BlockPhillips Hill, Delaware
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Millsboro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 19966. It stands on Wiley Branch Ditch. The Survey maps it on the Millsboro quadrangle. It stands 39 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 20 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.
- 1917 USGS Millsboro quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1938 USGS Millsboro quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Millsboro quadrangle1:62500
- 1946 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Millsboro quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Millsboro quadrangle1:25000
- 1957 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Seaford quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Millsboro quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
4 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Phillips Hill between 2005 and 2017, burning about 168 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 August 2015 | Smoking | 5.0 acres | Delaware Forest Service | GODWIN FIRE |
| 19 July 2012 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Delaware Forest Service | not named |
| 13 April 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 160 acres | Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge | MILLSBORO FIRE |
| 24 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Delaware Forest Service | GUMBORO |
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 Phillips Hill: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sussex Sand and Gravel Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
3 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Phillips Hill in 3 storm reports between 2011 and 2022: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 heavy rain. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2022 | Heavy Rain | Phillips Hill | - | CoCoRaHS station DE-SS-41 storm total rainfall 1.3 miles west of Millsboro. |
| September 2019 | Hail | Phillips Hill | - | A spotter reported that quarter size hail fell for about 10 minutes. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Phillips Hill | - | A severe thunderstorm knocked down a couple of trees in Dagsboro Hundred. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeview Estates | 0.7 miles | 20 | |
| Cross Keys | 1.9 miles | 20 | |
| Mission | 1.9 miles | 20 | |
| Oak Drive | 2.1 miles | 20 | |
| Pine Lodge Addition | 2.1 miles | 20 | |
| Hickory Hill | 2.5 miles | 20 | |
| Millsboro | 2.7 miles | 20 | |
| Kerseys Evergreen Acres | 3.0 miles | 20 |
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 Phillips Hill | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7185908 | 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 216181. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.