Manda, Texas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Northeast Travis census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78653. The Survey maps it on the Coupland quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1885 USGS Bastrop quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Bastrop quadrangle1:125000
- 1904 USGS Bastrop quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Elgin quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Elgin quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1982 USGS Coupland quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Austin quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
21 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Manda between 2006 and 2016, burning about 311 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 29 July 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WINDFARM RD |
| 11 July 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 16064154 |
| 5 June 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 200 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HAMILTON POOL RD FIRE |
| 4 June 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 June 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Manda in 3 storm reports between 2016 and 2020: 1 flood, 1 flash flood, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2020 | Hail | Manda | - | A thunderstorm produced quarter to half dollar size hail around Manor. Reports came from amateur radio and mPING. |
| December 2018 | Flash Flood | Manda | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding when Cottonwood Creek left its banks and covered Old Kimbro Rd. east of Manor. Two people were rescued from the top of their car when it stalled in the flood waters. |
| November 2016 | Flood | Manda | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused minor flooding closing FM1100 between Elgin and Hwy 290. The west bound lane of Hwy 290 west of Elgin was also closed due to water over the road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carlson | 1.9 miles | 17 | |
| New Sweden | 2.4 miles | 17 | |
| Lund | 3.8 miles | 17 | |
| Cele | 3.9 miles | 17 | |
| New Katy | 4.9 miles | 17 | |
| Littig | 5.8 miles | 16 | |
| Manor | 6.4 miles | 17 | |
| Pflugerville | 8.4 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1362128. 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.
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.







