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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.

Monitor within Chelan County

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

67 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural30
Recreation and ceremony11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Debris and open burning5
Fireworks4
Smoking1
Other causes1
Arson/incendiarism1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
9 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined54 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersHORSE LAKE ROAD
8 September 2019Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersBURCH MEADOW
8 September 2012Natural7,548 acresOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestCANYON
4 September 2016Smoking20 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersHORSE LAKE
3 September 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestHAY
22 September 2014Natural46 acresOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestYAKSUM
18 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSpokane DistrictEAST VIEW
13 September 1996Naturalunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestRATTLER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chelan County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 29 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Mac Dougal CanyonPumicePast Producer
MonitorTinOccurrence
Radio ClaimsGold, SilverProspect
Riverview ProspectCopperOccurrence
Shotwell RoadStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
StarnoseLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
WallaceSilver, GoldProspectElectrum
BoylesSilicaOccurrence
Burch Mountain No 1SilicaPast Producer
Burch Mountain No 2SilicaPast Producer

Every working recorded in Chelan County

Storms near this place

4 since 2003

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2013Flash FloodMonitor$50,000Several 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 2022Flash FloodMonitor$20,000Flash flooding and mudflow from the red apple burn scar impacted the Milhlom Lane area of Monitor, WA.
March 2026FloodMonitor$2,000EM 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 2003Thunderstorm WindMonitor$2,000Scattered 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.

Every storm recorded in Chelan 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
Cashmere3.7 miles13
Sunnyslope4.4 miles16
West Wenatchee4.5 miles16
Olds5.0 miles16
Wenatchee7.2 miles16
Dryden8.4 miles17
Appleyard8.7 miles16
Wenatchee Heights11.2 miles15

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 MonitorAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6900465The 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.