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Selma, Texas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the San Antonio Northeast census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78154. It stands on Selma Creek. The Survey maps it on the Schertz quadrangle.

Selma within Bexar County

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

93 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 93 fires within 5 miles of Selma between 2005 and 2018, burning about 366 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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/undetermined67
Debris and open burning10
Equipment and vehicle use6
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1
Arson/incendiarism1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
9 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSZFD111324
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined50 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSZFD111302
3 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWEIDERSTEIN FIRE
15 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSZFD121381
9 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSZFD141296
5 August 2013Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCBFD130703
4 August 2015Debris and open burning10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBRUSH FIRE
28 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined60 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSZFD111255

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bexar County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Selma: 13 producers, 1 unknown. 13 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Perlite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
ConverseClayUnknown
Judson Road Perlite PlantPerliteProducer
Barrett Base QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Gifford Hill Ogden QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Ogden QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Unnamed QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducer1973
Beck Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Beck Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gem Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerGravel, Sand
Gem Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Bexar County

Storms near this place

7 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Selma in 7 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 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
June 2025Flash FloodSelma$100,000Thunderstorms produced heavy rain leading to flash flooding. There was a news report of nine homes flooded along Shin Oak Dr. in Live Oak.
September 2019Thunderstorm WindSelma$5,000A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph knocking down a sizable tree limb that damaged a Jeep.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindSelma$5,000A survey found wind damage in the Live Oak and Windcrest areas just to the northeast of San Antonio. Most of the damage was to fences and trees.
June 2023HailSelma-A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail in Universal City.
June 2023HailSelma-A thunderstorm produced half dollar size hail at Toepperwein Rd. and Nacogdoches Rd. in northeastern San Antonio.
April 2018HailSelma-A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail in Selma. The hail fell for two minutes.
June 2014Flash FloodSelma-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding closing I-35 at Toepperwein Rd. and the ramp from eastbound I-410 to southbound I-35.

Every storm recorded in Bexar 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
Luxello1.3 miles11
Live Oak2.1 miles11
Universal City2.6 miles11
Airport City3.6 miles11
Converse4.6 miles11
Shorts Corner6.1 miles14
Wetmore6.2 miles14
Windcrest6.2 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1346886. 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.