Monroe City, Indiana
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Harrison Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47557. The Survey maps it on the Monroe City quadrangle. 502 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 522 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresMonroe City fell from 545 to 502 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 | 545 | |
| 2020 | 502 | -43 (-8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1944 USGS Monroe City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Monroe City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Storms near this place
28 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Monroe City in 28 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 15 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 4 flash flood, 1 tornado. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2002 | Tornado (F2) | Monroe City | 2 hurt, $1,000,000 | no account filed |
| April 2025 | Flash Flood | Monroe City | $50,000 | Law enforcement unit reports water over Old Bruceville Rd near Church Rd. Total rainfall was between 2.25 and 2.75 inches. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monroe City | $25,000 | Multiple reports of trees and powerlines downed by thunderstorm wind gusts across the southern portions of the county. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monroe City | $10,000 | Power outages caused by thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monroe City | $10,000 | A home was damaged in the vicinity of Monroe City by straight-line winds. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monroe City | $5,000 | Several trees were uprooted in town due to strong thunderstorm wind gusts and a saturated ground. |
| June 2007 | Flood | Monroe City | $5,000 | The Monroe City fire department estimated water as deep as two feet on numerous roadways across the city. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monroe City | $4,000 | Trees limbs fell on a vehicle and a fence due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monroe City | $3,000 | Decaying thunderstorm's winds downed large, healthy trees onto Grant Street in Monroe City. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monroe City | $3,000 | A tree was reported down on a house near Blue Jeans Community Center. No information on damage was given. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monroe City | $2,000 | Tree of unknown size downed by thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monroe City | $2,000 | A tree was downed, along with power lines, near the intersection of 8th and Johnson Streets due to damaging thundersorm wind gusts. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monroe City | $1,000 | Trees downed. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monroe City | $1,000 | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monroe City | $500 | Tree limbs were downed along State Route 61 due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monroe City | $500 | Tree limbs were reported down, along with 45 to 50 mph thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| May 2010 | Flash Flood | Monroe City | $500 | Heavy rain caused flash flooding on State Road 61, south of Monroe City. |
| July 2012 | Hail | Monroe City | - | Dime to nickel sized hail observed in this location. |
| May 2006 | Flash Flood | Monroe City | - | Water was over Highway 61 in Monroe City. No property damage was reported. |
| July 2015 | Hail | Monroe City | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Monroe City | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Monroe City | - | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Hail | Monroe City | - | no account filed |
| November 2005 | Hail | Monroe City | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monroe City | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Flash Flood | Monroe City | - | no account filed |
| March 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monroe City | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Monroe City | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Five Points | 0.5 miles | 13 | |
| Wheatland | 4.1 miles | 14 | |
| Verne | 4.2 miles | 18 | |
| Willis | 4.3 miles | 13 | |
| Pond Creek Mills | 4.4 miles | 13 | |
| Ridgleville | 5.1 miles | 14 | |
| Fritchton | 5.8 miles | 18 | |
| Iona | 7.7 miles | 14 |
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 Monroe City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2208850 | 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 439342. 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.
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.





