Manzanola, Colorado
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Manzanola census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81058. It lies near Smith Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Manzanola quadrangle. 341 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,255 feet above sea level.
On record in Manzanola
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 2 records
Santa Fe Railway Manzanola Depotlisted 2004- Manzanola United Methodist Church (MUMC)listed 2024
Population over time
2 figuresManzanola fell from 434 to 341 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 434 | |
| 2020 | 341 | -93 (-21%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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.
- 1891 USGS Catlin quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Catlin quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Lamar quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Manzanola quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Lamar quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Las Animas quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
35 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Manzanola between 1995 and 2020, burning about 39 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined | 20 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 25 July 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Otero County | not named |
| 11 July 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Rocky Ford Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 12 June 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Rocky Ford Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 23 May 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 8 April 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Olney Springs Volunteer Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 5 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | OLNEY SPRINGS |
| 3 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | MANZANOLA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Manzanola: 6 occurrences, 5 unknowns, 4 past producers. None of them still produces. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Gravel | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Sand and Gravel | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Sand and Gravel | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Sand and Gravel |
Storms near this place
28 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Manzanola in 28 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 21 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manzanola | - | Four transmission power poles along US50 just west of Manzanola blown down. Numerous trees down in Otero county. Time based on radar. |
| July 2024 | Flash Flood | Manzanola | - | Right lane of Hwy 50 flooded with one car stalled. |
| August 2020 | Hail | Manzanola | - | Trained spotter reported large hail, 1 inch. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Manzanola | - | Nickel hail and heavy rain reported. |
| July 2016 | Flash Flood | Manzanola | - | Heavy rain caused flash flooding of roadways and low spots, including US Highway 50. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manzanola | - | Fourteen power poles were knocked down between County Roads 13.5 and 14. |
| June 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Manzanola | - | A short-lived tornado caused no known damage in open country. |
| May 1999 | Hail | Manzanola | - | This hail report and all that follow on this date occurred as a result of a long lasting supercell which developed in Pueblo county. Severe hail was first reported in western Otero county. The cyclic supercell produced large to very large hail along its path, and brought damaging downburst winds to Bent county. No firm dollar amounts were available as of late July. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Manzanola | - | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Hail | Manzanola | - | no account filed |
| July 2022 | Hail | Manzanola | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Manzanola | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Manzanola | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Manzanola | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Hail | Manzanola | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Manzanola | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Manzanola | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manzanola | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Manzanola | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Manzanola | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Manzanola | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Hail | Manzanola | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Hail | Manzanola | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Manzanola | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Manzanola | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Manzanola | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Manzanola | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manzanola | - | no account filed |
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.
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 Manzanola | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2297187 | 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 204826. 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.





