Manila, Missouri
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65332. It stands on South Flat Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ionia quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 19 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 Sedalia quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Sedalia quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1947 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Green Ridge quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Ionia quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Sedalia quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
22 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Manila between 1992 and 2020, burning about 202 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 | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 230728-04281-09242020-1407 |
| 8 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178044-08048-08082018-1658 |
| 4 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.3 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177867-00807-08042018-1355 |
| 5 April 1993 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 19 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177169-00807-04192018-2038 |
| 13 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178993-00807-04132019-1242 |
| 3 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178039-08048-03032018-1543 |
| 23 March 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178408-08048-03232019-1104 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
10 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Manila in 10 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 8 hail, 1 tornado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1993 | Hail | Manila | $5,000 | Spotters reported golf ball-size hail in Manila. The Sedalia Police Department reported 0.75-inch-diameter hail also. |
| April 2024 | Hail | Manila | - | Quarter sized hail reported just north of Ionia, just north of the Pettis/Benton County line. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Manila | - | Quarter sized hail was reported near the intersection of Ionia Rd and Route ZZ. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Manila | - | Quarter sized hail was reported on the north side of Ionia. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Manila | - | Tennis ball sized hail was reported just northeast of Ionia. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manila | - | Law enforcement relayed a public report of several 18 to 24 inch diameter trees being blown down. |
| March 2006 | Tornado (F1) | Manila | - | Tornado crossed into Pettis county from Benton county at 1557 CST. Tornado was over rural areas with no significant damage noted. The tornado dissipated at 1605 CST 1 mile west of Manila. |
| September 2010 | Hail | Manila | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Manila | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Manila | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Fork | 5.5 miles | 18 | |
| Green Ridge | 6.1 miles | 19 | |
| Bryson | 7.8 miles | 19 | |
| Bahner | 11.1 miles | 18 | |
| Sedalia | 12.0 miles | 22 | |
| Dresden | 13.8 miles | 23 | |
| Georgetown | 15.2 miles | 18 | |
| Smithton | 15.7 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 741039. 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.









