Monroe Center, Wisconsin
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Monroe town. It lies in ZIP code area 54613. The Survey maps it on the Arkdale quadrangle. It stands 945 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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.
- 1955 USGS Green Bay quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Arkdale quadrangle1:48000
- 1967 USGS Arkdale quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Wisconsin Rapids quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
128 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 128 fires within 5 miles of Monroe Center between 1992 and 2018, burning about 155 acres in total. None started naturally. 16 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 41 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Other causes | 6 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | BIGHORN FIRE #3 |
| 5 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | BIGHORN FIRE #4 |
| 5 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | BIGHORN FIRE #2 |
| 5 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | BIGHORN FIRE #1 |
| 21 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 August 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 August 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.4 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
11 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Monroe Center in 11 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 6 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monroe Center | $65,000 | Public reported fallen mature pine trees and power outages near Monroe Center. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monroe Center | $65,000 | Public reported fallen mature pine trees and power outages in Monroe Center. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monroe Center | $30,000 | Trees were blown down east of Monroe Center where at least one house was damaged when a tree fell on it. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monroe Center | $25,000 | An estimated 70 mph wind gust occurred near Monroe Center. Several trees were blown down near Petenwell Lake and in Monroe Center. Some of these trees landed on houses in Monroe Center. Power lines were also taken down by the storm. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monroe Center | $3,000 | Trees were blown down in Petenwell County Park. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monroe Center | $1,000 | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Hail | Monroe Center | - | Quarter sized hail fell in Monroe Center. |
| December 2015 | Heavy Rain | Monroe Center | - | A total of 4.94 inches of rain fell. |
| October 2011 | Hail | Monroe Center | - | The hail covered the ground. |
| October 2011 | Hail | Monroe Center | - | Up to golf ball sized hail fell just east of Monroe Center. |
| May 1995 | Hail | Monroe Center | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strongs Prairie | 4.0 miles | 8 | |
| Arkdale | 6.5 miles | 8 | |
| Roche a Cri (historical) | 6.9 miles | 7 | |
| Big Flats | 7.0 miles | 7 | |
| Cottonville | 8.0 miles | 7 | |
| New Rome | 8.0 miles | 8 | |
| Dellwood | 8.8 miles | 10 | |
| New Rome (historical) | 9.9 miles | 7 |
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 Center | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6902130 | 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 1569658. 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.
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.



