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Shady Grove, Alabama

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Phil Campbell census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35581. It lies near Cat Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Phil Campbell quadrangle.

Shady Grove within Franklin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

85 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Shady Grove between 1994 and 2020, burning about 919 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 17 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined37
Debris and open burning23
Arson/incendiarism17
Equipment and vehicle use2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Other causes1
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1
Natural1

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
6 September 1998Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2019Arson/incendiarism10 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190924-7
22 September 2010Other causes1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2010Arson/incendiarism20 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2010Debris and open burning200 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionWACO FIRE
15 September 1998Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionNOR-20130910-002

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Franklin County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Shady Grove: 3 producers, 2 unknowns. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. 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
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
Spruce Pine MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Spruce Pine PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Tennessee Valley Sand and Gravel CompanySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments

Every working recorded in Franklin County

Storms near this place

3 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Shady Grove in 3 storm reports between 2011 and 2012: 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
December 2012Thunderstorm WindShady Grove$2,000Trees were knocked down along Shady Grove Road.
April 2011HailShady Grove-Hail up to half dollar sized was reported in the Bear Creek area.
March 2011HailShady Grove-Three quarter inch diameter hail was reported.

Every storm recorded in Franklin 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
Phil Campbell2.7 miles14
Liberty Hill2.8 miles14
Nix3.7 miles14
Smith (historical)3.8 miles14
Nix Mill4.6 miles14
Spruce Pine5.2 miles14
Duketon6.3 miles14
Churntown6.9 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 136270. 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.