Manley, Nebraska
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Center precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 68403. The Survey maps it on the Manley quadrangle. 167 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,280 feet above sea level.
On record in Manley
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
Manley Schoollisted 2004
Population over time
2 figuresManley fell from 178 to 167 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 | 178 | |
| 2020 | 167 | -11 (-6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1903 USGS Weeping Water quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1929 USGS Weeping Water quadrangle1:125000
- 1955 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Manley quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Manley between 2006 and 2018, burning about 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 August 2006 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 11 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 3 March 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 1 March 2007 | Fireworks | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
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 Manley: 4 producers, 1 past producer. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texasgulf Inc. | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Weeping W Mine & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Hopper Bros. Weeping Water Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Weeping Water Mine & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Weeping Water Mine & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
19 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Manley in 19 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 14 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 2025 | Hail | Manley | - | Public report of hail estimated up to 1 in diameter. Report received via mPING. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Manley | - | Public report of hail estimated up to 1 in diameter. Report received via mPING. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Manley | - | Public report of hail estimated up to 1.25 in diameter. Report received via mPING. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Manley | - | Trained spotter report of hail measured up to 2.00 in diameter. Delayed report with the time estimated from radar. |
| April 2025 | Tornado (EF0) | Manley | - | At approximately 6:36 PM CST on Thursday April 17, a intermittent tornado developed southwest of Manley, NE based on video evidence. Intermittent tornado circulation passed through mainly open fields, but also through some areas of trees with little to no damage, supporting an EF-1 rating. The maximum wind speed during this track was estimated at 50 mph, 0 fatalities and 0 injuries. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manley | - | A thunderstorm wind gust was estimated at 60 mph by an off duty NWS employee south of Louisville. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manley | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at over 60 mph tipped a combine over, snapped a few power poles, damaged a horse barn and knocked down large tree limbs in town. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manley | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 mph downed trees near 156th Street between Highway 1 and Church Street. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Manley | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Hail | Manley | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Manley | - | no account filed |
| October 2013 | Hail | Manley | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Manley | - | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Hail | Manley | - | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Hail | Manley | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manley | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Manley | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Manley | - | no account filed |
| June 1994 | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeping Water | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| Wabash | 5.2 miles | 14 | |
| Louisville | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Murdock | 6.1 miles | 14 | |
| South Bend | 7.0 miles | 17 | |
| Elmwood | 8.7 miles | 13 | |
| Cedar Creek | 8.8 miles | 18 | |
| Avoca | 8.9 miles | 13 |
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 Manley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2172054 | 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 831022. 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.






