Monico, Wisconsin
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Monico town. It lies in ZIP code area 54501. The Survey maps it on the Monico quadrangle. It stands 1,601 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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.
- 1940 USGS Monico quadrangle1:48000
- 1950 USGS Monico quadrangle1:48000
- 1954 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Monico quadrangle1:24000
- 1989 USGS Rhinelander quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
36 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Monico between 1992 and 2020, burning about 181 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 August 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 August 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 July 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 July 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Monico: 10 past producers, 3 occurrences, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zinc, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wolf River Prospect | Zinc, Copper | Unknown | ||
| Mars Lake Gravel Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Mars Lake Gravel Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Monico Creek Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Monico Gravel Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Monico Gravel Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Monico Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Mud Creek Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Neptune Creek Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Pelican Lake Gravel Deposit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
5 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Monico in 5 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monico | $25,000 | no account filed |
| May 1994 | Hail | Monico | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monico | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Monico. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monico | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Monico. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Monico | - | Quarter size hail fell southeast of Monico. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pelican Lake | 5.3 miles | 10 | |
| Gagen | 6.0 miles | 9 | |
| Lennox | 6.3 miles | 9 | |
| Jennings | 6.5 miles | 9 | |
| Pratt Junction | 6.5 miles | 10 | |
| Starks | 6.9 miles | 9 | |
| Malvern | 7.2 miles | 9 | |
| Enterprise | 7.7 miles | 10 |
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 Monico | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6900126 | 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 1569652. 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.





