Monarch, Wyoming
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Sheridan West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82839. It stands on South Dry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Monarch quadrangle. It stands 3,655 feet above sea level.
On record in Monarch
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 1 record
ECR Kooi Bridgelisted 1985
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1895 USGS Dayton quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Dayton quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Sheridan quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sheridan quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Sheridan quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Monarch quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Burgess Junction quadrangle1:100000
- 1979 USGS Burgess Junction quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
37 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Monarch between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,742 acres in total. 5 started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2014 | Fireworks | 40 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | MP 15.50 I-90 EAST BOUND |
| 8 September 1998 | Natural | 210 acres | Casper Field Office | IVY |
| 14 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 13 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 13 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.2 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 25 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Sheridan County | HIGHWAY 338 |
| 18 August 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 15 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Monarch: 3 producers, 1 occurrence. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Pumice, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guernsey Stone Quarry | Pumice | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Clay | Producer | ||
| Tongue River Stone Co | Stone | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kleenburn | 1.2 miles | 15 | |
| Acme | 2.7 miles | 11 | |
| Ranchester | 6.8 miles | 15 | |
| Sheridan | 8.4 miles | 13 | |
| Beckton | 11.8 miles | 17 | |
| Dayton | 12.2 miles | 15 | |
| Wolf | 14.1 miles | 15 | |
| Powder Horn | 14.6 miles | 13 |
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 Monarch | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6897975 | 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 1597415. 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.







