Monona, Iowa
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Monona Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52159. The Survey maps it on the Monona quadrangle. 1,471 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,214 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresMonona fell from 1,549 to 1,471 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,549 | |
| 2020 | 1,471 | -78 (-5%) |
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.
- 1903 USGS Waukon quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Monona quadrangle1:24000
- 1976 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Decorah quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Monona between 2014 and 2018, burning about 21 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 | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 April 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Monona: 3 producers, 1 past producer, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doerring Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Gisleson Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Mohs Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Spook Cave | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Zurcher Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
33 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Monona in 33 storm reports between 1996 and 2026: 17 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 3 funnel cloud, 3 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | Hail | Monona | $225,000 | The public reported tennis ball sized hail near Monona. |
| July 2022 | Flash Flood | Monona | $50,000 | Runoff from heavy rains caused some flash flooding to occur across northeast Clayton County. Flood waters from Bloody Run Creek took out a bridge in the Bloody Run County Park west of Marquette. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monona | $35,000 | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monona | $15,000 | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monona | $12,000 | no account filed |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monona | $10,000 | Numerous trees and power lines were blown down just east of Monona. The strong winds also impacted some corn fields. |
| September 2016 | Flash Flood | Monona | $10,000 | Sections of County Highway B45 were washed out near Monona. Sandbagging occurred in Farmersburg to protect the community from flood waters on Howard Creek. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monona | $5,000 | Shingles were blown off a house in Monona. |
| May 2000 | Hail | Monona | $5,000 | no account filed |
| September 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monona | $4,000 | Large trees and power lines were knocked down and power outages were reported near Monona. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monona | $3,000 | Power lines were blown down in Monona. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monona | $3,000 | Power lines were blown down and trees damaged in Monona. |
| April 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monona | $3,000 | According to the Monona Outlook, damaging winds from thunderstorms knocked down trees and power lines in the town of Monona. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monona | $2,000 | Trees were blown down in Monona. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monona | $1,500 | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monona | $1,500 | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monona | $1,500 | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monona | $1,000 | Power lines and a few large trees were blown down. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monona | - | The public measured a wind gust of 66 mph in Monona. |
| March 2020 | Hail | Monona | - | Quarter sized hail was reported in Monona. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monona | - | An estimated 65 mph wind gust occurred in Monona. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Monona | - | Half dollar sized hail fell in Monona. |
| August 2017 | Funnel Cloud | Monona | - | A funnel cloud was filmed briefly near Monona, IA as non-severe thunderstorms moved along Highway 18 towards Wisconsin. |
| July 2016 | Heavy Rain | Monona | - | The COOP observer in Monona measured 4.87 inches of rain. |
| December 2015 | Heavy Rain | Monona | - | A total of 3.84 inches of rain fell. Other totals in the county included 3.03 at Elkader 6SSW and 2.80 inches near Strawberry Point. |
| July 2012 | Heavy Rain | Monona | - | In a half hour, 1.75 inches of rain fell in Monona. |
| July 2010 | Flood | Monona | - | Officers reported street flooding in the town of Monona. |
| March 2020 | Hail | Monona | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Monona | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Monona | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Funnel Cloud | Monona | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Funnel Cloud | Monona | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monona | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valdora (historical) | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| Luana | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Watson | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Beulah | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| Froelich | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Hardin | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Giard | 6.2 miles | 13 | |
| Farmersburg | 6.3 miles | 12 |
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 Monona | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1926368 | 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 459174. 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.






