Selsa, Missouri
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Blue Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64057. It stands on East Fork Little Blue River. The Survey maps it on the Blue Springs quadrangle.
On record in Selsa
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Mason Buildinglisted 2021 · 0.6 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 23 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.
- 1894 USGS Independence quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1933 USGS Blue Springs quadrangle1:24000
- 1945 USGS Blue Springs quadrangle1:24000
- 1947 USGS Blue Springs quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Blue Springs quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Blue Springs quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
6,365 words on this townshipThe History of Jackson County, Missouri, Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, Etc., Biographical Sketches of Its Citizens, Jackson County in the Late War... History of Missouri, Map of Jackson County .., published 1881 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Blue Township covers organized may 23, 1827, at first it included land in what is cass and bates counties, present boundaries and phyiscal features, blue township a favored locality, names of the pioneers, what the pioneers themselves say of early days.
Read the chapter on Blue Township - 6,365 words.
Fires near this place
4 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Selsa between 2007 and 2011, burning about 3 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 1 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 18 November 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 15 November 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.2 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 23 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Selsa: 21 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown-S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown-S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown-S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Bixley Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Pink Hill Mine & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Rock Acres Mine & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unknown-Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown-Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown-Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown-Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Tapawingo | 2.6 miles | 23 | |
| Adams | 2.8 miles | 23 | |
| East Independence | 3.1 miles | 23 | |
| Blue Springs | 4.0 miles | 23 | |
| Independence | 4.8 miles | 26 | |
| Little Blue | 5.6 miles | 24 | |
| Ripley | 5.9 miles | 24 | |
| Lake City | 6.1 miles | 23 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122565783 | 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 741256. 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.










