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.
Population over time
2 figuresManito 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,642 | |
| 2020 | 1,552 | -90 (-5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1929 USGS Manito quadrangle1:62500
- 1932 USGS Manito quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Manito quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
7 since 2009Regional 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 burning | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 092-18 |
| 24 June 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 1191710 |
| 24 June 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 1191710 |
| 21 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | SUNSET |
| 29 November 2017 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 132-17 |
| 28 January 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2018-48 |
| 12 January 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 257 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
32 since 1994Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2003 | Tornado (F2) | Manito | 1 hurt | A 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 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manito | $60,000 | Numerous trees were blown down. |
| September 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manito | $55,000 | Two 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 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manito | $40,000 | Numerous trees and power lines were blown down in Manito. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manito | $22,000 | A 12-inch diameter tree was blown down, damaging an add-on porch in Manito. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manito | $15,000 | Several tree branches were blown down southeast of Manito. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manito | $8,000 | A few trees were blown down in Manito. |
| December 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manito | - | Power lines were blown down on Jacobs Road between Manito and Green Valley. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manito | - | Several trees were blown down in Manito. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manito | - | A large tree fell onto a power line. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manito | - | A 6-inch diameter tree limb was blown down near Manito. |
| October 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manito | - | An irrigation system was blown over in a field near Manito. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manito | - | 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 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manito | - | A few trees and power lines were blown down. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manito | - | Several trees and power lines blown down. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manito | - | Numerous tree limbs were blown down between Manito and Mason City. Also, an irrigation system near Manito was flipped over. |
| July 2003 | Flash Flood | Manito | - | 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 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manito | - | Several power lines were blown down. |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manito | - | Several trees were blown down in the Sand Ridge State Forest. |
| May 2003 | Tornado (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 2002 | Flash Flood | Manito | - | Several rural roads were briefly flooded. |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manito | - | Large tree blown down in Sand Ridge State Park. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manito | - | 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 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manito | - | The Mason County Sheriff's Department reported 60 mph winds. |
| February 2026 | Hail | Manito | - | no account filed |
| February 2024 | Hail | Manito | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Manito | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Manito | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Manito | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Manito | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Manito | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Manito | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Union | 2.9 miles | 15 | |
| Forest City | 4.6 miles | 14 | |
| Bishop | 7.5 miles | 14 | |
| Goofy Ridge | 8.7 miles | 15 | |
| Topeka | 10.4 miles | 14 | |
| Allen | 10.8 miles | 13 | |
| Buzzville | 11.9 miles | 14 | |
| Natrona | 13.2 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 Manito | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2180129 | 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 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.








