Manvel, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Alvin-Pearland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77578. The Survey maps it on the Manvel quadrangle. 9,992 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 52 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresManvel grew from 5,179 to 9,992 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 | 5,179 | |
| 2020 | 9,992 | +4,813 (+93%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1950 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Manvel quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Manvel quadrangle1:24000
- 1975 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Angleton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
95 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 95 fires within 5 miles of Manvel between 2008 and 2014, burning about 305 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 4 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 | 49 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ILLEGAL BURN |
| 9 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 6 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 24 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 2 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 13 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 13 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 10 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Manvel: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Halite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manvell Salt Dome | Halite | Occurrence | 1929 |
Storms near this place
25 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Manvel in 25 storm reports between 1995 and 2021: 9 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 2 flash flood. The reports record 3 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2015 | Tornado (EF1) | Manvel | 3 hurt, $50,000 | The EF-1 tornado tracked along Wink Road between Alvin and Manvel. The tornado injured three people as it destroyed one mobile home and damaged several other mobile homes. The estimated peak wind was 100 mph. |
| July 1997 | Tornado (F0) | Manvel | $50,000 | Trailer home destroyed and a roof was blown off a house in Manvel. Many trees blown down between CR 48-CR 58-HWY 6. |
| June 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Manvel | $40,000 | A tornado touched down near Highway 6 and County Road 99, downing trees and damaging one home. |
| February 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manvel | $30,000 | Antique shop at HWY 6 & CR 99 sustained major wind damage (80% totalled). |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manvel | $25,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed tree limbs and power lines. |
| April 1997 | Tornado (F0) | Manvel | $25,000 | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Lightning | Manvel | $15,000 | A lightning strike set fire to a structure in Manvel. |
| October 2003 | Flash Flood | Manvel | $15,000 | Flooding over County Road 190, west of Highway 146, forced its closure. Subdivision along Highway 6 in Manvel experienced flooding. |
| May 2000 | Hail | Manvel | $15,000 | no account filed |
| November 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manvel | $10,000 | Tree down and blocking CR 1188. |
| April 2001 | Hail | Manvel | $10,000 | no account filed |
| March 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manvel | $8,000 | A severe thunderstorm caused some roof damage and blew down a fence near the South Fork subdivision around the Pearland area. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manvel | $5,000 | Severe thunderstorm winds blew over a metal carport. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manvel | $5,000 | Trees blown down blocking CR 190. |
| January 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manvel | $5,000 | no account filed |
| January 1997 | Hail | Manvel | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 1997 | Flash Flood | Manvel | $5,000 | no account filed |
| November 1995 | Hail | Manvel | $5,000 | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Hail | Manvel | $2,000 | Dime size hail at State Highway 288 and County Road 58. |
| April 2014 | Lightning | Manvel | $1,000 | A lightning strike caused a grass fire on a golf course. |
| January 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manvel | - | Strong wind gusts caused tree damage in Brazoria County, resulting in trees blocking roads. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Manvel | - | Quarter sized hail was observed. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Manvel | - | Penny sized hail was observed. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Manvel | - | Dime size hail was reported between Manvel and Pearland. |
| March 2013 | Hail | Manvel | - | The penny size hail was reported in the town of Manvel. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa Colony | 3.3 miles | 11 | |
| Sedgewood | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Ravenwood Estates | 5.2 miles | 13 | |
| Fairway Village | 5.2 miles | 13 | |
| Southwyck | 5.2 miles | 13 | |
| West Lea | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Lakepointe | 5.5 miles | 13 | |
| Meadowview | 6.0 miles | 13 |
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 Manvel | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q981784 | 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 1340905. 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.





