Manhattan, Montana
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Manhattan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59741. The Survey maps it on the Manhattan quadrangle. 2,086 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,245 feet above sea level.
On record in Manhattan
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Dry Creek Schoollisted 1981
Population over time
2 figuresManhattan grew from 1,520 to 2,086 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 | 1,520 | |
| 2020 | 2,086 | +566 (+37%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 20 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.
- 1888 USGS Three Forks quadrangle1:250000
- 1894 USGS Three Forks quadrangle1:250000
- 1895 USGS Three Forks quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1947 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000
- 1987 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:24000
- 1992 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
13 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Manhattan between 2017 and 2020, burning about 21 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 | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Gallatin County | not named |
| 20 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Central Land Office | not named |
| 17 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Custer County | 201062 |
| 23 July 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Central Land Office | MANHATTAN FIRE |
| 22 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Central Land Office | not named |
| 20 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Central Land Office | not named |
| 19 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Central Land Office | not named |
| 18 July 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Central Land Office | MANHATTAN FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Manhattan: 4 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Flagstone, Marble, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manhattan Onyx Marble Deposit | Marble, Dimension | Prospect | ||
| Picture Flagstone Quarry | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Manhattan in 6 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud. 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 2024 | Hail | Manhattan | - | Public report of quarter sized hail 2 ENE of Manhattan. Wheat fields were damaged by the hail. Time and location was estimated. |
| April 2017 | Funnel Cloud | Manhattan | - | Broadcast media posted a Facebook story with a funnel cloud picture. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manhattan | - | Strong winds measuring 77KT (89MPH) were reported 5 miles E of Manhattan, MT. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manhattan | - | Strong winds measuring 52KT (60MPH) were reported 8 miles S of Manhattan, MT. Numerous large tree limbs around 2 feet in diameter reported down. |
| August 2013 | Hail | Manhattan | - | Hail measuring 1.50 inches (ping pong ball sized) was reported 8 mi S of Manhattan, MT. |
| August 1998 | Hail | Manhattan | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| White | 3.2 miles | 20 | |
| Buell | 4.8 miles | 20 | |
| Logan | 5.4 miles | 21 | |
| Belgrade Junction | 6.0 miles | 20 | |
| Nelsons Crossing (historical) | 6.4 miles | 20 | |
| Amsterdam | 6.8 miles | 20 | |
| Edilou | 7.4 miles | 22 | |
| Carpenter | 7.4 miles | 21 |
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 Manhattan | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q966105 | 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 773857. 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.










