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Manhattan, Nevada

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Round Mountain census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89022. It lies near Chipmunk Hill. The Survey maps it on the Manhattan quadrangle. It stands 7,000 feet above sea level.

Manhattan within Nye 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

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

4 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Manhattan between 1992 and 2013, burning about 63 acres in total. 3 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
Natural3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
12 September 2013Natural1.0 acresHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestQUIMA (310)
29 August 1992Natural60 acresHumboldt-Toiyabe National Forestnot named
23 August 2006Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreBattle Mountain District OfficeMANHATTAN GULCH
22 July 2005Natural1.5 acresHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestBAXTER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nye County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 163 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 163 workings within 5 miles of Manhattan: 80 past producers, 69 occurrences, 6 producers, 3 unknowns. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc. 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
Ace Nos. 1-33Copper, Bismuth, SilverOccurrence
Au Nos. 1-21Copper, Mercury, BismuthOccurrence
Bald Mountain ProspectsFluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite, Gold, SilverOccurrence
Broncho MineStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Golden Barrel Nos. 1-2UraniumOccurrence
Hiatt Beryl Fluorite ProspectFluorine-Fluorite, Tungsten, Lead, Silver, Beryllium, Barium-BariteOccurrence
Hiatt Beryl-FluoriteBeryllium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Vanadium, TungstenOccurrenceBeryl, Scheelite
Hoosier MineSilver, Mercury, ArsenicOccurrence
Jumbo Antimony MineGold, AntimonyPast Producer
Keystone MineGold, Fluorine-Fluorite, SilverPast ProducerVein

Every working recorded in Nye County

Storms near this place

6 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Manhattan in 6 storm reports between 2011 and 2022: 6 flash flood. 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 2017Flash FloodManhattan$5,000Flash flooding was reported between Manhattan and Belmont. The road between Manhattan and Belmont was washed out and needed repair. Damages are estimated.
July 2014Flash FloodManhattan$5,000Heavy rain caused water and debris to flow across State Highway 376 from mile marker 7 to 14. Shoulders were damaged. Damages are estimated.
July 2011Flash FloodManhattan$5,000Heavy rain from a thunderstorm caused debris and mud to flow over state route 377 between Manhattan and state route 376. Also some washouts on the road were reported.
July 2011Flash FloodManhattan$1,000Heavy rain from a strong thunderstorm caused one to two feet of debris to flow across State Highway 377 about 1/2 mile east of the intersection with State Highway 376. Water and debris also covered about 60 percent of the town of Manhattan.
September 2014Flash FloodManhattan$500Flash flooding brought water and debris across Belmont road. Damages estimated.
September 2022Flash FloodManhattan-Flash flooding occurred due to heavy rain from a thunderstorm. Law enforcement reported Peavine Canyon road was washed out and impassable.

Every storm recorded in Nye 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
White Caps (historical)1.3 miles14
Central (historical)1.9 miles14
Saint Elmo (historical)7.7 miles14
Van Ness (historical)8.8 miles8
Barcelona (historical)9.7 miles8
Monarch (historical)9.8 miles9
Indian Springs (historical)9.8 miles14
Barcelona Summit9.8 miles8

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 Q3306136The 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 860467. 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.