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Shady Grove, Oklahoma

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Roland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74948. It lies near Moffett Bottom. The Survey maps it on the Muldrow quadrangle.

Shady Grove within Sequoyah County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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.

Fires near this place

56 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Shady Grove between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,578 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 22 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
Arson/incendiarism22
Debris and open burning13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural2
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
4 September 1998Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
4 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
18 September 2000Arson/incendiarism110 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
10 September 2011Arson/incendiarism18 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30475
29 August 2000Equipment and vehicle use20 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
25 August 2000Debris and open burning4.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
23 August 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
15 August 2015Debris and open burning8.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sequoyah County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Shady Grove: 15 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayProducer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayProducer

Every working recorded in Sequoyah 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Lone Oak1.9 miles14
Roland2.1 miles14
Cottonwood2.4 miles15
Moffett3.5 miles29
West Fort Smith3.9 miles29
Paw Paw4.0 miles15
Muldrow4.7 miles14
Remy4.7 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1097933. 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.