Manes, Missouri
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 2004. It stands in Montgomery Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65711. The Survey maps it on the Manes quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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.
- 1931 USGS Manes quadrangle1:48000
- 1941 USGS Manes quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Manes quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1958 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Mountain Grove quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Manes quadrangle1:24000
- 2004 USGS Manes quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
37 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Manes between 1992 and 2020, burning about 535 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 were 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 | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 August 2004 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 25 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | HOG |
| 21 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | SLIM JIM |
| 9 April 2007 | Debris and open burning | 46 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | BLACK JACK |
| 8 April 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 April 1992 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 April 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 135814-11415-04072016-1139 |
| 5 April 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 21 April 1994 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Manes in 8 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 4 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. The reports record 2 deaths. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2024 | Flood | Manes | 2 killed, $25,000 | A vehicle driving on Highway H two miles east of Manes in Wright County was swept off the road into flood waters at Beaver Creek. The two occupants, ages 70 and 73 attempted to swim to dry ground and reportedly drowned. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manes | $5,000 | Severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed several large trees along with severely damaging a farm outbuilding. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manes | $1,000 | An outbuilding was destroyed. |
| April 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manes | $500 | The county sheriff reported tree and building damage from high wind. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Manes | - | no account filed |
| March 2017 | Hail | Manes | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Manes | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Manes | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maines | 0.2 miles | 17 | |
| Burney Ford | 3.7 miles | 17 | |
| Green Mountain | 3.8 miles | 17 | |
| Saint George | 4.0 miles | 17 | |
| Astoria | 4.1 miles | 17 | |
| Grimes Mill | 4.3 miles | 16 | |
| Jerktail | 4.8 miles | 17 | |
| Mingsville | 5.2 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 753026. 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.








