Phil, Kentucky
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Dunnville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42539. It stands on Trace Fork. The Survey maps it on the Phil quadrangle. It stands 778 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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.
- 1953 USGS Phil quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Somerset quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
51 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Phil between 1998 and 2017, burning about 1,004 acres in total. None started naturally. 13 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 June 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 May 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 April 2013 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 41 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | STRONG BRANCH |
| 7 April 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 35 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 April 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 90 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 April 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 45 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Phil in 6 storm reports between 2006 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Phil | - | A tree was blown down along U.S. Route 127. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Phil | - | One large tree was downed in Dunnville. Another tree was toppled just east of Dunnville on Kentucky 501. |
| March 2011 | Hail | Phil | - | A spotter reported nickel to quarter sized hail near the intersection of U.S. 127 and Hwy. 910. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Phil | - | Two trees were downed across State Highway 910 near Phil. |
| April 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Phil | - | A porch was reportedly blown off of a house. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Phil | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rubert Ford | 1.6 miles | 7 | |
| Labascus | 2.0 miles | 7 | |
| Evans Ford | 2.0 miles | 7 | |
| Teddy | 2.5 miles | 7 | |
| Evona | 2.7 miles | 7 | |
| Red Hill | 2.8 miles | 9 | |
| Boyle (historical) | 3.0 miles | 7 | |
| Dunnville | 3.2 miles | 9 |
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 Phil | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7181633 | 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 508815. 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.
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.



