Manchester, Alabama

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Union Grove census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35976. It lies near Kirk Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Mount Carmel quadrangle.

Manchester within Marshall County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 24 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.

1885 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000
1888 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000
1892 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000
1895 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000
1903 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1936 USGS Mt Carmel quadrangle1:24000
1948 USGS Mt Carmel quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1950 USGS Mt Carmel quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
1984 USGS Guntersville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1984 USGS Mt Carmel quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

59 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Manchester between 1994 and 2017, burning about 1,110 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 20 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
Arson/incendiarism	20
Debris and open burning	14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	8
Recreation and ceremony	5
Smoking	4
Equipment and vehicle use	4
Natural	1
Railroad operations and maintenance	1
Other causes	1
Misuse of fire by a minor	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
24 September 2016	Debris and open burning	4.5 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	20160924-13
22 September 2015	Other causes	2.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	NOR-20150922-002
14 September 1998	Debris and open burning	165 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
13 September 2002	Arson/incendiarism	60 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
23 August 2007	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
20 August 2008	Debris and open burning	30 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	BISHOP MTN, AL
17 June 2007	Natural	5.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
14 June 2004	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.5 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marshall County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Manchester: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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
	Mal 1b Clay Prospect	Clay	Prospect

Every working recorded in Marshall 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Fort Deposit (historical)	1.8 miles	24
Mount Carmel	1.9 miles	24
Johnson (historical)	2.5 miles	24
Holiday Shores	2.9 miles	24
Cottonville	3.0 miles	24
Ferns Quarter (historical)	3.3 miles	22
Upton (historical)	3.3 miles	22
Smith Shores	3.5 miles	22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156650. 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.