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.
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
- Manhattan Schoollisted 2006
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1907 USGS Tonopah quadrangle1:250000
- 1908 USGS Tonopah quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Tonopah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Tonopah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Tonopah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Ione Valley quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 September 2013 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | QUIMA (310) |
| 29 August 1992 | Natural | 60 acres | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | not named |
| 23 August 2006 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Battle Mountain District Office | MANHATTAN GULCH |
| 22 July 2005 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | BAXTER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 163 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ace Nos. 1-33 | Copper, Bismuth, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Au Nos. 1-21 | Copper, Mercury, Bismuth | Occurrence | ||
| Bald Mountain Prospects | Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite, Gold, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Broncho Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Golden Barrel Nos. 1-2 | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Hiatt Beryl Fluorite Prospect | Fluorine-Fluorite, Tungsten, Lead, Silver, Beryllium, Barium-Barite | Occurrence | ||
| Hiatt Beryl-Fluorite | Beryllium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Vanadium, Tungsten | Occurrence | Beryl, Scheelite | |
| Hoosier Mine | Silver, Mercury, Arsenic | Occurrence | ||
| Jumbo Antimony Mine | Gold, Antimony | Past Producer | ||
| Keystone Mine | Gold, Fluorine-Fluorite, Silver | Past Producer | Vein |
Storms near this place
6 since 2011Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2017 | Flash Flood | Manhattan | $5,000 | Flash flooding was reported between Manhattan and Belmont. The road between Manhattan and Belmont was washed out and needed repair. Damages are estimated. |
| July 2014 | Flash Flood | Manhattan | $5,000 | Heavy rain caused water and debris to flow across State Highway 376 from mile marker 7 to 14. Shoulders were damaged. Damages are estimated. |
| July 2011 | Flash Flood | Manhattan | $5,000 | Heavy 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 2011 | Flash Flood | Manhattan | $1,000 | Heavy 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 2014 | Flash Flood | Manhattan | $500 | Flash flooding brought water and debris across Belmont road. Damages estimated. |
| September 2022 | Flash Flood | Manhattan | - | Flash flooding occurred due to heavy rain from a thunderstorm. Law enforcement reported Peavine Canyon road was washed out and impassable. |
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 Caps (historical) | 1.3 miles | 14 | |
| Central (historical) | 1.9 miles | 14 | |
| Saint Elmo (historical) | 7.7 miles | 14 | |
| Van Ness (historical) | 8.8 miles | 8 | |
| Barcelona (historical) | 9.7 miles | 8 | |
| Monarch (historical) | 9.8 miles | 9 | |
| Indian Springs (historical) | 9.8 miles | 14 | |
| Barcelona Summit | 9.8 miles | 8 |
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 Q3306136 | 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 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.






