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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.

Shady Oaks within Henderson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

126 since 1992

Regional 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 burning72
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Equipment and vehicle use11
Smoking5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Natural3
Arson/incendiarism2
Recreation and ceremony1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 September 2016Debris and open burning10 acresTexas A & M Forest Service090616 GRASS FIRE
5 September 1997Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
27 September 2014Debris and open burning60 acresTexas A & M Forest Service0927141 TREE FARM & GRASS FIRE
24 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service0924142 GRASS FIRE
21 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service0921141 GRASS FIRE
15 September 2000Natural45 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 511
14 September 2017Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service0914173 PASTURE & HALE BALER FIRE W/ SOUTHSIDE
12 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Henderson County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnknownClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Henderson County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Virginia Hill4.6 miles16
Dauphin4.9 miles15
Crescent Heights5.3 miles15
Pine Grove5.7 miles16
Cross Roads5.8 miles15
Athens6.6 miles16
Malakoff6.9 miles11
Baxter8.9 miles15

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 OaksAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q22076579The 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.