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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.

Manuelitas within San Miguel County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

85 since 1993

Regional 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
Natural33
Missing data/not specified/undetermined29
Debris and open burning15
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
5 September 2020Natural5.0 acresLas Vegas District21-40450261X
5 September 2020Natural3.0 acresLas Vegas District21-40440260X
9 August 2004Naturalunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestHERMIT
8 August 2002Natural1.5 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionFOX
7 August 2000Natural3,600 acresLas Vegas DistrictBELL
6 August 2004Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionMM16
5 August 2000Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionCOUGAR
4 August 2001Natural1.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionGORDEN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Miguel County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in San Miguel County

Storms near this place

13 since 2012

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2023Tornado (EF0)Manuelitas$100,000Damage 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 2022Flash FloodManuelitas$25,000Manuelitas 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 2025HailManuelitas$1,000A trained spotter near Tierra Monte observed quarter size diameter hail which resulted in minor damage to the spotter's vehicle.
July 2025Flash FloodManuelitas-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 2024Flash FloodManuelitas-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 2024Flash FloodManuelitas-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 2024Debris FlowManuelitas-Multiple areas of water and hail across NM 161 with debris flow making the highway impassable. Field and drainage flooding was also reported.
June 2023HailManuelitas-Quarter size hail fell with a storm moving southeast in northern San Miguel County near Tierra Monte.
June 2023HailManuelitas-Spotter reported ping pong ball size hail with storm moving southeast through northern San Miguel County near Manuelitas.
June 2023Flash FloodManuelitas-Several inches of hail and water was reported flowing from a nearby pasture across a dirt road in northern San Miguel County.
July 2022Flash FloodManuelitas-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 2019HailManuelitas-Quarter size hail accumulated to a depth of one inch near Tierra Monte.
June 2012HailManuelitas-Nickel size hail reported near Manuelitas.

Every storm recorded in San Miguel 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
Canoncito2.3 miles16
Sapello2.3 miles16
Las Tusas2.4 miles16
San Ignacio4.5 miles16
Tierra Monte5.4 miles16
Las Dispensas5.7 miles16
Peñasco Blanco5.9 miles16
Emplazado6.3 miles14

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 Q122548021The 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.