Selman City, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Price-Turnertown census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75689. The Survey maps it on the Price quadrangle. It stands 407 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1935 USGS Henderson quadrangle1:48000
- 1939 USGS Henderson quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1973 USGS Price quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Henderson quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
439 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 439 fires within 5 miles of Selman City between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,682 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 18 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 burning | 171 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 138 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 52 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 40 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 18 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 9 September 2013 | Fireworks | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6308 |
| 9 September 2011 | Natural | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 511 |
| 9 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 7125 |
| 8 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6291 |
| 7 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 390 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PRICE FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Selman City in 3 storm reports between 2020 and 2023: 2 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2023 | Hail | Selman City | - | Golfball size hail fell in the Selman City community. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Selman City | - | A storage building was blown to the side of the roadway on Highway 64 near the intersection of Highway 42 in the Turnertown community. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Selman City | - | Trees and power lines were blown down on Highway 42 between Highway 323 and Highway 64. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnertown | 0.6 miles | 13 | |
| Old London | 2.7 miles | 13 | |
| London | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| Joinerville | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| New London | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Price | 4.0 miles | 13 | |
| Friars | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Stringtown | 5.9 miles | 13 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Selman City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7448744 | 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 1377180. 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.





