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Manila, Alabama

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Selma census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36703. The Survey maps it on the Burnsville quadrangle. It stands 171 feet above sea level.

Manila within Dallas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

146 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 146 fires within 5 miles of Manila between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,003 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 9 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
Debris and open burning69
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Equipment and vehicle use18
Recreation and ceremony10
Arson/incendiarism9
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Smoking4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Natural1

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
8 September 2019Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190908-2
6 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2019Debris and open burning15 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190903-2
29 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission2607 MATTHEW LN, AL
2 September 1995Debris and open burning6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20190917-19

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dallas County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Manila: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Dallas Sand and Gravel Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Selma QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Tyler PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments

Every working recorded in Dallas County

Storms near this place

1 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Manila in 1 storm report in 2009: 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
February 2009Thunderstorm WindManila$30,000Winds estimated around 60 mph blew the roof off of both halves of a double wide mobile home, causing it to land 15 feet downwind. One tree was also snapped off in the same area.

Every storm recorded in Dallas 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
Lily Grove (historical)0.9 miles12
Brantley1.9 miles12
Burnsville2.4 miles12
New Everdale3.5 miles12
Valley Grande5.5 miles17
Selmont5.9 miles15
Selma6.0 miles15
West Selmont6.4 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 ManilaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q54888679The 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 152216. 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.