Manuelito, New Mexico
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Red Rock census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87319. It lies near Surrender Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Manuelito quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1886 USGS Wingate quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Wingate quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Manuelito quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Zuni quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Photographs
1 photograph, 1943Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Delano, Jack, 1943. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
29 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Manuelito between 1992 and 2020, burning about 272 acres in total. 9 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 | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | MANUELITO CYN 1 |
| 22 September 2000 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | OAK SPRING |
| 5 August 1994 | Debris and open burning | 4.8 acres | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | MANUELITO2 |
| 4 August 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | W. OAK SPRINGS |
| 13 August 2012 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | E. BOWMAN PARK |
| 8 July 1995 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | MANUELITO1 |
| 7 July 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 71 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | MANVLITO |
| 6 July 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | HAWTHORNE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Manuelito: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
1 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Manuelito in 1 storm report in 2010: 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2010 | Flash Flood | Manuelito | $87,000 | Flash flooding damaged Manuelito Canyon Road and nearby Manuelito Canyon. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Defiance | 7.0 miles | 15 | |
| Twin Buttes | 9.6 miles | 15 | |
| Mentmore | 10.1 miles | 15 | |
| Chi Chil Tah | 12.7 miles | 14 | |
| Red Rock | 12.8 miles | 15 | |
| Allison | 13.1 miles | 15 | |
| Gallup | 15.2 miles | 15 | |
| Rock Springs | 15.6 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 902831. 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.








