Monroe, Ohio
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 2002. It stands in Jefferson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45656. It lies in Slab Hollow. The Survey maps it on the South Webster quadrangle.
Then and now
1912 to 2002The same ground, surveyed 90 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1912 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1912 USGS Oak Hill quadrangle1:62500
- 1912 USGS Oak Hill quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS South Webster quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS South Webster quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Ironton quadrangle1:100000
- 2002 USGS South Webster quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
46 since 1994The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Monroe between 1994 and 2019, burning about 244 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | STATE RT 140 #1 FIRE |
| 24 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 July 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 8586 |
| 7 May 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 May 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 April 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.9 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | SUPERIOR 3 |
| 29 April 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 137 shownMuseums hold 137 specimens collected within 10 miles of Monroe between 1925 and 1973: 105 Fungi, 16 Animalia, 15 Plantae, 1 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. M. Evans, Bartley, F., Beach, S. (Sam) and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.
| Image | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Polyporus dryadeus (Pers.) Fr. | 1925 | G. T. Jones | Mill Hollow, Vermillion River |
![]() | Polyporus semipileatus Peck | 1928 | Walter Phillips | Mill Hollow, Vermillion River |
![]() | Trametes malicola Berk. & M.A.Curtis | 1928 | G. T. Jones | Mill Hollow |
![]() | Inonotus dryadeus (Pers.) Murrill | 1925 | G. T. Jones | Mill Hollow, Vermillion River |
![]() | Campostoma anomalum anomalum | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert) | Little Scioto River, within Ecentral Madison township, near South Webster, Madison township |
![]() | Lythrurus fasciolaris (Gilbert, 1891) | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert) | Little Scioto River, within Ecentral Madison township, near South Webster, Madison township |
![]() | Enteridium rozeanum (Rostaf.) Wingate, 1889 | 1932 | Cooke, William Bridge | Dark Hollow |
![]() | Leptotus muscigenus (Bull.) Maire | 1932 | Cooke, William Bridge | Dark Hollow |
![]() | Mycena alcalina (Fr.) P.Kumm. | 1932 | Cooke, William Bridge | Dark Hollow |
![]() | Mycena corticola (Pers.) Gray | 1932 | Cooke, William Bridge | Dark Hollow |
![]() | Perenniporia ohiensis (Berk.) Ryvarden | 1932 | W. B. Cooke | Dark Hollow, Loveland |
| Chlorociboria Seaver ex C.S.Ramamurthi, Korf & L.R.Batra | 1936 | Cooke, William Bridge | Little Salt Creek |
All 137 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
5 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Monroe: 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory), Limestone, General, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davis Brick Plant #2 | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Oak Hill Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Oak Hill Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Cedar Heights Clay Pits | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Cedar Heights Clay Pits | Clay | Producer |
Storms nearby
4 since 1997The National Weather Service names Monroe in 4 storm reports between 1997 and 2020: 2 hail, 2 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2019 | Flood | Monroe | $4,000 | John Evans road was closed due to flooding. State Route 279 was also closed, due to high water on Symmes Creek. |
| February 2020 | Flood | Monroe | $2,000 | State Route 233 was closed in both directions between Oak Hill and the Gallia County line due to flooding. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Monroe | - | no account filed |
| August 1997 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackfork Junction | 1.5 miles | 11 | |
| Horeb | 3.4 miles | 10 | |
| Hitchcock | 3.4 miles | 10 | |
| Oak Hill | 3.9 miles | 10 | |
| Kitchen | 4.7 miles | 11 | |
| McCoy | 5.8 miles | 10 | |
| Mabee Corner | 5.8 miles | 10 | |
| McKitterick (historical) | 5.9 miles | 10 |
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 Q85786146 | 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 1076418. 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.
Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.
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.




















