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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.

Manzanola within Otero County

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

Population over time

2 figures

Manzanola 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.

YearPeople Change
2010434
2020341-93 (-21%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 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

35 since 1995

Regional 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/undetermined20
Debris and open burning7
Recreation and ceremony5
Natural1
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
30 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
25 July 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOtero Countynot named
11 July 2016Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresRocky Ford Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
12 June 2017Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresRocky Ford Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
23 May 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
8 April 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOlney Springs Volunteer Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
5 April 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersOLNEY SPRINGS
3 April 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersMANZANOLA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Otero County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGravel
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSand and Gravel
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSand and Gravel
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSand and Gravel

Every working recorded in Otero County

Storms near this place

28 since 1995

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2024Thunderstorm WindManzanola-Four transmission power poles along US50 just west of Manzanola blown down. Numerous trees down in Otero county. Time based on radar.
July 2024Flash FloodManzanola-Right lane of Hwy 50 flooded with one car stalled.
August 2020HailManzanola-Trained spotter reported large hail, 1 inch.
June 2019HailManzanola-Nickel hail and heavy rain reported.
July 2016Flash FloodManzanola-Heavy rain caused flash flooding of roadways and low spots, including US Highway 50.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindManzanola-Fourteen power poles were knocked down between County Roads 13.5 and 14.
June 2009Tornado (EF0)Manzanola-A short-lived tornado caused no known damage in open country.
May 1999HailManzanola-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 2023HailManzanola-no account filed
July 2023HailManzanola-no account filed
July 2022HailManzanola-no account filed
May 2017HailManzanola-no account filed
May 2017HailManzanola-no account filed
May 2017HailManzanola-no account filed
June 2016HailManzanola-no account filed
June 2014HailManzanola-no account filed
June 2010HailManzanola-no account filed
July 2005Thunderstorm WindManzanola-no account filed
June 2004HailManzanola-no account filed
June 2004HailManzanola-no account filed
June 2004HailManzanola-no account filed
March 2000HailManzanola-no account filed
April 1999HailManzanola-no account filed
May 1999HailManzanola-no account filed
June 1996HailManzanola-no account filed
June 1996HailManzanola-no account filed
June 1995HailManzanola-no account filed
June 1995Thunderstorm WindManzanola-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Otero 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
Vroman3.3 miles14
Elder5.4 miles15
Fayette5.7 miles14
Fowler8.4 miles18
Rocky Ford8.7 miles14
Hawley12.0 miles18
Roberta12.7 miles18
Hays13.3 miles16

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 ManzanolaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2297187The 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.