Manchester, Texas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Houston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77012. It lies near Fidelity Island. The Survey maps it on the Park Place quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1915 USGS Park Place quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1922 USGS Park Place quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Park Place quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Park Place quadrangle1:24000
- 1975 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Park Place quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Houston quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Park Place quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
42 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Manchester between 2019 and 2020, burning about 8 acres in total. None 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/undetermined | 42 |
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 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E053 |
| 2 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | E025 |
| 2 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E041, E042 |
| 13 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E023 |
| 12 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E044, L044 |
| 1 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E025 |
| 8 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E025 |
| 8 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E040 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 29 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Manchester: 22 producers, 3 plants, 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. 25 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armco Steel Corp | Iron | Producer | ||
| Galena Park Mill | Barium-Barite | Producer | ||
| Houston Barite,Plant | Strontium, Bentonite, Barium-Barite | Producer | ||
| Houston Cement Plant | Limestone, General | Producer | ||
| South Houston Salt Dome | Halite | Occurrence | 1934 | |
| (Facility) Atlantic Richfield Refinery | Sulfur | Plant | ||
| Charter International Oil Co | Sulfur | Producer | ||
| Galena Park Gypsum Plant | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer | ||
| Ideal Cement Clay Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Lone Star Clay Pit | Clay | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Manchester in 2 storm reports between 2012 and 2019: 1 lightning, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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 2012 | Lightning | Manchester | 1 hurt | A television station reports a man was injured by a lightning strike at the Port of Houston. |
| September 2019 | Flash Flood | Manchester | - | Flooding along Manchester Street at I610. Roads impassable. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daly Place | 0.9 miles | 16 | |
| Harrisburg | 0.9 miles | 16 | |
| Clinton Park | 1.6 miles | 16 | |
| Mason Park Terrace | 1.6 miles | 16 | |
| Pecan Park | 1.6 miles | 16 | |
| Clinton View | 1.7 miles | 16 | |
| Gloverdale | 1.7 miles | 16 | |
| Allendale | 1.9 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1340888. 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.









