey maps it on the Montfort quadrangle. 705 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,109 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1902 USGS Mineral Point quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1952 USGS Montfort quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1976 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Dubuque North quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Montfort between 2002 and 2019, burning about 124 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 May 2009 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 100 acres | Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest | BLOCKHOUSE |
| 21 April 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 13 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 March 2019 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | HWY I |
| 23 March 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 March 2003 | Debris and open burning | 9.8 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 March 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 25 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Montfort: 11 past producers, 11 unknowns, 3 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Lead, Lead, Zinc, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jones and Snow Mine | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Jones and Snow Mine | Iron, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Steppler Farm Prospect | Copper, Zinc, Lead | Occurrence | ||
| Red Jacket Mine | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | 1906 | |
| St.Anthony Mine | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Prospect Near Blue River | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect Near Blue River | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Centerville Mine | Zinc, Lead | Unknown | Sphalerite | |
| Johns Mine | Zinc, Lead | Unknown | Sphalerite | |
| Kroll Mine | Zinc, Lead | Unknown | Sphalerite |
Storms near this place
14 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Montfort in 14 storm reports between 1998 and 2026: 7 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2005 | Lightning | Montfort | 1 hurt | no account filed |
| September 2025 | Hail | Montfort | $62,000 | A storm chaser reported 2 inch diameter hail 2 mile south of Montfort. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montfort | $58,000 | Three mobile homes were pushed off their foundations southwest of Montfort. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montfort | $40,000 | no account filed |
| March 2017 | Hail | Montfort | $28,000 | Ping pong ball sized hail fell in Montfort. The hail shredded the siding on one side of a house. |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montfort | $10,000 | Emergency management reported a hog barn damaged 3 miles west-southwest of Montfort. |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montfort | $1,500 | no account filed |
| April 2026 | Hail | Montfort | - | The public reported dime sized hail near Montfort. This report was relayed via mPING. |
| September 2025 | Hail | Montfort | - | Emergency management reported quarter sized hail 1 mile north of Montfort. The report was relayed via NWS Chat. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montfort | - | An estimated 60 mph wind gust occurred in Montfort. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montfort | - | An estimated 80 mph wind gust occurred in Montfort. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Montfort | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Montfort | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Montfort | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Centerville | 3.1 miles | 10 | |
| Livingston | 4.9 miles | 13 | |
| Preston | 6.0 miles | 15 | |
| Annaton | 6.9 miles | 15 | |
| Castle Rock | 7.4 miles | 10 | |
| Arthur | 8.7 miles | 14 | |
| Lancaster Junction | 9.6 miles | 15 | |
| Stitzer | 10.5 miles | 15 |
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 Montfort | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1974923 | The 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 1569677. 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.






