Shady Grove, Missouri

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 2004. It stands in McCracken Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65753. The Survey maps it on the Selmore quadrangle.

Shady Grove within Christian County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 13 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.

1907 USGS Forsyth quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
1945 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
1949 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
1954 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
1955 USGS Selmore quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
1985 USGS Table Rock Lake quadrangle1:100000
2004 USGS Selmore quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

11 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Shady Grove between 1994 and 2017, burning about 73 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
Debris and open burning	7
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Arson/incendiarism	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 August 2006	Equipment and vehicle use	7.3 acres	Mark Twain National Forest	127
23 August 1996	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
2 August 1996	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
2 August 1996	Debris and open burning	20 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
14 July 1996	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
7 May 1997	Debris and open burning	6.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
5 March 1999	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Mark Twain National Forest	JONES RANCH
21 March 1994	Equipment and vehicle use	5.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Christian County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Shady Grove: 17 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Zinc, Lead, Lead, Zinc. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Joe Howard Quarry and Mill	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Mary Arnold	Zinc	Past Producer	Underground
Miller Diggings	Lead	Past Producer
Mon-Ark Mines	Zinc, Lead	Past Producer	1857
Alma Mine	Zinc, Lead	Past Producer
Ground Hog Mine	Zinc, Lead	Past Producer
Ribeck Mine	Zinc, Lead	Past Producer
Bain + Page Mine	Lead, Zinc	Past Producer
Bray Mine	Lead, Zinc	Past Producer
Elk Valley Diggings	Lead, Zinc	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Christian 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Christian Center	2.9 miles	13
McCracken	3.2 miles	23
Sparta	3.4 miles	23
Lawing (historical)	3.9 miles	13
Ozark	4.9 miles	23
Linden	4.9 miles	23
Selmore	5.0 miles	13
Oldfield	5.1 miles	13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 733170. 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.