Manuel, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1977. It stands in the Krypton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41701. It stands on Buck Branch. The Survey maps it on the Krypton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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 Hazard quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1913 USGS Buckhorn quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Krypton quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Krypton quadrangle1:24000
- 1972 USGS Krypton quadrangle1:24000
- 1977 USGS Hazard quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
558 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 558 fires within 5 miles of Manuel between 1997 and 2020, burning about 24,659 acres in total. None started naturally. 132 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 burning | 224 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 163 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 132 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 33 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 289 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BARWICK |
| 5 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SHERIFFS COURT |
| 30 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 30 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | AIRPORT WAY RD. |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Manuel in 3 storm reports between 2019 and 2025: 1 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 6 deaths. 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 2022 | Flash Flood | Manuel | 6 killed | Multiple reports of flash flooding were made across northeast Perry County, especially along Troublesome Creek. Reports included:||12:10 AM EST - Flash flood waters were reported over KY-476 in the Dwarf area. |2:00 AM EST - Pictures on social media show multiple homes swept away by flash flood waters along Lost Creek, adjacent to the intersection of KY-15 and Lost Creek-Dice Road. |2:30 AM EST - Robinson Elementary School was completed inundated by flash flood waters from Troublesome Creek.|2:30 AM EST - Pigeonroon-Bulan Road is innundated near the KY-476 intersection by flash flooding from Troublesome Creek. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manuel | - | A tree was reportedly blown down on Grapevine Road (KY-28) near the intersection with KY-15. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Manuel | - | A citizen observed penny sized hail east of Chavies. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lamont | 0.5 miles | 13 | |
| Red Hill (historical) | 1.9 miles | 13 | |
| Mudlick (historical) | 2.0 miles | 13 | |
| Campbell (historical) | 2.4 miles | 13 | |
| Napfor | 2.6 miles | 13 | |
| Chavies | 2.7 miles | 13 | |
| Engle | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| Lead Branch (historical) | 3.1 miles | 13 |
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 Q122552956 | 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 513773. 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.
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.







