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Shady Grove, Arkansas

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Big Rock Township. The Survey maps it on the Pinnacle Mountain quadrangle.

Shady Grove within Pulaski County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 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

52 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Shady Grove between 1998 and 2019, burning about 506 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 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/undetermined20
Debris and open burning13
Recreation and ceremony9
Arson/incendiarism5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Natural1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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 1998Debris and open burning75 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2000Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2010Debris and open burning10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 2007Arson/incendiarism20 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 1999Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pulaski County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Shady Grove: 6 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silica, Copper, Slate, Dimension. 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
Big Bear Mining Co.CopperUnknown
No NameSlate, DimensionUnknown
H. J. White ProspectSilicaUnknown
Quartz Crystal ProspectSilicaUnknown
Pulaski County Rock QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Tayor Quarry & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unknown QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown

Every working recorded in Pulaski County

Storms near this place

19 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Shady Grove in 19 storm reports between 2010 and 2024: 7 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 3 lightning, 2 flash flood. 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
May 2010LightningShady Grove$1,000,000Lightning struck a nursing and rehabilitation center in west Little Rock, resulting in a fire. There were no injuries.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindShady Grove$100,000Trees were blown down on several homes and cars, and many fences were blown down as well.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindShady Grove$100,000Trees and power lines were blown down.
November 2021LightningShady Grove$50,000Lightning struck a house in West Little Rock on Patriot Drive.
February 2011LightningShady Grove$25,000Lightning struck a tree behind a house on Wetherborne Dr., in the Pleasant Valley area of Little Rock. The lightning did not set the house on fire but did knock out many of the electronics inside the house.
June 2021Flash FloodShady Grove$20,000Several photos and video showed flash flooding in West Little Rock. Multiple roads were underwater, with water into some homes.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindShady Grove$10,000Barrels on a farm were blown 300 feet and several large trees were blown down.
May 2024HailShady Grove-Penny-sized hail fell in the vicinity of Rock Creek.
July 2024Flash FloodShady Grove-Several roads were completely covered by water along with vehicles stranded in the high water in the Rock Creek neighborhood of West Little Rock.
July 2024Heavy RainShady Grove-A 24 hour rainfall total of 5.09 inches was measured in the Chenal Valley vicinity of western Little Rock.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindShady Grove-A few trees were blown down across portions of West Little Rock.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindShady Grove-Several large trees were blown down by the wind.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindShady Grove-A tree was uprooted on Stewart Rd.
April 2011HailShady Grove-The hail fell at the intersection of Chenal Pkwy. and Kirk Rd.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindShady Grove-An amateur radio operator estimated winds of 60 mph at Chenal Pkwy. and Wellington Hills Rd.
May 2011HailShady Grove-Quarter size hail fell at the Villages of Wellington in west Little Rock.
March 2023HailShady Grove-no account filed
March 2011HailShady Grove-no account filed
March 2011HailShady Grove-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pulaski 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
Twin Springs1.8 miles25
Banty (historical)1.9 miles25
Rock Creek2.2 miles20
Martindale2.3 miles25
Saint Thomas2.3 miles20
Parkway Place2.4 miles20
Hickory Ridge2.4 miles20
Spring Valley2.5 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 82842. 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.