Monroe Center, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Green Lake Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49637. It lies near Pierce Hill. The Survey maps it on the Buckley quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1954 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Kingsley quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Buckley quadrangle1:25000
- 1983 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
37 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Monroe Center between 1992 and 2020, burning about 319 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 were 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 | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 August 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 August 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | 18410 - 2018 |
| 6 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 July 2002 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 July 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GRAND TRAVERSE 04 LOCKMAN |
| 13 July 2010 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GRAND TRAVERSE 03 - HOOSIER VALLEY |
| 1 July 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BLAIR TOWNSHIP FD 0000132 - 2018 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Monroe Center: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beeman Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Kidder Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Peters Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Monroe Center in 2 storm reports between 2012 and 2013: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monroe Center | $11,000 | Tents were blown down and camper awnings were damaged at the Northwest Michigan Fair. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monroe Center | $10,000 | Winds downed trees and caused property damage along Red Cardinal Lane and Adam Lane off of Blair Town Hall Road. Windows were blown out of a home, where the roof was damaged and lost an antenna. Fencing was also blown over. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hilltop | 2.2 miles | 12 | |
| Grawn | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| Hannah | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| Pavlovic Corner | 4.3 miles | 15 | |
| Interlochen | 4.3 miles | 15 | |
| Chums Corners | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| Karlin | 5.2 miles | 15 | |
| Wexford Corner | 7.0 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617728. 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.





