Monroe, Utah
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Monroe census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84754. It lies near Sand Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Annabella quadrangle. 2,515 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,394 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 City Halllisted 1985
Monroe Presbyterian Churchlisted 1980
Soren Simonsen Houselisted 1982
Population over time
2 figuresMonroe grew from 2,256 to 2,515 between 2010 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,256 | |
| 2020 | 2,515 | +259 (+11%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1885 USGS Beaver quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1940 USGS Monroe quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1944 USGS Monroe quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Richfield quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Richfield quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Annabella quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Richfield quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 2001 USGS Annabella quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
94 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 94 fires within 5 miles of Monroe between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,751 acres in total. 68 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 68 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2020 | Firearms and explosives use | under an acre | Central Area | JOE TOWN |
| 5 September 2019 | Natural | 18 acres | Richfield Field Office | MINI GOLF |
| 5 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Fishlake National Forest | THOMPSON BASIN RD |
| 30 September 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Fishlake National Forest | SCRUB FLAT WFU |
| 28 September 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Fishlake National Forest | TROGDOR |
| 27 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Central Area | WASHBURN |
| 24 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Richfield Field Office | RIVER BOTTOM 2 |
| 22 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Fishlake National Forest | SAND CANYON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 26 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Monroe: 11 past producers, 9 producers, 3 occurrences, 2 prospects. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese, Geothermal. 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 Hot Springs | Geothermal | Unknown | ||
| Georgia | Manganese | Past Producer | 1918 | |
| Jumbo Prospect | Manganese | Prospect | 1940 | |
| Noonday Prospect | Manganese | Past Producer | Pyrolusite | |
| Noonday Prospect | Manganese | Prospect | 1940 | |
| Richfield | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Elsinore Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Gravel | |
| Elsinore Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Utah Dept Highways Pit 21006 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Utah Dept Highways Pit 21007 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
10 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Monroe in 10 storm reports between 1997 and 2020: 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 wildfire, 1 hail, 1 flood. The reports record 1 death. 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 1997 | Wildfire | Monroe | 1 killed, $20,000 | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Flood | Monroe | $150,000 | The Sevier River at Sigurd peaked at 1728 cfs on June 1st, then remained above flood stage for more than a week after that as it slowly receded. Many roads across Sevier county continued to be impacted and damaged, including State Road 118 between Joseph and Monroe, the Sevier River Road between Central Valley and Annabella, and Seegmiller Lane near Richfield. In addition, flood waters seeped into about a dozen homes, while threatening more than a dozen others. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monroe | $10,000 | A strong thunderstorm ripped through the Sevier Valley, knocking down a 200-foot section of building in Richfield, and blowing down large trees in Monroe. The strongest recorded wind gust was 48 mph (42 kts), but stronger gusts likely occurred with this storm. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monroe | - | Signal Peak RAWS station reported a peak wind gust of 60 mph. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monroe | - | A peak wind gust of 60 mph was recorded by the Signal Peak sensor. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monroe | - | The Monroe sensor recorded a peak wind gust of 64 mph. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monroe | - | The Signal Peak RAWS recorded a peak wind gust of 60 mph. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monroe | - | The Signal Peak RAWS recorded a maximum wind gust of 59 mph. |
| July 2001 | Hail | Monroe | - | Monroe reported 3/4" hail from a severe thunderstorm. |
| March 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | 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 Q483264 | 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 1443556. 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.







