Shady Grove, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Diboll census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75941. The Survey maps it on the Diboll quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1953 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Diboll quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Lufkin quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Lufkin quadrangle1:100000
- 2004 USGS Diboll quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
98 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 98 fires within 5 miles of Shady Grove between 1992 and 2020, burning about 967 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 11 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 | 54 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
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 September 1993 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 7109 |
| 4 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 653 |
| 4 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 300 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 663 |
| 29 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 28 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ANGELINA 14:12 |
| 22 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 252 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diboll | 1.6 miles | 11 | |
| Prairie Grove | 1.9 miles | 13 | |
| Rutland | 2.3 miles | 11 | |
| Burke | 3.6 miles | 11 | |
| Renova (historical) | 4.1 miles | 11 | |
| Beulah | 4.4 miles | 13 | |
| Bald Hill | 6.9 miles | 13 | |
| Blix | 8.3 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1382743. 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.






