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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.

Manhattan within Gallatin County

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

Population over time

2 figures

Manhattan 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.

YearPeople Change
20101,520
20202,086+566 (+37%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 20 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

13 since 2017

Regional 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/undetermined9
Equipment and vehicle use2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Debris and open burning1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
4 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGallatin Countynot named
20 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral Land Officenot named
17 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCuster County201062
23 July 2017Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresCentral Land OfficeMANHATTAN FIRE
22 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral Land Officenot named
20 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral Land Officenot named
19 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral Land Officenot named
18 July 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCentral Land OfficeMANHATTAN FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gallatin County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Manhattan Onyx Marble DepositMarble, DimensionProspect
Picture Flagstone QuarryFlagstonePast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Gallatin County

Storms near this place

6 since 1998

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2024HailManhattan-Public report of quarter sized hail 2 ENE of Manhattan. Wheat fields were damaged by the hail. Time and location was estimated.
April 2017Funnel CloudManhattan-Broadcast media posted a Facebook story with a funnel cloud picture.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindManhattan-Strong winds measuring 77KT (89MPH) were reported 5 miles E of Manhattan, MT.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindManhattan-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 2013HailManhattan-Hail measuring 1.50 inches (ping pong ball sized) was reported 8 mi S of Manhattan, MT.
August 1998HailManhattan-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Gallatin County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
White3.2 miles20
Buell4.8 miles20
Logan5.4 miles21
Belgrade Junction6.0 miles20
Nelsons Crossing (historical)6.4 miles20
Amsterdam6.8 miles20
Edilou7.4 miles22
Carpenter7.4 miles21

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 ManhattanAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q966105The 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.