Selman, Texas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Rochelle census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76871. The Survey maps it on the Hall quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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 Brady quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1928 USGS Mercury quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Mercury quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Brownwood quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1979 USGS Hall quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Brady quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
31 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Selman between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,494 acres in total. 7 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 | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2009 | Natural | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | APPLETON |
| 29 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRASADA RANCH |
| 29 August 2008 | Natural | 75 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 27 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRASADA RANCH |
| 24 August 2018 | Natural | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | APPLETON GRASSFIRE PT3 |
| 24 August 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRANT APPLETON FIRE PT 4 |
| 23 August 2018 | Natural | 305 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRASSADA |
| 22 August 2018 | Natural | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | APPLETON FIRE |
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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rochelle | 6.2 miles | 12 | |
| Placid | 6.6 miles | 14 | |
| East Sweden | 10.1 miles | 13 | |
| Paul Junction | 11.3 miles | 13 | |
| Mercury | 11.3 miles | 16 | |
| Milburn | 12.7 miles | 15 | |
| Beasley Crossing | 14.0 miles | 15 | |
| Brady | 14.9 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380513. 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.





