BlockShady Grove, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Gary City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75643. It stands on Moore Branch. The Survey maps it on the Gary quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 13 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.
- 1956 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Carthage quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Gary quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Henderson quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
134 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 134 fires within 5 miles of Shady Grove between 1992 and 2020, burning about 676 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 3 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 | 59 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 34 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 23 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODS 9-4-11 |
| 30 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | U.S. 59 SOUTH |
| 28 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 168 |
| 24 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 21 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 849 C.R. 122 |
| 2 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 203 |
| 18 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 106 |
| 16 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woods | 3.5 miles | 17 | |
| Antioch | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Gary | 4.3 miles | 13 | |
| Daniels | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| Pleasant Ridge | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| Old Center | 6.2 miles | 17 | |
| Buncome | 6.9 miles | 13 | |
| Carthage | 8.1 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2034928. 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.