Monroe, Oregon
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Southeast Benton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97456. It stands on Shafer Creek. The Survey maps it on the Monroe quadrangle. 647 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 288 feet above sea level.
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On record in Monroe
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 3 records
Monroe State Bank Buildinglisted 1992
Edwin and Anna Starr Houselisted 1986- Hull-Oakes Lumber Companylisted 1996
Population over time
3 figuresMonroe grew from 607 to 647 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 607 | |
| 2010 | 617 | +10 (+2%) |
| 2020 | 647 | +30 (+5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 19 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.
- 1911 USGS Monroe quadrangle1:31680
- 1922 USGS Monroe quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1939 USGS Monroe quadrangle1:62500
- 1942 USGS Monroe quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Monroe quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Monroe quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Eugene quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Eugene quadrangle1:100000
What the histories say of this town
2,197 words1 chapter about Monroe from the published histories of the county, public domain and reproduced complete.
| Chapter | From | Length |
|---|---|---|
| History | History of Benton County, Oregon (1885) | 2,197 words |
Fires near this place
23 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Monroe between 1992 and 2017, burning about 31 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2014 | Smoking | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | BELLFOUNTAIN |
| 4 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Western Lane District | FERGUSON LAWN |
| 23 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Philomath Unit | CHERRY CREEK |
| 18 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Philomath Unit | HAMMER CR. |
| 13 September 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Western Lane District | J.D.#1 FIRE |
| 22 August 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Western Lane District | BROWNING CREEK |
| 18 August 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Western Lane District | GRANGE FIRE |
| 14 August 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | WIN RIDGE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 24 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Monroe: 17 past producers, 7 producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monroe Sandstone Quarry | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Borgaard Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Lucas Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Lucas Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Melvin Becker | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Melvin Becker Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Monroe Brick & Tile | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Monroe in 4 storm reports between 2006 and 2024: 3 flood, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2024 | Funnel Cloud | Monroe | - | Received a report and image of a funnel cloud via a social media post. No reports of damage. |
| April 2019 | Flood | Monroe | - | The Long Tom River near Monroe crested at 9.1 feet around 4 PM on April 8th, which is 0.1 foot above flood stage. |
| January 2006 | Flood | Monroe | - | no account filed |
| January 2006 | Flood | 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.
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 | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q576754 | 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 1124292. 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.












