Shady Oaks, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Athens census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75751. The Survey maps it on the Cross Roads quadrangle. It stands 499 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1949 USGS Athens quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Athens quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1984 USGS Cross Roads quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
126 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 126 fires within 5 miles of Shady Oaks between 1992 and 2018, burning about 1,704 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 2 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 | 72 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 090616 GRASS FIRE |
| 5 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 27 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 60 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 0927141 TREE FARM & GRASS FIRE |
| 24 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 0924142 GRASS FIRE |
| 21 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 0921141 GRASS FIRE |
| 15 September 2000 | Natural | 45 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 511 |
| 14 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 0914173 PASTURE & HALE BALER FIRE W/ SOUTHSIDE |
| 12 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
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 Oaks: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Clay | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia Hill | 4.6 miles | 16 | |
| Dauphin | 4.9 miles | 15 | |
| Crescent Heights | 5.3 miles | 15 | |
| Pine Grove | 5.7 miles | 16 | |
| Cross Roads | 5.8 miles | 15 | |
| Athens | 6.6 miles | 16 | |
| Malakoff | 6.9 miles | 11 | |
| Baxter | 8.9 miles | 15 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Shady Oaks | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22076579 | 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 1889899. 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.






