Editing Fort Riley (section)

{{Short description|Army installation in Kansas, US}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{Infobox military installation
| name         = Fort Riley
| native_name   = [[eponym]]: [[Major General (United States)|MG]] [[Bennet C. Riley]], [[United States Army|USA]]
| location     = [[Riley County, Kansas|Riley]] / [[Geary County, Kansas|Geary]] counties, near [[Junction City, Kansas]]
| image        = U.S. Army 1st Infantry Division CSIB.svg
| image_size   = 75px
| caption      = Shoulder sleeve insignia of [[1st Infantry Division (United States)|First Infantry Division]]
| pushpin_map  = USA Kansas#USA
| pushpin_label_position = left
| pushpin_label = '''Fort Riley'''
| pushpin_mapsize = 250
| pushpin_relief = 1
| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Fort Riley
| coordinates  = {{coord|39|06|N|96|49|W|region:US-KS_type:city_source:dewiki|display=inline,title}}
| site_area    = {{convert|101733|acre|sqmi km2|1|abbr=on}}
| built        = January 1853
| used         = 1853–present
| type         = Army post
| controlledby = [[United States Army]]
| garrison      = [[File:1st Infantry Division SSI (1918-2015).svg|24px]] [[1st Infantry Division (United States)|1st Infantry Division]]
| current_commander = Colonel Gerald Nunziato
| battles      =
| status       = Active
| website      = {{URL|https://home.army.mil/riley|Official website}}
}}
'''Fort Riley''' is a United States Army [[military base|installation]] located in [[North Central Kansas]], on the [[Kansas River]], also known as the Kaw, between [[Junction City, Kansas|Junction City]] and [[Manhattan, Kansas|Manhattan]]. The Fort Riley Military Reservation covers 101,733 acres (41,170&nbsp;ha) in [[Geary County, Kansas|Geary]] and [[Riley County, Kansas|Riley]] counties.<ref name="FRMVAD2014">{{cite web|url=http://www.riley.army.mil/Portals/0/Docs/Units/Garrison/PAIO/FRMilitaryValueAnalysis.pdf|title=Fort Riley Military Value Analysis Data; June 2014.|website=army.mil|access-date=March 31, 2018|archive-date=January 25, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170125090741/http://www.riley.army.mil/Portals/0/Docs/Units/Garrison/PAIO/FRMilitaryValueAnalysis.pdf}}</ref> The Fort consists of six functional areas, including the Main Post, [[Camp Funston]], [[Marshall Army Airfield]] (MAAF), [[Fort Riley-Camp Whiteside, Kansas|Camp Whitside]], Camp Forsyth, and Custer Hill.<ref name="Story 2023 p. 1">{{cite book |last1=Story |first1=Madison |title=Fort Riley Firing Ranges and Military Training Lands: A History and Analysis |date=2023 |publisher=US Army Engineer Research and Development Center |page=1 |url=https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/trecms/pdf/AD1213527.pdf |access-date=September 2, 2024 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240902053612/https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/trecms/pdf/AD1213527.pdf |archive-date=September 2, 2024 }}</ref> The portion of the fort that contains housing development is part of the [[Fort Riley (CDP), Kansas|Fort Riley]] [[census-designated place]], with a residential population of 9,230 as of the [[2020 United States Census|2020 census]].<ref name="Census-2020-Profile">{{cite web |title=Profile of Fort Riley, Kansas (CDP) in 2020 |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US2023975 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=November 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211115134348/https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US2023975 |archive-date=November 15, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> The [[ZIP Code]] is 66442.