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Shady Grove, Arkansas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in District 8. It lies in ZIP code area 72653. The Survey maps it on the Mountain Home West quadrangle.

Shady Grove within Baxter County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 18 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

59 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Shady Grove between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,270 acres in total. None started naturally. 25 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/incendiarism25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Debris and open burning13
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
30 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 2012Debris and open burning42 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
25 August 2001Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
11 July 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined27 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 June 2001Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 April 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined76 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsLOOKOUT
6 April 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 April 2004Arson/incendiarism35 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Baxter County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Shady Grove: 6 unknowns, 3 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Stone, Zinc. 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
MeerscheidtLead, Mercury, ZincProspect
Cincinnati ProspectLead, ZincProspect
Commercial ProspectLead, ZincProspect
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkStoneUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkStoneUnknown
UnkStoneUnknown

Every working recorded in Baxter 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
Buford2.6 miles18
Heritage Estates2.8 miles18
Shipp2.9 miles17
Arkana3.4 miles17
Cartney3.9 miles18
Conville (historical)4.0 miles18
Norfork Village4.3 miles17
Laytonville (historical)4.4 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57186. 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.