Manchaca, Texas
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Austin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78748. It stands on Little Bear Creek. The Survey maps it on the Oak Hill quadrangle. 2,266 people lived here at the 2020 count.
Population over time
2 figuresManchaca grew from 1,133 to 2,266 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,133 | |
| 2020 | 2,266 | +1,133 (+100%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 18 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.
- 1896 USGS Austin quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Austin quadrangle1:125000
- 1910 USGS Austin quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Oak Hill quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Buda quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Oak Hill quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Austin quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1988 USGS Oak Hill quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
60 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Manchaca between 2005 and 2020, burning about 136 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 were 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/undetermined | 36 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 9 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 52 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ESTANCIA |
| 12 September 2006 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 19 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 88335 |
| 9 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 July 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 16062234 |
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 Manchaca: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Stone, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buda Quarry | Limestone, General, Stone, Dimension | Producer | Limestone | |
| South Austin Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel, Sand |
Storms near this place
10 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Manchaca in 10 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 4 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2021 | Lightning | Manchaca | $100,000 | Lightning caused a house to catch fire in Manchaca. |
| March 1993 | Hail | Manchaca | $50,000 | no account filed |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manchaca | - | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 50 to 60 mph in Manchaca. |
| April 2024 | Hail | Manchaca | - | A thunderstorm produced half dollar size hail in Manchaca for ten minutes. |
| May 2020 | Flash Flood | Manchaca | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding in South Austin. An mPING report stated streets were flooded near Old Manchaca Rd. near a creek called Nichols Branch. |
| May 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Manchaca | - | A NWS storm survey found evidence that an EF-0 tornado went through the Shady Hollow area off Brodie Ln. in south Austin. Numerous streets had significant tree damage along with some minor roof damage to some homes. The tornado moved NE and appears to have dissipated near W Slaughter Ln. Wind damage was reported farther NE into the city of Austin, but this damage could not conclusively be associated with this tornado path. Peak winds were estimated at 85 mph. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manchaca | - | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph that blew down an eight inch diameter China Berry, a five inch diameter Elm, and many tree limbs. |
| September 2014 | Flash Flood | Manchaca | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding. ATXFloods reported approximately 50 low water crossings closed around Austin and other parts of Travis County. Rainfall totals exceeding six inches were reported in the area. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Manchaca | - | no account filed |
| March 1993 | Hail | Manchaca | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Leanna | 0.9 miles | 18 | |
| Ford Oaks | 2.2 miles | 18 | |
| Shady Hollow | 2.3 miles | 18 | |
| Tanglewood Forest | 2.4 miles | 18 | |
| Onion Creek | 2.6 miles | 18 | |
| Bluff Springs | 3.6 miles | 18 | |
| Turnersville | 4.3 miles | 18 | |
| Kincheonville | 4.3 miles | 18 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Manchaca | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q973310 | 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 1380881. 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.








