BlockManheim, Texas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Giddings census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78948. The Survey maps it on the Paige quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1885 USGS Bastrop quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Bastrop quadrangle1:125000
- 1904 USGS Bastrop quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Smithville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Smithville quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1982 USGS Paige quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Austin quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
99 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 99 fires within 5 miles of Manheim between 1998 and 2020, burning about 327 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 39 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 27 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 290 W. # 2 |
| 9 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | MILLER |
| 7 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 290 W. #1 |
| 7 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HOG TRAP |
| 5 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 113 #1 |
| 5 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HILLS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Manheim in 7 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 3 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manheim | $2,000 | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph that knocked down some large tree limbs between Manheim and Giddings. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manheim | $500 | A thunderstorm produced wind gust estimated at 60 mph that knocked down numerous tree limbs along Hwy 21 near Private Rd. 8043 east of Manheim. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Manheim | - | A thunderstorm produced ping pong ball size hail at CR 326 and CR 109 in Lincoln. |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manheim | - | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts of 56 kts measured by a personal weather station in Manheim. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Manheim | - | A thunderstorm produced one inch hail near Manheim. |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Manheim | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding closing FM 2440 and County Roads 106, 107, and 108 in Lee County. |
| April 2008 | Hail | Manheim | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378640. 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.