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Manteno, Illinois

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Manteno Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60950. The Survey maps it on the Peotone quadrangle. 9,210 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 688 feet above sea level.

Manteno within Kankakee County

Population over time

2 figures

Manteno grew from 9,204 to 9,210 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
20109,204
20209,210+6 (+0%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

19 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Manteno between 2009 and 2020, burning about 65 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined13
Debris and open burning3
Equipment and vehicle use1
Natural1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
21 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources101870
13 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources2019-2240
1 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources2020-1910
1 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources2020-1853
1 September 2020Naturalunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources2020-1847
15 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources2019-1693
15 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources111446
11 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources12-485

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kankakee County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Manteno: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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
Lehigh StoneStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Manteno Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Kankakee County

Storms near this place

35 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Manteno in 35 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 21 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 3 flood, 1 tornado. 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
May 2008HailManteno$2,000,000Hail to the size of tennis balls was reported covering the ground near Main Street and Route 50. School roofs were damaged including heating and cooling units. Two school greenhouses were also damaged. Windows were also broken on some houses and businesses.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindManteno$180,000Along Route 45 between county roads 9000 and 10000, nine power poles were snapped at the base. A church under construction was completely destroyed.
June 2014Tornado (EF0)Manteno$133,000A tornado touched down near N. 5000E Rd and ended near N 8000E Rd. It snapped a wooden power pole and damaged corn along its path. Maximum winds were estimated to 85 mph.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindManteno$100,000About 20 empty tractor-semitrailers were knocked over, upended or blown on top of each other. A tractor-semitrailer was overturned on the Interstate 57 entrance ramp at Manteno. Several trees and limbs were blown down in town, mainly on the west side. Porches and gutters were damaged on a few homes. Crops were also flattened by winds.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindManteno$30,000Several trees six to eight inches in diameter were blown down near Interstate 57 around exit 322. A 12 inch diameter tree was snapped off at its base. Numerous trees were blown down on Leahy Circle and on Park Street. A 10 inch diameter tree was blown down on a house on Leahy Circle. A tree fell on a car on Park Street.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindManteno$5,000Numerous large trees and tree limbs were blown down. Ten utility poles were snapped.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindManteno$5,000Tree limbs, crops and utility poles were blown down.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindManteno$2,000A light pole was blown down.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindManteno-Three utility poles were snapped at their base and a tree of unknown size was blown down.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindManteno-Tree damage was reported around Manteno.
July 2025Heavy RainManteno-Storm total rainfall of 4.54 inches was measured by a private weather station with most of the rain falling in approximately 1 hour.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindManteno-A photo showed a tree that was blown down onto Frontage Road.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindManteno-A private weather station measured a wind gust to 59 mph.
December 2025FloodManteno-Multiple reports of street and yard flooding in Manteno were shared on social media.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindManteno-Numerous large tree limbs were blown down. A large section of vinyl siding was removed from an apartment building just south of Sycamore Road. A few fences were also blown down.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindManteno-Numerous large tree limbs were blown down.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindManteno-A six inch diameter tree limb was blown down near County Line Road and Route 52.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindManteno-Photos shared on social media showed several tree limbs 6 to 8 inches in diameter blown down.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindManteno-A semi truck was blown over on Interstate 57 near mile marker 322.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindManteno-Multiple tree limbs 6 to 12 inches in diameter were blown down. A wind gust to 74 mph was measured.
September 2019Thunderstorm WindManteno-Several tents were blown down, including one 60 feet by 120 feet. Tree limbs six inches in diameter were also blown down.
September 2019Flash FloodManteno-One foot of flowing water was reported at 9000 N and Sycamore Road due to flooding from the South Branch Rock Creek.
September 2019FloodManteno-Flooding from the South Branch Rock Creek continued at 9000 N and Sycamore Road on September 28th.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindManteno-A wind gust to 62 mph was measured near Route 45 and County Road 9000.
June 2011HailManteno-Penny to quarter size hail was reported near Route 45 and County Road 9000.
May 2010HailManteno-Penny size hail was reported near Lake Manteno.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindManteno-A wind gust to 62 mph was measured in Manteno.
October 2010HailManteno-Nickel to quarter size hail was reported near Route 50 and 3rd Street.
June 2009FloodManteno-Minor flooding was reported in fields. Storm total rainfall amounts included 2.32 inches in Momence and 2.14 inches in St. Anne.
July 2017HailManteno-no account filed
June 2013HailManteno-no account filed
May 2013HailManteno-no account filed
May 2013Thunderstorm WindManteno-no account filed
August 2012HailManteno-no account filed
May 2003Thunderstorm WindManteno-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Kankakee 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
Indian Oaks4.2 miles15
Saint George5.0 miles15
Whitaker5.5 miles12
Flickerville6.9 miles15
Bourbonnais7.0 miles15
Yeager7.5 miles14
Deselm7.6 miles15
Bradley7.7 miles15

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 MantenoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2536706The 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 412911. 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.