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Monona, Wisconsin

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Monona City. It lies in ZIP code area 53716. It stands on Nine Springs Creek. The Survey maps it on the Madison East quadrangle. 8,624 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 879 feet above sea level.

Monona within Dane County

On record in Monona

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 6 records

Population over time

2 figures

Monona grew from 7,533 to 8,624 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
20107,533
20208,624+1,091 (+14%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 23 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

37 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Monona between 2018 and 2020, burning about 16 acres in total. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Arson/incendiarism4
Debris and open burning3
Recreation and ceremony3
Natural1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1

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
6 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources256
28 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1824118
17 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2021851
9 August 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources242
3 August 2019Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1919678
3 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1818632
29 August 2020Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2020209
24 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2019797

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dane County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Monona: 5 producers, 3 unknowns, 1 past producer. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. 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
Fess QuarryStoneUnknown
John Hensen QuarryStoneUnknown
Kampmeier QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Milwaukee Street QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Williams QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Blooming Grove PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Engelhart Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Norway Grove Gravel PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Yanggen PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Dane County

Storms near this place

28 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Monona in 28 storm reports between 1996 and 2026: 16 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 2 dust devil. 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
April 2006HailMonona$5,550,000Hail size ranged from 1.50 to 3.00 inches in diameter.
April 2006HailMonona$5,550,000no account filed
June 1996Flash FloodMonona$1,600,000no account filed
July 2008Thunderstorm WindMonona$40,000Powerful thunderstorm wind gusts toppled several large trees and broke branches that brought down some power-lines. One home had its living room and bedroom windows and wall damaged by a toppled large tree.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindMonona$20,000no account filed
June 2022Thunderstorm WindMonona$15,000Numerous trees and power poles down.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindMonona$15,000Hurricane force wind gusts to 71 knots (82 mph) produced tree and power line damage 4.0 miles northeast of Monona.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindMonona$7,000Several trees down including one tree on a house.
July 2024Flash FloodMonona$2,000Localized flash flooding of streets on the east side of Madison and north to Warner Park.
March 2011Dust DevilMonona$500no account filed
April 2026HailMonona-Public report of 1.5 inch diameter hail east of Maple Bluff.
April 2026HailMonona-Trained spotter reports 2 inch diameter hail northeast of Monona.
April 2026HailMonona-Trained spotter reports 2 inch diameter hail north of Monona.
April 2026HailMonona-Trained spotter reports 2.75 inch diameter hail northeast of Monona.
August 2013Dust DevilMonona-A dust devil moved from land to the Lake Monona shoreline and tipped over a Pontoon boat and the hoist that it was sitting on. Pier damage also occurred.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindMonona-Trees down.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindMonona-Multiple trees down.
May 2025HailMonona-no account filed
November 2022HailMonona-no account filed
July 2022HailMonona-no account filed
September 2022HailMonona-no account filed
April 2011HailMonona-no account filed
May 2011HailMonona-no account filed
June 2011HailMonona-no account filed
March 2007HailMonona-no account filed
May 2006Thunderstorm WindMonona-no account filed
April 2002HailMonona-no account filed
October 1996HailMonona-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dane 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
Tonyawatha0.6 miles23
Ethelwyn Park1.6 miles23
Elmside2.1 miles23
Highland Manor2.6 miles23
South Madison2.8 miles25
Lake Waubesa2.9 miles23
Warrens Addition3.2 miles25
Preglers Addition3.5 miles25

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 MononaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1569998The 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 1569653. 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.