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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.

Selman within McCulloch County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 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

31 since 2005

Regional 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/undetermined9
Debris and open burning8
Natural7
Equipment and vehicle use5
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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
4 September 2009Natural20 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceAPPLETON
29 August 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceBRASADA RANCH
29 August 2008Natural75 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
27 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBRASADA RANCH
24 August 2018Natural50 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceAPPLETON GRASSFIRE PT3
24 August 2018Natural1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRANT APPLETON FIRE PT 4
23 August 2018Natural305 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBRASSADA
22 August 2018Natural30 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceAPPLETON FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in McCulloch 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
Rochelle6.2 miles12
Placid6.6 miles14
East Sweden10.1 miles13
Paul Junction11.3 miles13
Mercury11.3 miles16
Milburn12.7 miles15
Beasley Crossing14.0 miles15
Brady14.9 miles13

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.