BlockMonroe, Indiana
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Lauramie Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47905. The Survey maps it on the Mulberry quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1953 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Mulberry quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Lafayette quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
14 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Monroe between 2002 and 2005, burning about 8 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 21 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 20 September 2004 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 2 July 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 12 July 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 28 May 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 28 May 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 6 April 2004 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Monroe in 4 storm reports between 2003 and 2015: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2015 | Tornado (EF1) | Monroe | $30,000 | NWS survey revealed EF1 damage with approximately 97 mph winds in the southeast portion of Tippecanoe County, south of the intersection of Highway 52 and County Road 900 South. Observed damage included a collapsed garage, downed trees, and at least one home with vinyl siding removed. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monroe | $2,000 | A tree was downed on a power line due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| December 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monroe | $600 | Large trees of approximately 300 years in age and 90 year old cedar trees were uprooted, a playground that was cemented into the ground was lifted and carried away, two large steel doors on a full-size barn were ripped off...with one door being deposited atop the barn and the other 8 acres away, and a riding lawn mower was tossed about 10 feet. |
| May 2003 | Hail | Monroe | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stockwell | 1.9 miles | 9 | |
| Clarks Hill | 2.8 miles | 9 | |
| Wyandot | 4.1 miles | 10 | |
| Gladens Corner | 5.3 miles | 9 | |
| North Crane | 5.4 miles | 9 | |
| Concord | 5.4 miles | 9 | |
| Dayton | 6.3 miles | 9 | |
| Pettit | 9.2 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 439339. 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.