Shady Oaks, Texas
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Southeast Harris census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77571. It stands on Boggy Bayou. The Survey maps it on the League City quadrangle.
On record in Shady Oaks
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Walker Houselisted 2012 · 0.3 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 19 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.
- 1916 USGS Seabrook quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1920 USGS Seabrook quadrangle1:31680
- 1932 USGS Seabrook quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS League City quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS League City quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1992 USGS Houston quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS League City quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
2 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Shady Oaks in 2015, burning about 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | DYGLIESHA JEFFERSON |
| 4 October 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | C15-13570 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Shady Oaks: 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Perlite, Perlite, Vermiculite, Halite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Point Salt Dome | Halite | Occurrence | 1938 | |
| Filter Media Inc | Perlite, Vermiculite | Producer | ||
| Laporte Perlite Plant | Perlite | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shoreacres | 0.5 miles | 19 | |
| Bayside Terrace | 1.0 miles | 16 | |
| Gateway Village | 1.3 miles | 19 | |
| El Jardin Del Mar | 1.4 miles | 15 | |
| Crescent | 1.5 miles | 16 | |
| Oakhurst Shores | 1.5 miles | 16 | |
| Bay Green Colony | 1.8 miles | 16 | |
| Surf Oaks | 1.9 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2472621. 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.









