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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.

Manda within Travis County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

21 since 2006

Regional 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/undetermined12
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Debris and open burning2
Natural1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
7 July 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
5 July 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
5 July 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
29 July 2016Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWINDFARM RD
11 July 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service16064154
5 June 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution200 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHAMILTON POOL RD FIRE
4 June 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
3 June 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Travis County

Storms near this place

3 since 2016

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2020HailManda-A thunderstorm produced quarter to half dollar size hail around Manor. Reports came from amateur radio and mPING.
December 2018Flash FloodManda-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 2016FloodManda-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.

Every storm recorded in Travis 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
Carlson1.9 miles17
New Sweden2.4 miles17
Lund3.8 miles17
Cele3.9 miles17
New Katy4.9 miles17
Littig5.8 miles16
Manor6.4 miles17
Pflugerville8.4 miles17

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.