Manchester, New Mexico

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Carrizozo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88301. It lies near White Oaks Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Carrizozo East quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Manchester within Lincoln County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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.

1938 USGS Carrizozo quadrangle1:48000
1943 USGS Carrizozo quadrangle1:62500
1950 USGS Carrizozo quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
1955 USGS Roswell quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Roswell quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Roswell quadrangle1:250000
1981 USGS Carrizozo quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1982 USGS Carrizozo East quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

47 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Manchester (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 8,965 acres in total. 30 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
Natural	30
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	12
Debris and open burning	2
Railroad operations and maintenance	2
Recreation and ceremony	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
15 August 2011	Natural	2.1 acres	Lincoln National Forest	MADDEN
8 July 1994	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	New Mexico State Forestry Division	YUCCA #1
7 July 1992	Natural	3.0 acres	Lincoln National Forest	not named
4 July 2003	Natural	under an acre	Lincoln National Forest	TRICK
24 July 2000	Natural	1.5 acres	Lincoln National Forest	JOHNNIE
2 July 2007	Natural	under an acre	New Mexico State Forestry Division	not named
2 July 2003	Natural	under an acre	Lincoln National Forest	CARRIZO
2 July 2002	Natural	under an acre	Lincoln National Forest	WHITE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 29 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Manchester (historical): 19 past producers, 7 occurrences, 3 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Iron, Silver, Tungsten, Fluorine-Fluorite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Eagle Nest No 1&2 White Oaks Dist	Thorium, Uranium	Occurrence
Homestake South	Tungsten	Past Producer
Section 2 Occurrence	Uranium	Occurrence	Vein
White Oaks District	Gold, Tungsten	Past Producer	QUARTZ VEINS
Julia Ann Prospect	Fluorine-Fluorite	Prospect
Lone Mountain Prospect 1966	Fluorine-Fluorite	Occurrence	Fluorite
Little Mack Mine	Gold, Silver, Tungsten	Past Producer	1885, 1940
North and South Homestake Mines	Gold, Silver, Tungsten	Past Producer	1879, 1950
Old Abe Mine	Gold, Silver, Tungsten	Past Producer	1879, 1890, 1951
Black Knight	Iron	Prospect

Every working recorded in Lincoln 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
White Oaks	2.7 miles	15
Robsart	4.5 miles	14
Vera Cruz (historical)	7.8 miles	15
Coyote	7.9 miles	12
Carrizozo	8.1 miles	14
Reventon	8.3 miles	10
Nogal	10.9 miles	15
Jicarilla	11.9 miles	10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 919909. 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.