BlockMonticello, Indiana
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47960. The Survey maps it on the Monticello South quadrangle. 5,508 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 679 feet above sea level.
On record in Monticello
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 4 records
Monticello Carnegie Librarylisted 2013
James Culbertson Reynolds Houselisted 1982
South Grade School Buildinglisted 1985
White County Asylumlisted 2010
Population over time
2 figuresMonticello grew from 5,378 to 5,508 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 | 5,378 | |
| 2020 | 5,508 | +130 (+2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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
- 1962 USGS Monticello South quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Logansport quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Monticello: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keeport Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Prospect |
Storms near this place
31 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Monticello in 31 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 19 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 5 flash flood, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monticello | $100,000 | White County has several trees and power poles down. Reports of damage to houses and buildings. A church in Reynolds lost its steeple. A tree fell into the front room of a house. Siding was blown off a house in Reynolds. A tree fell onto a car in Monticello. |
| November 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monticello | $30,000 | WIDESPREAD DAMAGE OCCURRED TO TREES...POWER LINES...SIGNS AND POWER POLES ACROSS THE TOWN. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monticello | $25,000 | Extensive tree and power line damage reported in town with electric and telephone service out to much of the town. |
| March 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monticello | $5,000 | Emergency management officials reported scattered trees and power lines down around Monticello. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monticello | $5,000 | Trees and powerlines down in Monticello reported by county sheriff department. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monticello | - | Healthy trees fell on power lines. In addition, numerous tree branches of unknown size were down. |
| September 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monticello | - | Emergency management officials reported numerous trees and power lines down across Monticello and surrounding areas. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monticello | - | Law enforcement officials reported trees down across the county. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monticello | - | County officials reported trees and power lines down along Riverview Road. |
| November 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monticello | - | The public reported a tree was uprooted in Monticello. |
| July 2012 | Hail | Monticello | - | A spotter reported nickel size hail, along with wind gusts to 40 mph. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monticello | - | Law enforcement officials reported two trees down as well as a power pole. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monticello | - | Several small trees were down around the Monticello area. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monticello | - | Several large trees down. |
| May 2006 | Tornado (F0) | Monticello | - | As the storms which produced wind damage in and west of Monticello merged and became stronger, resulting in several brief tornado touchdowns along US 24 east of Monticello. Spotters and law enforcement officials reported several weak funnels that would touchdown and lift. The first touchdown occurred just east of Monticello around 315 pm EDT with touchdowns at 320 pm EDT in Idaville and the last touchdown in White county occurring around 325 pm EDT in Burnettsville. Damage was confined to trees and tree limbs at the points of touchdown. The circulation proceeded into extreme western Cass county. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Monticello | - | Pea to nickle size hail was reported mixed with heavy rainfall. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monticello | - | Law enforcement reported numerous trees and power lines down west of Monticello. |
| June 2004 | Flash Flood | Monticello | - | Emergency management reported several roads across the county closed due to water over 2 foot deep flowing across them. |
| August 2004 | Flash Flood | Monticello | - | Emergency management reported flash flooding with a motor home stranded in water and surrounding streets flooded in Monticello. |
| August 2004 | Flash Flood | Monticello | - | Emergency management reported flash flooding with water in homes on the north side of Monticello. |
| August 2004 | Flash Flood | Monticello | - | Law enforcement reported flash flooding with many streets flooded and impassible in Monticello. |
| August 2004 | Flash Flood | Monticello | - | Law enforcement reported flash flooding with widespread street flooding with many locations impassible in Monticello. |
| July 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Monticello | - | Emergency management reported a brief tornado touchdown 5 miles east of Monticello. Several witnesses said the tornado damaged some trees as it was on the ground for a few seconds. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monticello | - | Trees down |
| October 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monticello | - | Law enforcement reported trees down in Monticello. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monticello | - | Numerous trees down and power lines down. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monticello | - | Numerous tree limbs and power lines were downed. Extensive flooding of roads occurred, mainly east of Route 39. |
| August 1993 | Hail | Monticello | - | Trees and power poles were downed east of Monticello. |
| August 2007 | Hail | Monticello | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Monticello | - | no account filed |
| January 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monticello | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Monticello | 0.6 miles | 9 | |
| Norway | 2.3 miles | 9 | |
| Golden Hill | 2.4 miles | 9 | |
| Cedar Point | 2.5 miles | 9 | |
| Indiana Beach | 3.2 miles | 9 | |
| Guernsey | 4.6 miles | 9 | |
| Reynolds | 5.7 miles | 9 | |
| Sitka | 5.8 miles | 9 |
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 Monticello | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2272678 | 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 439369. 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.
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.