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Monmouth, Iowa

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Monmouth Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52309. The Survey maps it on the Wyoming East quadrangle. 129 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 755 feet above sea level.

Monmouth within Jackson County

Population over time

2 figures

Monmouth fell from 153 to 129 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
2010153
2020129-24 (-16%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

19 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Monmouth between 2007 and 2018, burning about 114 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 burning8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Equipment and vehicle use3

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
9 July 2012Debris and open burning2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
22 April 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
22 April 2018Debris and open burning25 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
19 April 2015Debris and open burning3.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
19 April 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresIowa Department of Natural Resources1450 50TH AVE, IOWA
14 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Monmouth: 7 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Flagstone, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Maquoketa PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownFlagstonePast Producer
Baldwin MinesLeadPast ProducerGalena
Main Baldwin DiggingsLeadPast ProducerGalena
Mineral Creek DiggingsLeadPast ProducerGalena
UnknownLeadPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jackson County

Storms near this place

10 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Monmouth in 10 storm reports between 2002 and 2023: 5 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2023HailMonmouth-Report gathered through mping.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindMonmouth-Widespread straight-line winds that produced extensive damage were reported throughout Jackson County, associated with a derecho. These winds lasted around an hour in total at any one location, even though the initial line of storms moved out quickly. Damaging straight-line winds continued and were associated with the rear inflow jet. Maximum wind speeds were estimated to be 60 to 80 MPH for much of the county with winds of 80 to 100 MPH across the southern two thirds of the county These estimates were determined based off damage reports. The duration of strong winds caused extensive damage to trees, powerlines, crops, and structures in their path. The widespread damage also resulted in long duration power outages.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindMonmouth-A NWS employee reported large branches were downed by the high wind.
June 2014Flash FloodMonmouth-A trained spotter reported major stream flooding on Bears Creek due to 5.20 inches of rain.
June 2011HailMonmouth-Quarter sized hail fell 1 mile north of Monmouth, IA at 930 pm CDT June 8.
August 2008HailMonmouth-Penny-sized hail fell in Monmouth, IA at 724 am August 3.
April 2007Thunderstorm WindMonmouth-Extensive tree damage occurred in Monmouth. Trees were uprooted and numerous branches were blown down. In addition, power lines were downed by the strong winds.
March 2006HailMonmouth-dime size hail
June 2002Flash FloodMonmouth-Monmouth Post Office and City Hall workers had to evacuate due to high water surrounding the building.
May 2011HailMonmouth-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jackson 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
Baldwin2.0 miles17
Millrock2.6 miles17
Nashville5.2 miles17
Ozark (historical)5.6 miles17
Emeline6.0 miles17
East Canton6.1 miles17
West Iron Hills6.5 miles17
Buckhorn6.8 miles17

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 MonmouthAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1926214The 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 459172. 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.