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Shady Grove, Arkansas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Shoal Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72851. It stands on Earles Branch. The Survey maps it on the Chickalah Mountain West quadrangle.

Shady Grove within Logan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

47 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Shady Grove between 1995 and 2019, burning about 596 acres in total. 7 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
Arson/incendiarism17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Natural7
Debris and open burning7
Equipment and vehicle use5
Other causes2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
8 September 2000Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsSULPHER SPRINGS #1
8 September 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOzark-St. Francis National ForestsSULPHER SPRINGS #2
6 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2008Arson/incendiarism1.4 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsREDS FIRE
24 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOzark-St. Francis National ForestsHOBEY
23 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOzark-St. Francis National ForestsHYDRO-AX
22 September 2000Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsHARKEY VALLEY WEST
2 September 1997Arson/incendiarism11 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsFOURCHE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Logan County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Shady Grove: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Rv MtnStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Logan 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
New Blaine4.1 miles20
Liberty4.5 miles19
Saint Scholastica5.7 miles20
Shoal Creek6.1 miles20
Sommer (historical)6.6 miles20
Delaware7.2 miles19
Midway7.3 miles20
Johnson8.0 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 78319. 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.