Selma, Arkansas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Franklin Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71670. The Survey maps it on the Selma quadrangle. It stands 177 feet above sea level.
On record in Selma
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 2 records
Selma Methodist Churchlisted 1972
Selma Rosenwald Schoollisted 2006
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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.
- 1935 USGS Cominto quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Greenwood quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Greenwood quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Collins quadrangle1:62500
- 1960 USGS Selma quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Dumas quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
44 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Selma between 2001 and 2016, burning about 231 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 August 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 August 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 August 2006 | Natural | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
12 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Selma in 12 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 hail, 2 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2001 | Tornado (F1) | Selma | 1 hurt | A weak tornado was spawned in northeast Drew County about 6 miles southwest of Selma. The tornado moved quickly northeast, and badly damaged a home. A house trailer was also damaged. Roofs were damaged at a few homes, and many trees were uprooted or snapped. There was one minor injury reported. The tornado travelled about 5.5 miles before dissipating 2.7 miles west-northwest of Selma. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Selma | $5,000 | Trees were down on Arkansas Highway 277. |
| November 1994 | Hail | Selma | $5,000 | Two car windshields were damaged by hail. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Selma | $3,000 | A few trees were blown down along U.S. 278. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Selma | $3,000 | Trees were blown down in the Dollar Hill area. |
| July 2025 | Flash Flood | Selma | - | High water covered portions of AR Highway 135 near Pine Hill Blvd. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Selma | - | Trees were down along Arkansas Highway 293. |
| February 2007 | Tornado (EF1) | Selma | - | A weak tornado touched down briefly in Drew County, southwest of the community of Selma. The only damage noted along the path of the tornado was a few dozen trees that were snapped off or uprooted. |
| February 1995 | Hail | Selma | - | A funnel cloud was observed by the public. |
| April 2000 | Flash Flood | Selma | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Flash Flood | Selma | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Selma | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sixteenth Section | 3.4 miles | 14 | |
| Old Piney (historical) | 5.3 miles | 14 | |
| Tillar | 6.2 miles | 13 | |
| Florence | 6.3 miles | 12 | |
| Old Union (historical) | 7.0 miles | 14 | |
| Winchester | 7.3 miles | 14 | |
| Enon | 9.5 miles | 14 | |
| Killin | 10.9 miles | 14 |
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 Selma | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7448699 | 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 57184. 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.





