BlockShady Grove, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Nacogdoches census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75961. It stands on Campground Creek. The Survey maps it on the Appleby quadrangle. It stands 354 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1952 USGS Nacogdoches quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Appleby quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Nacogdoches quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Nacogdoches quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
52 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Shady Grove between 1992 and 2019, burning about 289 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 4 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 | 32 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 220 |
| 21 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON-7138 |
| 18 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 133 |
| 7 August 1996 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 August 1996 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 August 1996 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 August 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 659 |
| 5 August 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 13086 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swift | 2.8 miles | 11 | |
| Pisgah | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Cedar Point | 4.8 miles | 11 | |
| Oak Ridge | 4.9 miles | 12 | |
| Martinsville | 6.0 miles | 11 | |
| Melrose | 6.2 miles | 11 | |
| Appleby | 6.6 miles | 12 | |
| Orton Hill | 6.7 miles | 13 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q130311757 | 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 1889737. 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.