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Selleck Historic District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

From the record

“Selleck is a former company town in Washington, located at As the sole surviving company mill town in King County, it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and as a King County landmark.”

Wikipedia article Selleck, Washington, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 324 National Register listings published here for King County · listed in 1989 · category: District.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article

The listing

  • Address. SE 252nd, Selleck, 98051
  • When was it listed? March 1989
  • Category. district
  • Census division. Enumclaw Plateau
  • National Register reference number. 89000214 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

21 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Selleck Historic District 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

Every fire recorded in King County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Selleck Historic District: 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

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

2 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Seattle Municipal Light and Power Plant5.4 miles1997
Gaffney's Lake Wilderness Lodge8.0 miles2003

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 89000214 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
King CountyAll 324 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • 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.