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Manse, Nevada

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Pahrump census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89061. The Survey maps it on the Pahrump quadrangle.

Manse within Nye County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 20 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

40 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Manse between 1993 and 2020, burning about 93 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Natural9
Equipment and vehicle use3
Fireworks2
Debris and open burning2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Firearms and explosives use1

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
8 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeCOUNTYLINE
6 September 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNye CountyPVFD 3
4 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouthern Nevada District OfficeNYE CO 17
8 August 2003Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeHAFEN
6 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNye CountyMALIBU
5 August 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresSouthern Nevada District OfficeCASS
30 August 1998Naturalunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficePIT
28 August 1993Naturalunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeGRAVEL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nye 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 Manse: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Calhoon's Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pahrump Community Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Valley Sand and GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Nye County

Storms near this place

6 since 2022

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Manse in 6 storm reports between 2022 and 2025: 4 flash flood, 1 flood, 1 lightning. 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 2025Flash FloodManse$2,000Highway 160 was closed at Caas Street due to mud and debris over the road.
September 2025Flash FloodManse$1,000Highway 160 was closed near Trout Canyon Road due to flooding.
March 2023FloodManse$1,000Highway 160 was flooded.
August 2023Flash FloodManse$1,000Hafen Ranch Rd was flooded.
August 2022Flash FloodManse$1,000Highway 160 was flooded in both directions at Tecopa Road.
October 2025LightningManse$100Lightning started a brush fire near Highway 160 and Trout Canyon Road.

Every storm recorded in Nye 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
Pahrump5.7 miles20
Johnnie20.4 miles21
Bowlerville (historical)21.8 miles21
Labbe Camp22.0 miles21
Stirling (historical)23.0 miles20
Ashmeadow (historical)25.2 miles24
Crystal27.2 miles21
Amargosa (historical)31.7 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 851448. 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.