Manteno, Iowa

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Grove Township. It lies in ZIP code area 51529. The Survey maps it on the Dunlap quadrangle.

Manteno within Shelby County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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.

1954 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1971 USGS Dunlap quadrangle1:24000
1980 USGS Harlan quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

4 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Manteno between 2013 and 2018, burning about 16 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
Debris and open burning	4

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
1 April 2013	Debris and open burning	7.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
4 March 2017	Debris and open burning	1.5 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
24 March 2018	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
16 March 2015	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named

Every fire recorded in Shelby County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Manteno: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Dunlap Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Rause Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Shelby 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Earling	7.5 miles	8
Panama	8.1 miles	8
Defiance	10.3 miles	8
Westphalia	10.8 miles	8
Portsmouth	12.6 miles	8
Kirkman	16.1 miles	8
Harlan	16.7 miles	8
Tennant	17.3 miles	8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464640. 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.