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Manito, Illinois

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Manito Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61546. The Survey maps it on the Manito quadrangle. 1,552 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 488 feet above sea level.

Manito within Mason County

Population over time

2 figures

Manito fell from 1,642 to 1,552 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
20101,642
20201,552-90 (-5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

7 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Manito between 2009 and 2018, burning about 14 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 burning4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
20 September 2018Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources092-18
24 June 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources1191710
24 June 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources1191710
21 March 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesSUNSET
29 November 2017Debris and open burning6.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources132-17
28 January 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources2018-48
12 January 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources257

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mason County

Storms near this place

32 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Manito in 32 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 20 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 2 flash flood, 2 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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
May 2003Tornado (F2)Manito1 hurtA tornado touched down just southwest of Manito. As it traveled to the northeast it destroyed 4 homes, as well as power lines and trees. Twenty-four homes sustained minor to major damage. One elderly woman sustained minor injuries, a cut on her arm and bruises, while taking shelter in her walk-in pantry. No other injuries were reported.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindManito$60,000Numerous trees were blown down.
September 2019Thunderstorm WindManito$55,000Two outbuildings were damaged and minor siding and window damage occurred to a house southeast of Manito. A few trees were blown down as well.
September 2019Thunderstorm WindManito$40,000Numerous trees and power lines were blown down in Manito.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindManito$22,000A 12-inch diameter tree was blown down, damaging an add-on porch in Manito.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindManito$15,000Several tree branches were blown down southeast of Manito.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindManito$8,000A few trees were blown down in Manito.
December 2025Thunderstorm WindManito-Power lines were blown down on Jacobs Road between Manito and Green Valley.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindManito-Several trees were blown down in Manito.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindManito-A large tree fell onto a power line.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindManito-A 6-inch diameter tree limb was blown down near Manito.
October 2010Thunderstorm WindManito-An irrigation system was blown over in a field near Manito.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindManito-Numerous trees, power lines and power poles were blown down and an irrigation system was blown over. Some minor structural damage occurred to a few outbuildings.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindManito-A few trees and power lines were blown down.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindManito-Several trees and power lines blown down.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindManito-Numerous tree limbs were blown down between Manito and Mason City. Also, an irrigation system near Manito was flipped over.
July 2003Flash FloodManito-Very heavy rains fell for several hours over the northern portions of Mason County around Manito. Many streets and roads were flooded. No injuries were reported.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindManito-Several power lines were blown down.
June 2003Thunderstorm WindManito-Several trees were blown down in the Sand Ridge State Forest.
May 2003Tornado (F1)Manito-A tornado touched down east of Manito. It destroyed several barns, sheds and a garage. A couple of homes had minor damage. Also, numerous trees, power lines and power poles were blown down. No injuries were reported.
May 2002Flash FloodManito-Several rural roads were briefly flooded.
August 2001Thunderstorm WindManito-Large tree blown down in Sand Ridge State Park.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindManito-As a severe thunderstorm moved southeast across Mason County, it blew down several trees and power lines in Manito and San Jose. In San Jose, one tree fell onto a house causing minor damage and another fell onto a truck. No injuries were reported and no damage estimate was available.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindManito-The Mason County Sheriff's Department reported 60 mph winds.
February 2026HailManito-no account filed
February 2024HailManito-no account filed
May 2011HailManito-no account filed
May 2011HailManito-no account filed
May 2011HailManito-no account filed
July 2008HailManito-no account filed
August 2001HailManito-no account filed
April 1998HailManito-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Mason 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
Union2.9 miles15
Forest City4.6 miles14
Bishop7.5 miles14
Goofy Ridge8.7 miles15
Topeka10.4 miles14
Allen10.8 miles13
Buzzville11.9 miles14
Natrona13.2 miles13

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 ManitoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2180129The 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 412888. 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.