BlockShady Grove, Texas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Emory census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75440. The Survey maps it on the Arbala quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 16 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 Arbala quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Alba quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Mineola quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Mineola quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
20 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Shady Grove between 2004 and 2020, burning about 284 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 119 |
| 15 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 599 |
| 5 August 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ASSIST WILDLAND FIRE |
| 28 July 2008 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | NORTH BRANCH - 134 |
| 20 July 2008 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 20 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | POWELL - 529 |
| 6 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | 18 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 06062012B |
| 6 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6062012 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emory | 2.2 miles | 14 | |
| Shotgun Crossing | 2.5 miles | 16 | |
| Prospect | 3.4 miles | 14 | |
| Dougherty | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Ginger | 4.0 miles | 15 | |
| Rocky Point Center | 4.4 miles | 14 | |
| Hogansville | 4.6 miles | 16 | |
| County Line | 5.3 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379061. 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.