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Selleck, Washington

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Enumclaw Plateau census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98051. It lies near Green Valley. The Survey maps it on the North Bend quadrangle. It stands 1,109 feet above sea level.

Selleck within King County

On record in Selleck

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

21 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Selleck between 1993 and 2019, burning about 24 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
Recreation and ceremony8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Debris and open burning5
Other causes1
Natural1
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 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
5 September 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
29 September 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
8 August 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestLITTLE SALMON
21 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters31400 COURTNEY RD
12 August 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersMIDDLE FORK
5 July 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.2 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSOUTH GREEN
31 July 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersGREEN RIVER CAMPFIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in King County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Selleck: 5 past producers, 3 prospects, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Aluminum, Mercury. 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
Byrd ProspectMercuryOccurrence
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Durham Hi-Alumina Clay DepositAluminumProspect
Elk PitClayPast Producer
Kanaskat Hi-Alumina Clay DepositAluminumProspect
Kanaskat PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kangley Hi-Alumina Clay DepositAluminumProspect
Palmer PitClayPast Producer
TaylorClayPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in King 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
Barneston0.9 miles14
Kangley1.1 miles13
Bagley Junction1.7 miles14
Durham2.8 miles13
Snoose Junction2.9 miles14
Trude3.2 miles13
Kanaskat Junction3.3 miles13
Kanaskat4.0 miles13

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 SelleckAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5556160The 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 1525569. 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.