BlockPhilpot, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Whitesville-Philpot census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42366. It stands on Caney Creek. The Survey maps it on the Philpot quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 13 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.
- 1907 USGS Whitesville quadrangle1:62500
- 1909 USGS Whitesville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Philpot quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Philpot quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Tell City quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Tell City quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
4 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Philpot between 2008 and 2010, burning about 15 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
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 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | POWER TOWER |
| 16 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 15 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | 20 BAIL |
| 9 March 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Philpot in 9 storm reports between 2000 and 2024: 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain, 1 flash flood, 1 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 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Philpot | $30,000 | One large oak tree and two smaller trees were downed by thunderstorm downdraft winds onto a house on Winkler Rd in Philpot. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Philpot | $20,000 | The roof and one side of a barn was blown off. A line of trees was blown down. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Philpot | $5,000 | Trees were downed by thunderstorm winds in Philpot. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Philpot | $5,000 | Along Highway 762 east of Masonville, two trees were blown down on a home, and one tree landed on a garage. In Philpot, metal roofing was peeled off a large metal shed. Large tree limbs were blown down nearby. |
| September 2023 | Hail | Philpot | - | Quarter to half-dollar size hail fell in a swath across east central Daviess County, in a corridor from around Philpot to Whitesville. |
| April 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Philpot | - | A measured wind gust to 62 mph was reported by broadcast media. |
| May 2005 | Heavy Rain | Philpot | - | One to two feet of water covered Highway 142 in a spot that typically floods during heavy rain. |
| August 2005 | Flash Flood | Philpot | - | Widespread flooding of streams and roads was reported. |
| November 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Philpot | - | A total of 15 trees, each at least 6 inches in diameter, were blown down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Habit | 2.5 miles | 13 | |
| Oak Ridge | 2.8 miles | 17 | |
| Dermont | 2.8 miles | 17 | |
| Normandy Heights | 3.1 miles | 18 | |
| Locust Hills | 3.2 miles | 18 | |
| Covent Gardens (historical) | 3.3 miles | 18 | |
| The Downs | 3.4 miles | 18 | |
| Grandview | 3.8 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 500543. 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.