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San Manuel, Texas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Puerto Rico-San Manuel census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78563. The Survey maps it on the Linn quadrangle.

San Manuel within Hidalgo County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 11 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

39 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of San Manuel between 1994 and 2018, burning about 29,612 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Arson/incendiarism6
Debris and open burning6
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
6 August 1998Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresLower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife RefugeSAL DE REY
25 August 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Texas Refuge ComplexCUELLAR!
19 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.1 acresLower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife RefugeSAL DEL REY 3
16 August 2009Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresLower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife RefugeLA SAL DEL REY 3
16 August 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresLower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife RefugeROADSIDE
16 August 1994Debris and open burning15 acresLower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife RefugeSALDELREY
6 July 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined200 acresSouth Texas Refuge ComplexMILLER '09
22 July 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreLower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife RefugeHAVANA1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hidalgo County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of San Manuel: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Cooks PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Linn Pit and PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Linn QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerCaliche

Every working recorded in Hidalgo County

Storms near this place

16 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names San Manuel in 16 storm reports between 1995 and 2021: 7 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 1 heavy rain, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2015Flash FloodSan Manuel$20,000Hidalgo County EM reported the evacuation of one home in San Manuel due to water getting into the house near Highway 281. Water rescues were also reported along FM 186 near Linn - San Manuel.
March 2016Thunderstorm WindSan Manuel$12,000Fire Chief of Linn-San Manuel reported three power poles and lines down along FM 1017 and six trees were uprooted.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindSan Manuel$7,500Numerous reports on social media of trees damaged or uprooted near the Linn-San Manuel area.
February 1995Thunderstorm WindSan Manuel$3,000Metal roofing blown off school.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindSan Manuel$1,000A large tree was uprooted.
September 2014Heavy RainSan Manuel-COOP observer in Linn-San Manuel reported 4.45 inches of rainfall.
May 2006HailSan Manuel-Large hail was reported by a CO-OP observer.
May 2006HailSan Manuel-Large hail was reported by a CO-OP observer.
July 2004HailSan Manuel-Large hail was reported by a National Weather Service Co-op observer.
July 2004HailSan Manuel-Large hail was reported by local broadcast media.
December 2002Thunderstorm WindSan Manuel-Small trees were uprooted with limb damage to larger trees due to thunderstorm winds.
May 2001Thunderstorm WindSan Manuel-The public reported a carport was blown off of a residence north of San Manuel.
May 2007HailSan Manuel-no account filed
December 2002HailSan Manuel-no account filed
March 2000Thunderstorm WindSan Manuel-no account filed
May 1999HailSan Manuel-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hidalgo 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
Linn0.3 miles11
Los Angeles1.4 miles11
Lane Number 2 Colonia4.3 miles11
Lane Number 1 Colonia4.3 miles11
Red Gate4.7 miles8
Solino5.3 miles8
Laguna Seca6.1 miles8
Los Cerritos Colonia8.5 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1346426. 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.