BlockShady Grove, Kentucky
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Sandy Hook census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41164. It stands on Durham Fork. The Survey maps it on the Ault quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1950 USGS Ault quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Ault quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Morehead quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
172 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 172 fires within 5 miles of Shady Grove (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,317 acres in total. None started naturally. 35 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 57 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 54 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 35 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | B AND B LANE |
| 19 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CHERYL ROGERS HOLLOW |
| 26 June 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | DAVIS LANE |
| 9 May 2014 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HWY 3298 |
| 5 May 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | DEHART ROAD |
| 2 May 1999 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Shady Grove (historical): 3 prospects, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silica, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Durham Fork Shale | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Porter School Shale | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Chespeake Sandstone Pit | Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Lawton Sandstone Pit | Silica | Prospect | ||
| Railroad Sandstone Pit | Silica | Past 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2337154. 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.