Manila, Alabama
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Walker Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36545. The Survey maps it on the Suggsville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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.
- 1953 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Suggsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Monroeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
103 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 103 fires within 5 miles of Manila between 1994 and 2020, burning about 3,284 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 39 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 | 39 |
| Debris and open burning | 27 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2002 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20140919-001 |
| 11 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | CO RD 19, AL |
| 27 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20130827-001 |
| 23 August 1999 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 August 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20200817-3 |
| 3 July 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160703-4 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Manila: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suggsville Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Manila in 1 storm report in 2017: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manila | $5,000 | Winds estimated at 70 mph caused roof damage to a home on Play Lane. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alma | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| Walker Springs | 4.2 miles | 8 | |
| Gainestown | 4.6 miles | 7 | |
| Suggsville | 5.8 miles | 7 | |
| Barlow Bend | 6.0 miles | 7 | |
| Rockville | 8.8 miles | 12 | |
| Union | 8.9 miles | 8 | |
| Choctaw Bluff | 9.0 miles | 12 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q2160661 | 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 156651. 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.



