Shady Grove, Oklahoma
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Checotah census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74426. The Survey maps it on the Warner NW quadrangle. 487 people lived here at the 2020 count.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1900 USGS Sansbois quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1909 USGS Sans Bois quadrangle1:125000
- 1911 USGS Sans Bois quadrangle1:125000
- 1911 USGS Sansbois quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1946 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Warner NW quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Eufaula quadrangle1:100000
- 1978 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
13 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Shady Grove between 2006 and 2012, burning about 4,300 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 | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 197 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | STRETCH |
| 16 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 700 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | HONEY SPRINGS |
| 1 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 420 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | MCINTOSH ONE |
| 21 June 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 700 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | RENTIESVILLE FIRE |
| 27 May 2012 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20075 |
| 18 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,250 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | DIRTY CREEK FIRE |
| 15 April 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 115 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | RATTLESNAKE MOUNTAINS |
| 23 March 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 65 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 30201 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Shady Grove in 8 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2015 | Tornado (EF1) | Shady Grove | $150,000 | This tornado damaged the roofs of several homes, destroyed a chicken house, destroyed a number of outbuildings, and snapped or uprooted trees. Based on this damage, estimated maximum wind in the tornado was 90 to 100 mph. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shady Grove | $20,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind blew the roof from a barn, and blew down power poles. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Shady Grove | $20,000 | Ping pong ball size hail damaged homes and vehicles. |
| January 2023 | Hail | Shady Grove | $15,000 | Ping pong ball size hail damaged vehicles and homes. |
| March 2015 | Hail | Shady Grove | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shady Grove | - | Amateur radio operators measured thunderstorm wind gusts to 62 mph east of Checotah. |
| October 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shady Grove | - | Strong thunderstorm wind uprooted several trees. |
| March 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Shady Grove | - | The same parent thunderstorm that spawned the earlier tornado further west in McIntosh County again spawned a brief tornado touchdown about three miles west of Warner in far eastern McIntosh County. No damage was reported with this touchdown. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rentiesville | 4.6 miles | 19 | |
| Checotah | 5.9 miles | 15 | |
| Duchess Landing | 7.0 miles | 15 | |
| Onapa | 9.4 miles | 15 | |
| Texanna | 10.1 miles | 15 | |
| Brush Hill | 12.3 miles | 16 | |
| Richardsville | 14.1 miles | 16 | |
| Fame | 15.2 miles | 15 |
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 Q3476472 | 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 1100827. 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.









