Mantey, Kansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Stanton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66767. The Survey maps it on the Mantey quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1887 USGS Mound City quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Mound City quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Mantey quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Butler quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
17 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Mantey between 2006 and 2020, burning about 7,620 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 | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 25 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 30 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 502 |
| 10 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 141 |
| 8 March 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 92 acres | Bourbon County | COUNTY LINE HEDGE |
| 6 March 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 350 acres | Marais des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge | LEE ROAD |
| 30 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6,000 acres | Kansas Counties | OBEE |
| 21 March 2015 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 107 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 Mantey: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mound City Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mantey in 2 storm reports between 2017 and 2026: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mantey | - | Downed wires near 400th road south of Mound City. |
| October 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mantey | - | Multiple trees were blown down at 300 Rd and Highway 7 near Mound City. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prescott | 5.9 miles | 15 | |
| Mound City | 6.3 miles | 15 | |
| Critzer | 8.3 miles | 14 | |
| Pleasanton | 10.0 miles | 15 | |
| Blue Mound | 10.9 miles | 16 | |
| Farlinville | 12.8 miles | 15 | |
| Trading Post | 15.1 miles | 15 | |
| Boicourt | 15.8 miles | 16 |
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 Mantey | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q17199017 | 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 484841. 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.







