BlockPhillipsburg, Kentucky
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Lebanon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42718. It lies near Dividing Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Spurlington quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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 Spurlington quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Campbellsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
36 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Phillipsburg between 1998 and 2020, burning about 547 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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 burning | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | JIM BROWN |
| 5 April 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 April 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 April 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | FINLEY RIDGE |
| 2 April 1998 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 13 April 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | FAGAN BRANCH |
| 9 March 2010 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 March 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Phillipsburg in 3 storm reports between 2003 and 2018: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 flood. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2013 | Tornado (EF0) | Phillipsburg | 2 hurt, $25,000 | A weak EF-0 tornado with estimated winds of 80 to 85 mph briefly touched down along Calvary Road around 7 miles southwest of Bradfordsville. Although this twister had a path length estimated of only a tenth of a mile, it did destroy a mobile home, injuring two occupants. It also slid a shed off of its foundation. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Phillipsburg | $2,000 | Trees were downed and an outbuilding was destroyed. |
| June 2018 | Flood | Phillipsburg | - | There was water over Calvary Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arbuckle (historical) | 2.2 miles | 9 | |
| Aurbuckle (historical) | 2.2 miles | 9 | |
| Salleetown | 2.6 miles | 9 | |
| Greenbriar | 3.0 miles | 9 | |
| Medlock (historical) | 3.4 miles | 9 | |
| Peck Ford | 3.5 miles | 9 | |
| Jessietown | 3.8 miles | 9 | |
| Calvary | 4.1 miles | 6 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 500542. 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.