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Phillips, California

35 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the South El Dorado census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95721. It stands on Aspen Creek. The Survey maps it on the Echo Lake quadrangle. It stands 6,873 feet above sea level.

Phillips within El Dorado County

Then and now

1889 to 1992

The same ground, surveyed 103 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Phillips, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Phillips, surveyed 1889

Compare 1889 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 35 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

320 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 320 fires within 5 miles of Phillips between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,486 acres in total. 99 started naturally. 14 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
Natural99
Recreation and ceremony82
Missing data/not specified/undetermined55
Smoking23
Debris and open burning20
Arson/incendiarism14
Equipment and vehicle use11
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Fireworks2

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
9 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreEldorado National Forest50
9 September 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLake Tahoe Basin Management UnitTRUCKEE
9 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined34 acresLake Tahoe Basin Management Unitnot named
8 September 2003Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreLake Tahoe Basin Management UnitPANARAMA
5 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLake Tahoe Basin Management Unitnot named
5 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLake Tahoe Basin Management Unitnot named
4 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreEldorado National ForestVELMA
4 September 2003Naturalunder an acreLake Tahoe Basin Management UnitLILLY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in El Dorado County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Phillips: 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Chromium, Iron, Gold. 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
Dobbas MineChromium, IronPast Producer
Gilmore Lake ProspectGoldOccurrence

Every working recorded in El Dorado 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
Echo Lake2.2 miles35
Little Norway2.2 miles35
Nebelhorn2.3 miles35
Twin Bridges2.5 miles35
Strawberry3.9 miles35
Meyers4.3 miles35
Fallen Leaf4.5 miles35
Sciots Camp4.6 miles35

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 PhillipsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7185863The 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 1656219. 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.