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.
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
Selleck Historic Districtlisted 1989
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1913 USGS Cedar Lake quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS North Bend quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Wenatchee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Snoqualmie Pass quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS North Bend quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
21 since 1993Regional 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 ceremony | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 5 September 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 29 September 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 8 August 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | LITTLE SALMON |
| 21 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | 31400 COURTNEY RD |
| 12 August 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | MIDDLE FORK |
| 5 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.2 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SOUTH GREEN |
| 31 July 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | GREEN RIVER CAMPFIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Byrd Prospect | Mercury | Occurrence | ||
| Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Durham Hi-Alumina Clay Deposit | Aluminum | Prospect | ||
| Elk Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Kanaskat Hi-Alumina Clay Deposit | Aluminum | Prospect | ||
| Kanaskat Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Kangley Hi-Alumina Clay Deposit | Aluminum | Prospect | ||
| Palmer Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Taylor | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barneston | 0.9 miles | 14 | |
| Kangley | 1.1 miles | 13 | |
| Bagley Junction | 1.7 miles | 14 | |
| Durham | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Snoose Junction | 2.9 miles | 14 | |
| Trude | 3.2 miles | 13 | |
| Kanaskat Junction | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Kanaskat | 4.0 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 Selleck | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5556160 | 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 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.




