Manuelitas, New Mexico
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Las Vegas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87745. It lies near Canon de Duran. The Survey maps it on the Sapello quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1889 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Sapello quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:100000
- 2002 USGS Sapello quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
85 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Manuelitas between 1993 and 2020, burning about 6,098 acres in total. 33 started naturally. 1 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 | 33 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2020 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Las Vegas District | 21-40450261X |
| 5 September 2020 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Las Vegas District | 21-40440260X |
| 9 August 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | HERMIT |
| 8 August 2002 | Natural | 1.5 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | FOX |
| 7 August 2000 | Natural | 3,600 acres | Las Vegas District | BELL |
| 6 August 2004 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | MM16 |
| 5 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | COUGAR |
| 4 August 2001 | Natural | 1.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | GORDEN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Manuelitas: 3 unknowns. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
13 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Manuelitas in 13 storm reports between 2012 and 2025: 6 flash flood, 5 hail, 1 tornado, 1 debris flow. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2023 | Tornado (EF0) | Manuelitas | $100,000 | Damage assessment conducted by San Miguel Emergency Management discovered damage to a roof of one house, an overturned chicken coop near the damaged house, and power poles downed between Escondido Lane and Wyatt Dr. intersecting County Road A1. |
| July 2022 | Flash Flood | Manuelitas | $25,000 | Manuelitas Creek rose four to five feet and overtopped two bridges along County Road A1 east of State Road 94 between Sapello and Manuelitas. One CoCoRaHS observer near Sapello measured 3.76 inches of rain and remarked that it was the highest flooding levels they had seen in their 58 years at that residence. Damages are estimated. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Manuelitas | $1,000 | A trained spotter near Tierra Monte observed quarter size diameter hail which resulted in minor damage to the spotter's vehicle. |
| July 2025 | Flash Flood | Manuelitas | - | Heavy rain over the Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon burn scar produced high flow in an arroyo feeding into Manuelitas Creek. This overflowed banks and splashed over the bridge on County Road A4A. |
| September 2024 | Flash Flood | Manuelitas | - | A trained spotter reported flooding over the bridge crossing County Road A4A, just west of NM 94. Event time estimated based on radar reflectivity and time report occurred. |
| September 2024 | Flash Flood | Manuelitas | - | Law enforcement reported flooding on the north end of County Road A-1 in Sapello, NM. The Sapello Fire Department reported 2 foot deep water over the roadway. Event time estimated based on radar reflectivity and time report occurred. |
| June 2024 | Debris Flow | Manuelitas | - | Multiple areas of water and hail across NM 161 with debris flow making the highway impassable. Field and drainage flooding was also reported. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Manuelitas | - | Quarter size hail fell with a storm moving southeast in northern San Miguel County near Tierra Monte. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Manuelitas | - | Spotter reported ping pong ball size hail with storm moving southeast through northern San Miguel County near Manuelitas. |
| June 2023 | Flash Flood | Manuelitas | - | Several inches of hail and water was reported flowing from a nearby pasture across a dirt road in northern San Miguel County. |
| July 2022 | Flash Flood | Manuelitas | - | Heavy rain across the Calf Canyon burn scar caused the Manuelitas Creek to overflow its banks and flood low water crossings along County Road A1. No damages were reported. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Manuelitas | - | Quarter size hail accumulated to a depth of one inch near Tierra Monte. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Manuelitas | - | Nickel size hail reported near Manuelitas. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canoncito | 2.3 miles | 16 | |
| Sapello | 2.3 miles | 16 | |
| Las Tusas | 2.4 miles | 16 | |
| San Ignacio | 4.5 miles | 16 | |
| Tierra Monte | 5.4 miles | 16 | |
| Las Dispensas | 5.7 miles | 16 | |
| Peñasco Blanco | 5.9 miles | 16 | |
| Emplazado | 6.3 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.
| Wikidata item Q122548021 | 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 908392. 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.







