BlockSelma, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Bowie census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76230. It stands on Brier Creek. The Survey maps it on the Selma quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1954 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Selma quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Denton quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Denton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
81 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Selma between 2003 and 2019, burning about 2,157 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 35 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 33 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 1125 |
| 23 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 10 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HOGUE |
| 1 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PICKET RUN FIRE |
| 6 August 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 500 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | NORTH TX - 3 |
| 3 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TURKEY CREEK |
| 28 August 2014 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 25 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WAGONSELLER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 1367950. 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.