Manchester, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Manchester City. It lies in ZIP code area 48158. The Survey maps it on the Manchester quadrangle. 2,037 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 899 feet above sea level.
On record in Manchester
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
Fountain-Bessac Houselisted 1988
Goodyear Blocklisted 1993
Population over time
2 figuresManchester fell from 2,091 to 2,037 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 | 2,091 | |
| 2020 | 2,037 | -54 (-3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1948 USGS Manchester quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Manchester quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Manchester quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Jackson quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
8 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Manchester between 1996 and 2019, burning about 105 acres in total. 2 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 | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MANCHESTER TOWNSHIP FD 0000218 - 2018 |
| 14 May 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MANCHESTER TOWNSHIP FD 0000187 - 2019 |
| 22 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MANCHESTER TOWNSHIP FD 0000133 - 2018 |
| 20 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MANCHESTER TOWNSHIP FD 0000129 - 2018 |
| 2 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MANCHESTER TOWNSHIP FD 0000126 - 2019 |
| 19 April 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MANCHESTER TOWNSHIP FD 0000128 - 2018 |
| 11 April 1996 | Debris and open burning | 98 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 December 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MANCHESTER TOWNSHIP FD 0000481 - 2019 |
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 Manchester: 1 producer. All of them 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washtenaw County Road Comm. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
34 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Manchester in 34 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 25 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 1 lightning, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2008 | Flood | Manchester | $200,000 | no account filed |
| December 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manchester | $10,000 | no account filed |
| March 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manchester | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manchester | $5,000 | Wires reported down. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manchester | $2,000 | A 14 inch diameter tree was blown over. Power lines were also reported down, with a power pole snapped. |
| July 2001 | Lightning | Manchester | $2,000 | Lightning struck a house. Only minor damage was reported. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manchester | $2,000 | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manchester | - | Numerous trees reported blown down with damage to a barn. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manchester | - | Trees and power lines observed down. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manchester | - | Power lines reported down over the roadway. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manchester | - | A 24 inch diameter tree was reported down. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manchester | - | A tree was blown down. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manchester | - | Emergency Manager reported 2 twelve inch limbs blown down. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manchester | - | Trees were reported blown down. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manchester | - | Trees and power lines were reported blown down. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manchester | - | Local law enforcement reported large tree limbs and wires down. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manchester | - | Spotters reported a tree blown down on M-52. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manchester | - | Trained spotters reported a two and half foot tree blown down. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manchester | - | A trained spotter reported trees and wires down. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manchester | - | The emergency manager reported 4 two foot trees blown down. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manchester | - | Emergency management reported 9 inch diameter tree limbs blown down. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manchester | - | Emergency management reported 7 inch diameter tree limbs blown down. |
| May 2001 | Hail | Manchester | - | Thunderstorms developed just north of a warm front that was moving northeast into far southern Michigan. One storm in Washtenaw County briefly reached severe levels. The most notable part of the storms was the heavy rain, with estimates of 5 to 7 inches of rain in a few hours in parts of Washtenaw, Lenawee, and Monroe Counties. The heavy rain produced a lot of nuisance standing water, but no flash flooding. However, some river flooding did result (see following). |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manchester | - | Spotters reported large trees blown down by 60 mph wind gusts. |
| July 2016 | Hail | Manchester | - | no account filed |
| July 2014 | Hail | Manchester | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Manchester | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manchester | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Manchester | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Manchester | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Hail | Manchester | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manchester | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manchester | - | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manchester | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rowes Corner | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Sharon Hollow | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| River Raisin | 3.8 miles | 15 | |
| Rogers Corner | 7.0 miles | 15 | |
| Bridgewater | 7.2 miles | 15 | |
| Jerusalem | 9.1 miles | 19 | |
| Benton | 9.4 miles | 16 | |
| Sylvan Center | 9.6 miles | 14 |
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 Manchester | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2326485 | 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 631375. 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.






