Monitor, Washington
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 2003. It stands in the Cashmere census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98836. It lies near Fairview Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Monitor quadrangle. It stands 715 feet above sea level.
On record in Monitor
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 1 record
West Monitor Bridgelisted 1982
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1913 USGS Wenatchee quadrangle1:62500
- 1915 USGS Wenatchee quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1920 USGS Colockum Pass quadrangle1:125000
- 1922 USGS Colockum Pass quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Wenatchee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Monitor quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1975 USGS Wenatchee quadrangle1:100000
- 2003 USGS Monitor quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
67 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Monitor between 1992 and 2020, burning about 19,500 acres in total. 30 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 30 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 54 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | HORSE LAKE ROAD |
| 8 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | BURCH MEADOW |
| 8 September 2012 | Natural | 7,548 acres | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | CANYON |
| 4 September 2016 | Smoking | 20 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | HORSE LAKE |
| 3 September 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | HAY |
| 22 September 2014 | Natural | 46 acres | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | YAKSUM |
| 18 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Spokane District | EAST VIEW |
| 13 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | RATTLER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 29 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Monitor: 20 past producers, 5 occurrences, 2 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica, Copper, Tin. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mac Dougal Canyon | Pumice | Past Producer | ||
| Monitor | Tin | Occurrence | ||
| Radio Claims | Gold, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Riverview Prospect | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Shotwell Road | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Starnose | Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| Wallace | Silver, Gold | Prospect | Electrum | |
| Boyles | Silica | Occurrence | ||
| Burch Mountain No 1 | Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Burch Mountain No 2 | Silica | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Monitor in 4 storm reports between 2003 and 2026: 2 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2013 | Flash Flood | Monitor | $50,000 | Several flash floods and debris flows across a three mile stretch of Mission Creek Road from milepost 4 to milepost 7. Damage costs were estimated. |
| June 2022 | Flash Flood | Monitor | $20,000 | Flash flooding and mudflow from the red apple burn scar impacted the Milhlom Lane area of Monitor, WA. |
| March 2026 | Flood | Monitor | $2,000 | EM reported Wenatchee River rerouted in a spot following December 2025 flood. Current river levels are resulting in flooding near Sleepy Hollow Road. Time and exact location estimated. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monitor | $2,000 | Scattered thunderstorms over the east slopes of the Cascade Mountains produced gusty winds. A gust from a thunderstorm was measured at 44 mph. This wind gust damaged the roof of a home sun room addition. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cashmere | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| Sunnyslope | 4.4 miles | 16 | |
| West Wenatchee | 4.5 miles | 16 | |
| Olds | 5.0 miles | 16 | |
| Wenatchee | 7.2 miles | 16 | |
| Dryden | 8.4 miles | 17 | |
| Appleyard | 8.7 miles | 16 | |
| Wenatchee Heights | 11.2 miles | 15 |
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 Monitor | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6900465 | 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 1523315. 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.







