Shaw, Alabama

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Waterloo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35677. It lies in Shaw Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Yellow Creek quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Shaw within Lauderdale County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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.

1911 USGS Iuka quadrangle1:48000
1911 USGS Iuka quadrangle1:62500
1914 USGS Iuka quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
1936 USGS Shaws quadrangle1:24000
1953 USGS Yellow Creek quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
1956 USGS Tupelo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Tupelo quadrangle1:250000
1984 USGS Corinth quadrangle1:100000
1984 USGS Tupelo quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1994 USGS Corinth quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

89 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of Shaw (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 952 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 50 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	50
Debris and open burning	20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	13
Recreation and ceremony	3
Other causes	1
Smoking	1
Natural	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
6 September 2000	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Mississippi Forestry Commission	not named
24 September 2007	Debris and open burning	6.0 acres	Tennessee Division of Forestry	EDGE FIRE
7 August 1999	Recreation and ceremony	5.0 acres	Mississippi Forestry Commission	not named
4 August 2013	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Mississippi Forestry Commission	not named
4 August 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Mississippi Forestry Commission	MS0 1010-1710804002
30 August 1999	Arson/incendiarism	4.0 acres	Mississippi Forestry Commission	not named
3 August 2007	Debris and open burning	10 acres	Tennessee Division of Forestry	SOUTH RIDGE 1
3 August 2007	Natural	20 acres	Tennessee Division of Forestry	SOUTH RIDGE 3

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lauderdale County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Shaw (historical): 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
	Iuka Sand and Gravel	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Sedimentary
	South Camden Prospect	Clay	Occurrence

Every working recorded in Lauderdale 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
Haddock (historical)	0.9 miles	21
Mount Olive (historical)	5.0 miles	18
Mathews (historical)	5.9 miles	18
Waterloo	6.8 miles	18
Wright	10.5 miles	18
Dart	12.9 miles	18
Murphy Cross Roads	14.2 miles	18
Gravelly Springs	15.1 miles	18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 142185. 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.