Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.
“The Selma Methodist Church is a historic church located along AR 293 in Selma, Arkansas. The wood-frame church was built c. 1874, and is a well preserved rural Gothic Revival structure.”
Wikipedia article Selma Methodist Church, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 27 National Register listings published here for Drew County · listed in 1972 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Selma Methodist Church 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 |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Selma, the town this property stands in, 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 |
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Selma Rosenwald School | 1.6 miles | 2006 |
 | Taylor Log House and Site | 5.1 miles | 1995 |
| Old Piney Cemetery | 5.7 miles | 2022 | |
 | Tillar, Frank, Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church, South | 6.7 miles | 1997 |
| Bank of Tillar | 6.8 miles | 2022 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 72000202 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Drew County | All 27 listed properties in this county. |
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