BlockManley, Minnesota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Beaver Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 57068. It stands on Springwater Creek. The Survey maps it on the Valley Springs quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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.
- 1955 USGS Sioux Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Sioux Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Valley Springs quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Sioux Falls quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Manley between 2016 and 2020, burning about 44 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 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 40 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | INC # 106 9/29/2020 |
| 6 May 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | BOYD FIRE |
| 23 April 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | BRUNS PLACE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Manley: 6 past producers, 3 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albert Anderson Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Baker's Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Flanagan Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gran Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Johnson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Scholten Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Swanson Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Swenson Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Tolverson Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Webster Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
3 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Manley in 3 storm reports between 2008 and 2016: 2 hail, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manley | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including up to 2 inch diameter branches blown down. |
| July 2016 | Hail | Manley | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Manley | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 654814. 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.