Manter, Kansas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Manter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67862. The Survey maps it on the Manter quadrangle. 132 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,491 feet above sea level.
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Population over time
2 figuresManter fell from 171 to 132 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 | 171 | |
| 2020 | 132 | -39 (-23%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1900 USGS Syracuse quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1920 USGS Syracuse quadrangle1:125000
- 1955 USGS Dodge City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Dodge City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Dodge City quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Manter quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Ulysses quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Ulysses quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
2 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Manter between 2008 and 2016, burning about 2,147 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 June 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 400 acres | Kansas Counties | ROAD V |
| 30 January 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,747 acres | Lake Meredith National Recreation Area | ROSITA |
Storms near this place
60 of 126 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Manter in 126 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 88 hail, 21 thunderstorm wind, 8 heavy rain, 3 flash flood. The reports record 3 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1997 | Lightning | Manter | 3 hurt | Three were injured by a lightning bolt. One was a 70 year old male, another a 8 year old male and the third, a 5 year old female. All three had to be revived by CPR and all three were burned. Witnesses said they heard thunder only a couple of times but saw no lightning. |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manter | $40,000 | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manter | $1,500 | Windows were blown out of a van and stop signs were blown down. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Manter | - | Multiple public reports of 2 inch hail in and around Manter between 15:28-15:42. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Manter | - | A storm chaser reported 1 inch hail. |
| May 2025 | Funnel Cloud | Manter | - | Numerous storm chaser photos and videos showing a possible funnel cloud of non mesocyclone origin. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Manter | - | An estimated 1.75 inch hail report from social media. |
| June 2025 | Flash Flood | Manter | - | Spotter reported flooding including multiple roads with water moving over them. |
| August 2025 | Hail | Manter | - | A public report of 2.75 inch hail. |
| August 2025 | Hail | Manter | - | A member of the public reported 4 inch hail. |
| August 2025 | Hail | Manter | - | A Stanton Emergency Manager reported 3 inch hail. |
| July 2020 | Heavy Rain | Manter | - | Rainfall of 3.50 inches was observed. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manter | - | Winds were strong enough to damage a pop-up camper but were probably no stronger than 70 MPH. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manter | - | A gust to 60 MPH was reported. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manter | - | Several vehicles were overturned by the high wind. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Manter | - | The ground was covered with hail. |
| July 2017 | Heavy Rain | Manter | - | Rainfall was 2.30 inches. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manter | - | Wind gusts to were estimated to be 60 MPH. |
| May 2013 | Tornado (EF0) | Manter | - | There were two land spouts reported. |
| May 2013 | Tornado (EF0) | Manter | - | There were two land spouts reported. This one lasted the longest but there was no damage. |
| October 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manter | - | Winds were estimated to be 65 MPH. |
| August 2013 | Flash Flood | Manter | - | The bridge north of Manter was under water. |
| August 2013 | Heavy Rain | Manter | - | Rainfall of 2.60 inches was reported. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manter | - | Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manter | - | Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH. |
| April 2010 | Heavy Rain | Manter | - | Rainfall of 1.50 inches was reported at a location 12 miles northwest of Manter. |
| April 2010 | Heavy Rain | Manter | - | Rainfall of 2.30 inches fell in a short period at a location 14 miles north-northwest of Manter. |
| August 2010 | Heavy Rain | Manter | - | Rainfall of 3.00 was reported. |
| August 2010 | Heavy Rain | Manter | - | Rainfall of 3.50 was reported. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Manter | - | The hail was mostly penny sized. |
| June 2007 | Flood | Manter | - | Rainfall of 3.25 inches fell in a short time in the town of Manter. Moderate flooding was reported. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manter | - | Large tree branches blown down. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manter | - | Four to six inch diameter tree branches blown down. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manter | - | Three inch diameter tree limb broken. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manter | - | Broken windows and number tree limbs were blown down. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manter | - | Three inch diameter tree limbs were blown down. |
| August 1997 | Hail | Manter | - | Some damage to cars. |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manter | - | Large tree limbs were knocked down. |
| April 2024 | Hail | Manter | - | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Hail | Manter | - | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Hail | Manter | - | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Hail | Manter | - | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Hail | Manter | - | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Hail | Manter | - | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Hail | Manter | - | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Hail | Manter | - | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Hail | Manter | - | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Hail | Manter | - | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Hail | Manter | - | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Hail | Manter | - | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Funnel Cloud | Manter | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Manter | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Manter | - | no account filed |
| August 2018 | Hail | Manter | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Manter | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Manter | - | no account filed |
| August 2017 | Hail | Manter | - | no account filed |
| August 2017 | Hail | Manter | - | no account filed |
| August 2017 | Heavy Rain | Manter | - | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Hail | Manter | - | 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.
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 Manter | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2666562 | 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 471701. 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.







