BlockMonroe City, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Anahuac census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77514. The Survey maps it on the Monroe City quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1950 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Monroe City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Anahuac quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Monroe City quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
5 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Monroe City between 1996 and 2012, burning about 693 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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/incendiarism | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 67 |
| 13 March 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 20 January 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 95 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 97 |
| 19 January 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 500 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 15 |
| 14 January 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 86 acres | Livingston Area | WOODVILLE - 9015 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Monroe City in 6 storm reports between 1997 and 2021: 2 funnel cloud, 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monroe City | $15,000 | Power lines down along SH 65. |
| August 1997 | Hail | Monroe City | $5,000 | no account filed |
| October 2021 | Funnel Cloud | Monroe City | - | There was a video showing a funnel cloud. |
| August 2017 | Flash Flood | Monroe City | - | Flooding occurred over Texas Roads 61 and 65 just east of Anahuac. |
| February 2013 | Funnel Cloud | Monroe City | - | A brief funnel cloud was sighted by a driver on Interstate 10 between Winnie and Hankamer. |
| August 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Monroe City | - | Tornado near Highway 65 between Monroe City and Winnie. Law enforcement reported no damage or injuries. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anahuac | 5.2 miles | 12 | |
| Turtle Bayou | 5.2 miles | 12 | |
| Hankamer | 5.5 miles | 12 | |
| Eminence | 6.6 miles | 12 | |
| Double Bayou | 6.8 miles | 10 | |
| Wallisville | 9.0 miles | 12 | |
| Oak Island | 10.2 miles | 10 | |
| Stowell | 10.7 miles | 12 |
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 City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6902137 | 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 1341804. 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.
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.