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Monticello, Utah

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Monticello census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84535. It stands on North Creek. The Survey maps it on the Monticello South quadrangle. 1,824 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 7,070 feet above sea level.

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Monticello within San Juan County

On record in Monticello

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

Population over time

2 figures

Monticello fell from 1,972 to 1,824 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.

YearPeople Change
20101,972
20201,824-148 (-8%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 20 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

47 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Monticello between 1993 and 2018, burning about 85 acres in total. 32 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
Natural32
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Debris and open burning4
Fireworks1
Arson/incendiarism1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
25 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined50 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSMOKEY
17 September 1999Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsMUDDY 2
12 September 2017Naturalunder an acreMoab Field OfficeMONTICELLO
1 September 1996Naturalunder an acreManti-Lasal National ForestLLOYD
8 August 2002Naturalunder an acreMoab Field OfficeHALFWAY HO
4 August 2000Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBAILEY
4 August 2000Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsLAGOON
4 August 2000Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsPALMER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Juan County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Monticello: 8 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Utah Dept Highways Pit No. 19020Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Utah Dept Highways Pit No. 19021Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Utah Dept of Highways Pit No 19020Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Utah Dept of Highways Pit No 19021Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Utah Dept of Highways Pit No 19022Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Utah Dept of Highways Pit No 19023Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Utah Dept. of Highways Pit No. 19022Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Utah Dept. of Highways Pit No. 19023Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments

Every working recorded in San Juan County

Storms near this place

41 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Monticello in 41 storm reports between 1996 and 2022: 11 heavy rain, 7 hail, 6 flash flood, 6 wildfire. 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
June 2009LightningMonticello$100,000Lightning struck an oil battery, heavily damaging two large oil tanks and other equipment.
July 1996Flash FloodMonticello$50,000no account filed
August 2013Heavy RainMonticello$40,000Heavy rainfall of nearly three quarters of an inch was reported in the southwest part of Monticello which led to localized street flooding. Heavier amounts of precipitation fell in other portions of the city which also led to flooding of basements.
October 2006FloodMonticello$10,000Persistent moderate to heavy rainfall resulted in widespread flooding and flash flooding across much of east central and southeast Utah, including San Juan County and Canyonlands National Park. In Canyonlands National Park many roads and trails were closed due to heavy rains and flooding. Around Needles Outpost, Highway 211 among other roads and trails were inundated with mud and water that made them impassable.
August 2003Flash FloodMonticello$10,000no account filed
June 2001Thunderstorm WindMonticello$2,500no account filed
June 2022Funnel CloudMonticello-A funnel cloud was spotted from Monticello looking towards the Abajo Mountains.
September 2021Funnel CloudMonticello-A funnel cloud was spotted roughly in the vicinity of Monticello.
June 2020HailMonticello-A severe thunderstorm produced large hail estimated to be the size of golf balls in Monticello.
June 2020HailMonticello-A severe thunderstorm produced large hail measured to be the size of half dollars in Monticello.
July 2018Heavy RainMonticello-Thunderstorms produced 1.03 inches of rain within a couple of hours.
July 2015Funnel CloudMonticello-A funnel cloud developed over the east side of Monticello.
September 2013Heavy RainMonticello-Rainfall of 2.22 inches fell within a 6 hour period at Cedar Point. About 1.50 inches of that rainfall occurred within 45 minutes beginning around 12:30 MST in the afternoon. Minor flooding was reported in the area.
September 2013Flash FloodMonticello-Runoff from heavy rain in the Monticello area created flash flooding, with flowing water at least 6 inches deep across country roadways just south of Monticello.
September 2013HailMonticello-The majority of the hail that fell was around quarter size, with a few hail stones a bit larger.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindMonticello-no account filed
August 2006Funnel CloudMonticello-no account filed
May 2005Funnel CloudMonticello-no account filed
September 2005Heavy RainMonticello-no account filed
December 2004Heavy RainMonticello-no account filed
July 2004Heavy RainMonticello-no account filed
August 2004Heavy RainMonticello-no account filed
August 2004Heavy RainMonticello-no account filed
October 2004Flash FloodMonticello-no account filed
October 2004HailMonticello-no account filed
September 2003Flash FloodMonticello-no account filed
September 2003Heavy RainMonticello-no account filed
August 2003Heavy RainMonticello-no account filed
September 2002FloodMonticello-no account filed
July 2002Flash FloodMonticello-no account filed
July 2002Heavy RainMonticello-no account filed
August 2001Funnel CloudMonticello-no account filed
September 2000HailMonticello-no account filed
September 2000HailMonticello-no account filed
July 2000WildfireMonticello-no account filed
July 2000WildfireMonticello-no account filed
August 2000WildfireMonticello-no account filed
August 2000WildfireMonticello-no account filed
August 2000WildfireMonticello-no account filed
June 1999WildfireMonticello-no account filed
September 1999HailMonticello-no account filed

Every storm recorded in San Juan 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
Verdure5.9 miles20
Eastland12.0 miles21
Ucolo14.8 miles21
Blanding18.5 miles21
Indian Village21.1 miles27
White Mesa28.8 miles20
La Sal Junction30.5 miles25
La Sal30.8 miles29

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 MonticelloAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q130063The 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 1443568. 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.