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Shady Grove, Arkansas

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Ward Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72830. It stands on Burt Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hartman quadrangle.

Shady Grove within Johnson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 20 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

86 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 86 fires within 5 miles of Shady Grove between 1998 and 2020, burning about 531 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 6 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
Debris and open burning33
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Equipment and vehicle use14
Arson/incendiarism6
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2000Debris and open burning12 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2004Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 1999Debris and open burning4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1998Smoking2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 2012Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Johnson 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 Shady Grove: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Eureka Brick Co. Clay PitClayProducer
Johnson County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Johnson County

Storms near this place

6 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Shady Grove in 6 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 4 hail, 2 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
June 2009Thunderstorm WindShady Grove$500,000Numerous trees were blown down, some of which fell on houses. Numerous power lines were blown down, and some power poles were snapped. Business signs were blown down. The roof was blown off a business, and some lumber sheds were damaged at a lumber yard. Shingles were blown off houses.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindShady Grove-Trees were blown down, including numerous power outages, west of Clarksville.
July 2013HailShady Grove-Hail the size of half-dollars fell on Interstate 40.
August 2018HailShady Grove-no account filed
April 2017HailShady Grove-no account filed
April 2014HailShady Grove-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Johnson 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
Bushtown (historical)1.0 miles20
Union City2.1 miles20
Sulphur Springs2.4 miles20
Montana2.8 miles20
New Spadra3.0 miles20
Spadra3.1 miles20
Clarksville3.1 miles20
Hoyt3.3 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57185. 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.