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Selman, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Altha census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32424. It stands on Fox Creek. The Survey maps it on the Altha East quadrangle.

Selman within Calhoun County

Then and now

1952 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 42 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Selman, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Selman, surveyed 1952

Compare 1952 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

55 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Selman between 1992 and 2020, burning about 646 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 3 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 burning14
Equipment and vehicle use10
Railroad operations and maintenance8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Natural5
Smoking4
Arson/incendiarism3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony2

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
12 July 1995Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
12 July 1995Natural4.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
12 July 1995Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
11 July 2007Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFlorida Forest Service07/PEANUT MILL FIRE -0815
11 July 2007Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Service07/PEANUT MILL #2-0816
11 July 1995Natural170 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
10 July 1992Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
11 June 1993Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calhoun County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Selman: 4 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Every working recorded in Calhoun County

Storms near this place

4 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Selman in 4 storm reports between 2014 and 2023: 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2014Thunderstorm WindSelman$500A tree was blown down on Macedonia Road.
July 2023Flash FloodSelman-Water was flowing over State Route 69 near Charles Pippin Road.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindSelman-A tree was blown down partially across the road on Highway 69.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindSelman-A tree was blown down along Highway 69.

Every storm recorded in Calhoun 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
Eufala (historical)2.5 miles13
Ocheesee2.8 miles13
Henderson Mill3.1 miles13
Pine Island4.4 miles15
Ocheesee Landing4.6 miles12
Choconickla (historical)4.9 miles15
Chipola5.2 miles13
Leonards (historical)5.6 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295610. 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.