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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.

Monroe within Snohomish County

Population over time

2 figures

Monroe 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.

YearPeople Change
201017,304
202019,699+2,395 (+14%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 19 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.

What the histories say of this town

5,271 words

2 chapters about Monroe from the published histories of the county, public domain and reproduced complete.

ChapterFrom Length
Snohomish County Washington, Past Achievements, Present Status, FutureSnohomish County Washington, Past Achievements, Present Status, Future Possibilities (1914)1,564 words
HistoryHistory of Snohomish County, Washington, Volume I (1926)3,707 words

Fires near this place

39 since 1992

Regional 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 ceremony15
Debris and open burning8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Fireworks4
Arson/incendiarism4
Natural2

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
23 September 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
21 September 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
20 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersTHE KING
10 September 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersWEST KING LAKE
10 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersPOWERLINE
1 September 2004Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersVAN BROCKLIN RD.
7 August 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersOLD PAINT
31 August 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersLK FONTAL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Snohomish County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 28 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Monroe PitClayProducer
Monroe QuarryStone, DimensionPast Producer
Spec Rock QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
SultanUraniumOccurrenceUnknown
SultanUraniumOccurrence
Builders Supply PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Connelly PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hewitt PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Joplin Paving Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Maltby Northwest Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Snohomish County

Storms near this place

3 since 2005

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
November 2008FloodMonroe$100,000Major flooding on the Snohomish River.
June 2010Funnel CloudMonroe-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 2005HailMonroe-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Snohomish 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
Monroe Junction0.5 miles19
Fryelands2.3 miles26
Woodruff2.4 miles26
Wagner2.4 miles16
High Rock3.0 miles19
Roosevelt3.4 miles26
Woods Creek4.2 miles16
Pearson Eddy4.6 miles19

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 MonroeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1055861The 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.