Seltice, Washington

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Tekoa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99128. The Survey maps it on the Tekoa quadrangle.

Seltice within Whitman County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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.

1903 USGS Oakesdale quadrangle1:125000
1905 USGS Oakesdale quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
1955 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Tekoa quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1984 USGS Rosalia quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

11 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Seltice between 1998 and 2016, burning about 18 acres in total. 3 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
Debris and open burning	4
Natural	3
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Recreation and ceremony	1
Fireworks	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
5 September 2007	Debris and open burning	3.5 acres	Northern Idaho Agency	RAMBO
13 September 1998	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Northern Idaho Agency	SKYLINE-2
7 August 1999	Natural	under an acre	Northern Idaho Agency	OLDSHEEPCK
11 August 1998	Equipment and vehicle use	2.0 acres	Northern Idaho Agency	MORRISON
4 July 2003	Fireworks	under an acre	Northern Idaho Agency	WORLEY Y
26 July 2002	Debris and open burning	1.5 acres	Northern Idaho Agency	JULYDANCE
18 July 2016	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Northern Idaho Agency	DESMET
5 June 2009	Natural	under an acre	Northern Idaho Agency	MAIL ROUTE RD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Whitman County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Seltice: 7 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Lefors	Iron	Past Producer
Dept of Highways	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unnamed Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unnamed Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unnamed Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Whitman 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Warner	2.7 miles	10
Tekoa	4.7 miles	11
Farmington	5.1 miles	12
Lone Pine	5.7 miles	10
Belmont	6.1 miles	9
Willard	6.4 miles	11
Walters	7.9 miles	12
Fairbanks	8.3 miles	10

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.

Wikidata item Q118563990

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 1511301. 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.