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Manly, Iowa

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Lincoln Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50456. The Survey maps it on the Manly quadrangle. 1,256 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,201 feet above sea level.

Manly within Worth County

Population over time

2 figures

Manly fell from 1,323 to 1,256 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
20101,323
20201,256-67 (-5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 7 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

12 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Manly between 2006 and 2020, burning about 33 acres 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Debris and open burning1

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
4 July 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 July 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 June 2017Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
17 June 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resources1496 370TH ST., MANLY, IOWA
13 June 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 May 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
12 May 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Worth County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Manly: 6 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Jaspers PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Shell Rock QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Stevens QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Worth County

Storms near this place

48 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Manly in 48 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 20 hail, 14 thunderstorm wind, 8 flash flood, 4 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 1999Flash FloodManly$1,100,000no account filed
June 2018Flash FloodManly$100,000Law enforcement reported several county gravel roads closed around the town of Manly, with one road washed out south of Highway 9 on Mallard Ave.
June 2013Flash FloodManly$100,000Many roads impassable and washed out across the county especially in areas around Manly and areas south of HWY 9 and 410th st south to the county line.
June 2008Flash FloodManly$100,000Flooding was reported near Manly, including water over the road near Highway 9 and Thrush Ave. Four to 6 inches of water was reported over Highway 9 east of Manly.
July 1999Flash FloodManly$100,000no account filed
July 2016Thunderstorm WindManly$50,000Delayed report from morning storms. KWWL reported a derailed train due to high winds. Time radar estimated.
June 2008Flash FloodManly$50,000Water was reported over numerous locations across Worth County, including near 3642 Spruce, and near Highway 9...Yarrow Ave...340th and 350th St. between Highway 65 and Partridge Ave.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindManly$25,000Worth County EM reports widespread damage around Manly with trees and branches down and corn flattened to the ground.
April 2001Thunderstorm WindManly$15,000no account filed
July 2016Thunderstorm WindManly$10,000Trained spotter reported four trees 6 to 8 inches wide and one tree 10 to 12 inches wide down. Time estimated by radar and other reports.
July 2013Flash FloodManly$10,000Water was over Mallard Avenue near 350th St.
July 2013Flash FloodManly$10,000Water was over 350th near Lark Avenue.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindManly$10,000Damage was done to the roof of a bar and siding of another business in Manly.
May 2013HailManly$10,000no account filed
August 2007Thunderstorm WindManly$10,000no account filed
December 2021Thunderstorm WindManly$5,000Public reported damage to shed or outbuilding east of Manly. Time estimated from radar.
July 2013HailManly$5,000Five minutes of ping pong hail was followed by 10 minutes of dime to quarter size hail.
May 2004HailManly$5,000no account filed
July 1997LightningManly$5,000no account filed
June 1994Thunderstorm WindManly$5,000no account filed
September 2000HailManly$3,000no account filed
September 2000HailManly$3,000no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindManly$3,000no account filed
July 2008Thunderstorm WindManly$2,000Several 5 to 8 inch diameter tree limbs down.
April 2001Thunderstorm WindManly$2,000no account filed
April 1998HailManly$2,000no account filed
June 2013HailManly$1,000Public report was relayed by KIMT TV in Mason City.
July 2013HailManly$1,000Large hail along with 0.60 of rain.
April 2008HailManly$1,000no account filed
April 2004HailManly$1,000no account filed
September 2000HailManly$1,000no account filed
September 2000HailManly$1,000no account filed
September 2000HailManly$1,000no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindManly$1,000no account filed
July 1998Thunderstorm WindManly$1,000no account filed
June 1998HailManly$1,000no account filed
June 1998HailManly$500no account filed
June 2024Heavy RainManly-Public report via social media of 3.18 inches of rain overnight.
May 2018HailManly-Trained spotter reported estimated nickel sized hail. Time was estimated from radar.
June 2018Heavy RainManly-Public reported heavy rainfall of 5.00 inches.
April 2017HailManly-Local fire department employee reported up to quarter sized hail 2 N of Plymouth.
April 2017HailManly-Emergency manager relayed reports of quarter sized hail just south of Manly on Highway 65.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindManly-Emergency manager reported trees down in Manly. This is a delayed report and time estimated from radar.
July 2013Heavy RainManly-The rainfall since 0800 was 4.3 inches.
May 2012Funnel CloudManly-Funnel cloud with two to three gustnadoes reported. Brief appearance with rotating wall cloud.
July 2009Heavy RainManly-Worth County EM relayed 3.5 inches of rain overnight with 2.5 of it falling in 20 minutes.
June 2001HailManly-no account filed
May 2000HailManly-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Worth 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
Glade4.4 miles7
Kensett4.6 miles7
Bolan7.3 miles7
Grafton7.6 miles7
Hanlontown9.4 miles7
Northwood10.9 miles7
Fertile11.6 miles7
Somber14.0 miles7

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 ManlyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1823949The 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 458758. 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.