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Manti, Utah

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Ephraim-Manti census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84642. It lies near Temple Hill. The Survey maps it on the Manti quadrangle. 3,429 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,610 feet above sea level.

Manti within Sanpete County

On record in Manti

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 12 of 22 shown

Every listing in Sanpete County

Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Manti grew from 3,276 to 3,429 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
20103,276
20203,429+153 (+5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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.

Photographs

6 photographs, 2022

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

The imposing Church of Latter-Day Saints (or Mormon) Temple in Manti, a small city sometimes called Manti City, in south-central Utah
The imposing Church of Latter-Day Saints (or Mormon) Temple in Manti, a small city sometimes called Manti City, in south-central Utah
Highsmith, Carol M, 2022. Library of Congress
The Sanpete County Courthouse in Manti (sometimes called Manti City), a small city (population c. 3,300) in south-central Utah
The Sanpete County Courthouse in Manti (sometimes called Manti City), a small city (population c. 3,300) in south-central Utah
Highsmith, Carol M, 2022. Library of Congress
The Latter-Day Saints church in downtown Manti (sometimes called Manti City), a small city (population c. 3,300) in south-central Utah
The Latter-Day Saints church in downtown Manti (sometimes called Manti City), a small city (population c. 3,300) in south-central Utah
Highsmith, Carol M, 2022. Library of Congress
The Manti Public Library in Manti (sometimes called Manti City), a small city (population c. 3,300) in south-central Utah
The Manti Public Library in Manti (sometimes called Manti City), a small city (population c. 3,300) in south-central Utah
Highsmith, Carol M, 2022. Library of Congress
An old cabin on the outskirts of Manti, a small city (population c. 3,300) in south-central Utah
An old cabin on the outskirts of Manti, a small city (population c. 3,300) in south-central Utah
Highsmith, Carol M, 2022. Library of Congress
The imposing Church of Latter-Day Saints (or Mormon) Temple in Manti, a small city sometimes called Manti City, in south-central Utah
The imposing Church of Latter-Day Saints (or Mormon) Temple in Manti, a small city sometimes called Manti City, in south-central Utah
Highsmith, Carol M, 2022. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

58 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Manti between 1992 and 2020, burning about 381 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 4 were 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/undetermined17
Natural16
Debris and open burning10
Recreation and ceremony5
Arson/incendiarism4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Fireworks1
Firearms and explosives use1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2001Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsDODGES CANYON
4 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsPALASADE
26 September 2020Firearms and explosives use2.0 acresCentral AreaOUTSIDE THE BASEMENT
20 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBULL
17 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State Landsnot named
17 September 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreManti-Lasal National ForestBROCKS
16 September 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsPALISADES 2
14 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsWILLOW CREEK ROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sanpete County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 31 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 31 workings within 5 miles of Manti: 18 past producers, 8 occurrences, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium, Stone, Dimension, Stone. 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
Alunite MineralAluminumOccurrence
Betty A,Vanadium, UraniumProducer
Temple Hill QuarriesStone, DimensionPast ProducerLimestone
Temple Hill QuarriesStonePast Producer
Little VernonUraniumOccurrenceCarnotite
Moab MineUraniumProducer
North MesaUraniumProducer
White Mesa MineUraniumPast Producer
Yellow Circle Mining Co.UraniumProducer
Manti Canyon Gravel Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerGravel

Every working recorded in Sanpete County

Storms near this place

3 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Manti in 3 storm reports between 2002 and 2024: 1 tornado, 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
September 2002Tornado (F2)Manti$2,000,000An F2 tornado began one mile south-southwest of Manti and moved northeast through Southeast Manti. The first mile of the tornado path was across open land, however the tornado produced some remarkable damage at the start. A 10X12 foot pioneer building was lifted, rotated 90 degrees, and moved 8 feet before being dropped back to the ground. At the south end of Manti, the tornado struck the Anderson Lumber business and did substantial damage. A 40 foot semi-trailer, loaded with insulation, was lifted and thrown onto it's side approximately 35 to 40 feet away. A large amount of debris, along with a 10X10 foot wooden shed, was thrown across Highway 89 and over the hill some 200 to 300 feet away. The wide swath of the tornado did considerable damage as it moved through the residential area in Southeast Manti. As the tornado exited the residential area, where some of the heaviest damage occurred, a 26 foot camp trailer was lifted and thrown to the west-northwest some 150 to 200 feet and disintegrated. The tornado continued across open farmland another half a mile or so before dissipating near the mountains. It has been determined that this was a high-end F2 tornado, with winds as high as 157 mph. The distance traveled was 2.75 miles, and the width was 800 feet. Time on the ground was approximately 15 minutes. Estimated damage is around $2,000,000, but could still go higher. Amazingly, there were no injuries.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindManti-The US-89 at MP 254 South Manti mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 64 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area.
September 2002HailManti-The storm that produced the F2 tornado in Manti, also dropped 1 3/4 inch (reported as apricot-size) hail on the town.

Every storm recorded in Sanpete 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
Sterling5.9 miles16
Manti Canyon Summer Homes6.2 miles16
Ephraim6.9 miles16
West Ephraim7.8 miles16
Christianburg9.7 miles15
Mayfield11.3 miles16
Pigeon Hollow Junction11.4 miles16
Fayette12.0 miles15

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 MantiAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q130158The 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 1443136. 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.