Manila, Arkansas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Big Lake Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72442. The Survey maps it on the Manila North quadrangle. 3,682 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 240 feet above sea level.
On record in Manila
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 2 records
Herman Davis Memoriallisted 1995
Jonesboro, Lake City & Eastern Railroad Depotlisted 1997
Population over time
2 figuresManila grew from 3,342 to 3,682 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3,342 | |
| 2020 | 3,682 | +340 (+10%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1941 USGS Manila quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Manila quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Manila North quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Jonesboro quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Manila in 2007, burning under an acre in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 June 2007 | Smoking | under an acre | Central Arkansas Refuges Complex | LEVEE FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
35 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Manila in 35 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 16 thunderstorm wind, 11 hail, 6 flash flood, 2 tornado. The reports record 2 deaths and 12 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1998 | Tornado (F4) | Manila | 2 killed, 12 hurt, $350,000 | The tornado began just west of Manila and tracked northeast. The tornado demolished or heavily damaged several homes including some mobile homes. Two children were killed in one of these mobile homes. The tornado continued northeast flattening a discount department store and an gas station/food mart. Three small factory and machine shop buildings as well as a furniture store were destroyed. Several other buildings were seriously damaged. The tornado reached the main residential section of Manila destroying several homes. Numerous trees and power lines were also blown down. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manila | $15,000 | Roof damage and powerlines downed at the intersection of Beauchamp Street and West Lake Street. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manila | $15,000 | An old house trailer was destroyed in Dyess. Several trees and power lines were knocked down across the county. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manila | $10,000 | Several trees and power lines were blown down. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manila | $10,000 | Two large trees and several power lines were blown down. |
| January 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manila | $10,000 | Several power lines and power poles were blown down in the south part of Manila. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manila | $5,000 | Some trees were blown down. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manila | $5,000 | A few trees were knocked down. |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manila | $5,000 | Some trees and power lines were blown down. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manila | $2,000 | Downed trees along Buttercup Lane in Manila. |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manila | $2,000 | A tree was knocked down on to power poles in Manila. |
| March 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manila | $2,000 | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Manila | $1,500 | no account filed |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manila | $1,000 | Uprooted tree at Manila Housing Authority. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manila | $1,000 | A single tree was knocked down on Sandusky Lane. |
| June 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Manila | $1,000 | A tornado briefly touched down near Manila. A portion of a cotton field was destroyed. A couple of trees were blown down. |
| October 2003 | Flash Flood | Manila | $1,000 | Several streets were covered with water. |
| January 1999 | Flash Flood | Manila | $1,000 | Heavy rains during the evening hours produced scattered flash flooding across the county. Several roads were flooded during the early morning hours. |
| July 1997 | Flash Flood | Manila | $1,000 | A few houses had water in them. Several roads had water over them. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manila | $1,000 | A few power lines were blown down. |
| July 1997 | Flash Flood | Manila | $1,000 | Three inches of rain in 30 minutes produced flash flooding in Manila. Several roads were closed and water reached into a few homes. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manila | $1,000 | A few power lines were blown down. |
| February 2005 | Hail | Manila | $100 | no account filed |
| March 2005 | Hail | Manila | $10 | no account filed |
| October 2003 | Hail | Manila | $10 | no account filed |
| March 2025 | Hail | Manila | - | Quarter sized hail in Manila. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Manila | - | Nickel-sized hail was observed in Manila. |
| August 2018 | Flash Flood | Manila | - | Flooding of low lying areas and some county roads around Mississippi County. |
| March 2016 | Flash Flood | Manila | - | Heavy rain produced flash flooding in Manila. Water over six inches deep was common in the residential areas of Manila. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manila | - | Straight line winds destroyed two camper trailers and a boat near Manila. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Manila | - | no account filed |
| March 2017 | Hail | Manila | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Manila | - | no account filed |
| December 2010 | Hail | Manila | - | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Hail | Manila | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Lake | 2.4 miles | 11 | |
| Brown (historical) | 3.1 miles | 11 | |
| Pettyville | 3.4 miles | 11 | |
| Shady Grove | 3.5 miles | 11 | |
| Poplar Corner | 3.6 miles | 11 | |
| Roseland | 4.2 miles | 11 | |
| Shonyo (historical) | 5.4 miles | 11 | |
| Buckeye | 5.5 miles | 11 |
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 Manila | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q79626 | 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 77588. 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.





