BlockShady Grove, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Kerrville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78028. It stands on Silver Creek. The Survey maps it on the Center Point quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1954 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Center Point quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Center Point quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Bandera quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
15 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Shady Grove between 2006 and 2020, burning about 100 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Smoking | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2011 | Natural | 23 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FALTINE RANCH FIRE |
| 17 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 600 BLOCK RIVER ROAD EAST |
| 22 April 2009 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FRIAR TUCK |
| 20 April 2012 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 927 STONELEIGH 12/063 |
| 25 March 2008 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 16 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | BANDERA HWY |
| 1 March 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 173 |
| 3 February 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WEST ZONE SOUTH - 49 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Shady Grove: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guadalupe Heights | 1.6 miles | 9 | |
| Center Point | 3.3 miles | 9 | |
| Legion | 3.6 miles | 12 | |
| Kerrville | 5.7 miles | 13 | |
| Cypress Creek | 5.9 miles | 13 | |
| Camp Verde | 6.1 miles | 9 | |
| Mount Wesley | 7.8 miles | 13 | |
| Ingram | 10.9 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1346927. 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.