Shady Brook, Kansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67449. It stands on Lime Creek. The Survey maps it on the Herington quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 15 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.
- 1889 USGS Parkerville quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Parkerville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1955 USGS Hutchinson quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Hutchinson quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Herington quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Council Grove quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
38 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Shady Brook between 2001 and 2020, burning about 261 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Dickinson County | not named |
| 1 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Dickinson County | not named |
| 11 August 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Dickinson County | not named |
| 26 July 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Dickinson County | not named |
| 29 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 2018085 |
| 24 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Dickinson County | 2017076 |
| 15 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 6 April 2004 | Debris and open burning | 16 acres | Dickinson County | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Shady Brook in 7 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 5 hail, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shady Brook | - | Metal building damaged. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shady Brook | - | Two houses were damaged just south of 800 and Union Road, possibly by a tornado. |
| September 2019 | Hail | Shady Brook | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Shady Brook | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Shady Brook | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Shady Brook | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Hail | Shady Brook | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 484918. 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.
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.





