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Shady Grove, Arkansas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Springdale Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72764. The Survey maps it on the Springdale quadrangle. It stands 1,260 feet above sea level.

Shady Grove within Washington County

On record in Shady Grove

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

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

16 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Shady Grove between 2000 and 2017, burning about 78 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined7
Debris and open burning4
Natural2
Arson/incendiarism2
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
5 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 2012Natural3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 August 2012Natural4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 July 2012Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 July 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 July 2011Misuse of fire by a minor4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
25 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 July 2005Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Shady Grove: 11 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, Dimension, 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
Johnson Quarry & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Mcclinton Bros CoLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
UnkLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
UnkLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Washington 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
Gulley1.0 miles18
Johnson1.4 miles18
Springdale2.9 miles18
Cross Roads (historical)3.1 miles18
Oak Grove3.8 miles18
Barbara (historical)3.8 miles19
Beav-O-Rama4.5 miles19
Steele5.0 miles18

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on Shady GroveAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14681408The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 65442. 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.