BlockManley, Illinois
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Lee Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61415. The Survey maps it on the Bushnell East quadrangle. It stands 646 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1915 USGS Avon quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1944 USGS Avon quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Bushnell East quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Galesburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Galesburg quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Manley: 1 past producer. 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spoon River Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Manley in 3 storm reports between 2010 and 2015: 3 flash flood. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2015 | Flash Flood | Manley | - | A narrow band of thunderstorms produced 2.00 to 2.50 of rain on very saturated ground in central Fulton County. Numerous rural roads were impassable from Marietta through Lewistown to west of Havana during the afternoon hours of June 26th. |
| June 2011 | Flash Flood | Manley | - | A band of thunderstorms in western Fulton County produced rainfall rates of 1.00 to 1.50 per hour for about two hours during the early morning hours. Numerous rural roads were impassable, and State Highway 95 was covered with water. |
| August 2010 | Flash Flood | Manley | - | Rainfall rates of more than 2.00 inches in an hour produced areas of flash flooding in northwest portions of Fulton County. Several rural roads were inundated and impassable as a result. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virgil (historical) | 3.2 miles | 16 | |
| Checkrow | 3.2 miles | 16 | |
| Babylon | 4.1 miles | 17 | |
| Avon | 5.6 miles | 17 | |
| Marietta | 6.0 miles | 16 | |
| Ellisville | 7.0 miles | 16 | |
| Buckeye | 8.0 miles | 17 | |
| Blyton | 8.0 miles | 17 |
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 Manley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6750572 | 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 422932. 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.
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.