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Monroe, Oklahoma

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Cameron census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74947. It stands on Cowskin Creek. The Survey maps it on the Heavener quadrangle. 164 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 531 feet above sea level.

Monroe within Le Flore County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

89 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of Monroe between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9,984 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 51 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
Arson/incendiarism51
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Debris and open burning9
Natural3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
5 September 2000Natural1,000 acresOklahoma Division of ForestryCOWSKIN CANYON
19 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,800 acresOklahoma Division of ForestrySUGARLOAF
13 September 2017Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
13 September 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestry10337
5 August 2006Natural10 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20427
30 August 2010Equipment and vehicle use17 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 August 2007Equipment and vehicle use7.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20189
17 August 2004Arson/incendiarism10 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20351

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Le Flore County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Monroe: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Chandler Clay MineClayProducer

Every working recorded in Le Flore County

Storms near this place

5 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Monroe in 5 storm reports between 2008 and 2022: 3 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2011Thunderstorm WindMonroe$5,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large tree limbs and power lines.
April 2011Tornado (EF0)Monroe$5,000A tornado damaged the roof of a permanent home and snapped large tree limbs. Maximum estimated wind in the tornado based on this damage was about 85 mph.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindMonroe-Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindMonroe-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees onto Highway 83 in Monroe.
March 2008HailMonroe-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Le Flore County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Trestle Ford1.9 miles21
Gilmore4.2 miles16
Neff6.8 miles16
Howe7.0 miles17
Poteau7.1 miles16
Forest Hill7.1 miles17
Sorrels7.3 miles16
Sugar Creek7.4 miles21

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 MonroeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6902101The 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 1095479. 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.