Monroe, 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. 19,699 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 72 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresMonroe grew from 17,304 to 19,699 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 | 17,304 | |
| 2020 | 19,699 | +2,395 (+14%) |
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
What the histories say of this town
5,271 words2 chapters about Monroe from the published histories of the county, public domain and reproduced complete.
| Chapter | From | Length |
|---|---|---|
| Snohomish County Washington, Past Achievements, Present Status, Future | Snohomish County Washington, Past Achievements, Present Status, Future Possibilities (1914) | 1,564 words |
| History | History of Snohomish County, Washington, Volume I (1926) | 3,707 words |
Fires near this place
39 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Monroe between 1992 and 2020, burning about 22 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 4 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 | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| 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 |
| 31 August 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | LK FONTAL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 28 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Monroe: 24 past producers, 2 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Maltby Northwest Sand & Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Monroe in 3 storm reports between 2005 and 2010: 1 hail, 1 flood, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2008 | Flood | Monroe | $100,000 | Major flooding on the Snohomish River. |
| June 2010 | Funnel Cloud | Monroe | - | A well defined funnel cloud was reported by a number of local sources with photos and video. Survey team visited the area, talked with witnesses and despite the impressive photos and videos, the team found no evidence the funnel touched down near the honor farm just south of the Monroe correctional facility. The funnel was visible for close to 10 minutes. A second almost horizontal funnel cloud also appeared as the initial one dissipated, but lasted for only about a minute. |
| May 2005 | Hail | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monroe Junction | 0.5 miles | 19 | |
| Fryelands | 2.3 miles | 26 | |
| Woodruff | 2.4 miles | 26 | |
| Wagner | 2.4 miles | 16 | |
| High Rock | 3.0 miles | 19 | |
| Roosevelt | 3.4 miles | 26 | |
| Woods Creek | 4.2 miles | 16 | |
| Pearson Eddy | 4.6 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.
| Wikipedia article on Monroe | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1055861 | 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 1523319. 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.






