BlockShady Grove, Illinois
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Jackson precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 62910. It stands on Crenshaw Creek. The Survey maps it on the Paducah East quadrangle. It stands 344 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 24 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.
- 1926 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:62500
- 1929 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1936 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:24000
- 1940 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Paducah East quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Paducah East quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Paducah East quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
What happened here
An account from the chapter on Jackson precinct. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.
Capt. And Mrs. T.J, Moseley
He was mustered into the service at Oamp Butler, aad soon after was sent to Cairo, 111., under command of General John A. McClernand. He participated in the battles of Belmont, Missouri; Paducah, Ky.; Port Henry, Tenn.; Fort Donaldson and Pittsburg Ijanding. Soon after the last named battle he was attacked with typhoid fever and was sent to the hospital in a dying condition, when all trace of him was lost.
In the county-history sources
4,381 words on this townshipHistory of Massac County, Illinois; with Life Sketches and Portraits, published 1900 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Jackson Precinct covers the township.
Read the chapter on Jackson Precinct - 4,381 words.
Fires near this place
23 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Shady Grove between 2008 and 2017, burning about 57 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 was 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 burning | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | SHULT |
| 26 August 2012 | Natural | 1.3 acres | Shawnee National Forest | MEDLEY |
| 18 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | HANNA |
| 26 July 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | HINUS |
| 25 July 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Shawnee National Forest | HOHMAN |
| 2 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | UNIONVILLE |
| 1 July 2012 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | MEDLEY |
| 26 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | R OWENS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Shady Grove: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Federal Mine Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unionville | 1.0 miles | 24 | |
| Brookport | 3.4 miles | 22 | |
| Massac City | 8.2 miles | 23 | |
| Midway | 8.8 miles | 23 | |
| Metropolis | 9.0 miles | 23 | |
| Round Knob | 12.5 miles | 23 | |
| Choat | 13.8 miles | 19 | |
| Big Bay | 15.7 miles | 21 |
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 Grove | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7460902 | The 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 418256. 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.