Monroe Junction, Washington
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Monroe census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98272. It stands on Woods Creek. The Survey maps it on the Monroe quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 19 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.
- 1921 USGS Sultan quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1923 USGS Sultan quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Monroe quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Monroe quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Wenatchee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Skykomish River quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Monroe quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
42 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Monroe Junction between 1992 and 2020, burning about 24 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Fireworks | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 21 September 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 20 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | THE KING |
| 10 September 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | WEST KING LAKE |
| 10 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | POWERLINE |
| 1 September 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | VAN BROCKLIN RD. |
| 7 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | OLD PAINT |
| 4 August 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | CHAPEL |
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 Monroe Junction: 24 past producers, 3 producers, 2 occurrences. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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 Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Monroe Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Aaa Diorite Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Spec Rock Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Sultan | Uranium | Occurrence | Unknown | |
| Sultan | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Builders Supply Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Connelly Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hewitt Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Joplin Paving Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monroe | 0.5 miles | 19 | |
| Wagner | 2.1 miles | 16 | |
| Fryelands | 2.7 miles | 26 | |
| Woodruff | 2.7 miles | 26 | |
| High Rock | 3.2 miles | 19 | |
| Roosevelt | 3.6 miles | 26 | |
| Woods Creek | 3.7 miles | 16 | |
| Pearson Eddy | 4.8 miles | 19 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122555589 | 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 1523322. 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.






