BlockSelma, Kansas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Rich Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66039. The Survey maps it on the Centerville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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.
- 1885 USGS Garnett quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Garnett quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1947 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Garnett quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Garnett quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
24 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Selma between 2015 and 2020, burning about 324 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 18 July 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 12 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 7 May 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 1556011 |
| 13 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1851055 |
| 4 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 1851039 |
| 16 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 75 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 1851044 |
| 11 April 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 1556010 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Selma in 2 storm reports between 2007 and 2019: 1 tornado, 1 hail. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2007 | Tornado (EF0) | Selma | - | A weak EF-0 tornado touched down in southeast Anderson County around 1 mile east of Selma, and tracked northeast entering Linn county around 4 miles northeast of Selma. See Stormdata for Kansas, northeast, for more information on the continuation of this tornado. In Anderson County, the tornado flattened some grasses, and caused minor tree damage. The tornado occurred from a parent HP-Supercell thunderstorm. The path width was around 100 yards and the length around 3.5 miles. | |
| June 2019 | Hail | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 477894. 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.