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Manitowoc, Wisconsin

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Manitowoc City. It lies in ZIP code area 54220. It stands on Manitowoc River. The Survey maps it on the Manitowoc quadrangle. 34,626 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 604 feet above sea level.

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Manitowoc within Manitowoc County

On record in Manitowoc

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 10 records

Population over time

2 figures

Manitowoc grew from 33,736 to 34,626 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
201033,736
202034,626+890 (+3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

8 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Manitowoc between 2018 and 2019, burning about 2 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/undetermined5
Debris and open burning2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
14 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources18545
25 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2018033
2 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources18360
13 May 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources19336
29 March 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources19239
2 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources18165
18 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources18203
13 March 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources19200

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Manitowoc County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Manitowoc: 2 unknowns, 2 past producers, 1 producer, 1 plant. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Calcium, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Housbach QuarryStonePast Producer
Manitowoc Lime KilnCalciumPlant
Manitowoc OperationStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Fricke PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Scheutte PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Manitowoc County

Storms near this place

46 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Manitowoc in 46 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 26 thunderstorm wind, 11 hail, 3 flood, 2 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
June 2013HailManitowoc$1,500,000Thunderstorms produced copious amounts of golf ball size to tennis ball size hail in Manitowoc. The hail damaged hundreds of cars and at least 50 homes and businesses.
June 2008Flash FloodManitowoc$200,000Torrential rain, including 5.10 inches in Valders, caused the Manitowoc River to rise three feet in four hours. Resultant flooding washed out part of State Highway 57 near Kiel and created a large pothole on Clarks Mills Road.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindManitowoc$150,000no account filed
August 2005Tornado (F1)Manitowoc$15,000no account filed
July 2006Thunderstorm WindManitowoc$5,000no account filed
May 2006LightningManitowoc$3,100no account filed
June 2017FloodManitowoc$1,000Heavy rainfall from thunderstorms caused minor urban flooding in Manitowoc.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindManitowoc-Thunderstorm winds downed trees across Manitowoc County. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindManitowoc-Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Manitowoc. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindManitowoc-Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Manitowoc. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindManitowoc-Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines in Manitowoc. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindManitowoc-Thunderstorm winds downed several trees around Manitowoc.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindManitowoc-Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Manitowoc.
April 2017HailManitowoc-Penny size hail fell in Manitowoc as a thunderstorm passed.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindManitowoc-Thunderstorm winds downed several trees in Manitowoc.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindManitowoc-Thunderstorm winds downed several trees in the City of Manitowoc. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindManitowoc-Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees around the city of Manitowoc and throughout Manitowoc County.
September 2016HailManitowoc-Nickel size hail fell in Manitowoc as thunderstorms moved through the area.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindManitowoc-Thunderstorm winds downed a couple of trees and some tree limbs in Manitowoc.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindManitowoc-Thunderstorm winds downed several trees on the north side of the city of Manitowoc.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindManitowoc-Thunderstorms in Manitowoc produced estimated wind gusts to 65 mph.
September 2011Thunderstorm WindManitowoc-Thunderstorm winds downed many trees and power lines in the City of Manitowoc.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindManitowoc-Thunderstorm wind gusts to 60 mph downed trees and tree limbs in the City of Manitowoc. Trees were also downed in other parts of Manitowoc County.
March 2007FloodManitowoc-no account filed
April 2006HailManitowoc-no account filed
March 2006FloodManitowoc-no account filed
July 2006HailManitowoc-no account filed
July 2006HailManitowoc-no account filed
July 2006HailManitowoc-no account filed
July 2006Thunderstorm WindManitowoc-no account filed
October 2006HailManitowoc-no account filed
August 2004Thunderstorm WindManitowoc-no account filed
April 2002Thunderstorm WindManitowoc-no account filed
May 2002Funnel CloudManitowoc-no account filed
May 2002HailManitowoc-no account filed
May 2002HailManitowoc-no account filed
August 2002LightningManitowoc-no account filed
July 2002Thunderstorm WindManitowoc-no account filed
August 2001HailManitowoc-no account filed
July 2000Flash FloodManitowoc-no account filed
August 2000Thunderstorm WindManitowoc-no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindManitowoc-no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindManitowoc-no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindManitowoc-no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindManitowoc-no account filed
August 1995Thunderstorm WindManitowoc-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Manitowoc 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
University Village Heights1.9 miles9
Manitowoc Rapids2.4 miles9
Kellners Corners3.8 miles8
Clover4.2 miles9
Alverno4.4 miles9
Duveneck5.7 miles9
Shoto6.0 miles8
Rockwood6.0 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 ManitowocAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q536759The 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 1568942. 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.