Shady Grove, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Gainesville Southeast census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76240. The Survey maps it on the Collinsville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1901 USGS Denison quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Whitesboro quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1982 USGS Collinsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
119 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 119 fires within 5 miles of Shady Grove between 2005 and 2018, burning about 841 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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 | 61 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Smoking | 5 |
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 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 29 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 28 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 10 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRUSH PILE |
| 1 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS/HAY FIRE |
| 8 August 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 222 |
| 3 August 2011 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR219 |
| 3 August 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM678 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Kiowa | 2.2 miles | 13 | |
| Woodbine | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Burns City | 5.1 miles | 13 | |
| Oak Ridge | 6.6 miles | 13 | |
| Mountain Springs | 7.1 miles | 9 | |
| Road Runner | 8.2 miles | 9 | |
| Bloomfield | 8.8 miles | 9 | |
| Cook | 8.8 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380522. 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.





