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Philips, Florida

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Jacksonville East census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32207. It stands on Craig Creek. The Survey maps it on the Jacksonville quadrangle.

Philips within Duval County

Then and now

1918 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 76 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Philips, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Philips, surveyed 1918

Compare 1918 against another survey:

On record in Philips

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 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

13 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Philips between 1993 and 2011, burning about 39 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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
Equipment and vehicle use5
Arson/incendiarism3
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
2 September 2011Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSAN DIEGO 2 (16)
29 August 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceSAN DIEGO(16)
9 July 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 June 1993Equipment and vehicle use2.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
16 May 1998Equipment and vehicle use10 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
15 May 1993Equipment and vehicle use6.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
1 April 1996Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
8 March 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest Service16 STATION 28 2010-07-0163

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Duval 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 Philips: 1 plant, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Perlite, Titanium, Zirconium. 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
Chemrock/ Jacksonville, Fla.PerlitePlant
Humphries Gold Corp MineTitanium, ZirconiumPast Producer

Every working recorded in Duval 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
Saint Nicholas0.5 miles21
South Jacksonville0.8 miles21
South Metro1.0 miles21
Englewood1.2 miles21
San Marco1.3 miles21
Larsen1.6 miles21
Miramar Terrace1.7 miles21
Spring Glen1.7 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 297386. 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.