Shaw, Arkansas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Shaw Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72015. The Survey maps it on the Tull quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1955 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Tull quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Malvern quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
178 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 178 fires within 5 miles of Shaw between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,034 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 57 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/incendiarism | 57 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 54 |
| Debris and open burning | 37 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1997 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 29 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Shaw: 20 unknowns, 4 producers, 3 past producers, 1 prospect. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Aluminum, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Kaolin, Aluminum. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alcoa Arkansas Operations | Aluminum, Gallium, Iron, Silica, Titanium, Water, Free | Producer | 1886, 1952 | |
| Arkansas Bauxite Region | Kaolin, Aluminum | Producer | 1887, 1896 | |
| Gingles Deposit | Bentonite | Unknown | ||
| Republic Mining & Mgf. Co. | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Saline County | Aluminum, Iron, Silica, Titanium, Water, Free | Prospect | 1887 | |
| Hicks and Rodenbaugh Clay Banks | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
4 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Shaw in 4 storm reports between 2009 and 2014: 2 hail, 1 flood, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shaw | $15,000 | A tree fell on a truck. There were no injuries. |
| December 2013 | Flood | Shaw | - | Heavy rainfall on the 21st caused the Saline River at Benton to rise above flood stage during the afternoon hours, falling below flood stage during the morning hours on the 22nd. |
| March 2010 | Hail | Shaw | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Shaw | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detonti | 1.6 miles | 9 | |
| Woodland (historical) | 2.8 miles | 23 | |
| Bauxite | 4.1 miles | 23 | |
| Lena | 4.1 miles | 23 | |
| Dirtdauber (historical) | 4.4 miles | 23 | |
| Lignite | 5.2 miles | 23 | |
| Haskell | 5.2 miles | 19 | |
| Benton | 5.3 miles | 23 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 54743. 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.





