Shady Grove, Alabama
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Millerville-Hollins census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35072. The Survey maps it on the Bulls Gap quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 23 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.
- 1890 USGS Talladega quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Talladega quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1944 USGS Goodwater quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Goodwater quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Goodwater NE quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Birmingham South quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Bulls Gap quadrangle1:24000
- 2001 USGS Bulls Gap quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
163 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 163 fires within 5 miles of Shady Grove between 1993 and 2019, burning about 2,833 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 57 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 57 |
| Debris and open burning | 50 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| 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 2002 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 74 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160930-16 |
| 30 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | 50 acres | National Forests in Alabama | BOULDER |
| 19 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Shady Grove: 6 occurrences, 3 prospects, 2 unknowns, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Iron, Clay, Copper, Sulfur. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A S Bell Pyrite Deposit | Sulfur | Occurrence | ||
| Hatchet Creek Prospect - West Millerville | Iron, Copper, Sulfur | Occurrence | 1963 | |
| Hatchet Creek Prospect Millerville | Sulfur, Iron, Copper | Occurrence | 1963 | |
| Garrett Prospect | Copper, Sulfur | Prospect | ||
| Hood-Graves Mine | Graphite | Past Producer | ||
| J W Williams Prospect | Graphite | Occurrence | ||
| Mcghee Prospect | Copper, Sulfur | Occurrence | 1850 | |
| Reams Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Simmons Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown |
Storms near this place
2 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Shady Grove in 2 storm reports between 2013 and 2020: 1 hail, 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2020 | Flood | Shady Grove | - | Several roads underwater across areas along and north of Highway 9 with 3-5 inches of rainfall reported during the event. |
| March 2013 | Hail | Shady Grove | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roselle | 2.6 miles | 23 | |
| Glades | 3.0 miles | 14 | |
| East Mill | 3.6 miles | 23 | |
| Brownsville | 3.7 miles | 23 | |
| Cleveland Crossroads | 4.0 miles | 12 | |
| Carr Mill | 4.1 miles | 14 | |
| Millerville | 4.5 miles | 14 | |
| Pinkneyville | 5.0 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 160581. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.










