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Phillipsburg, Missouri

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Phillipsburg Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65722. The Survey maps it on the Phillipsburg quadrangle. 164 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,411 feet above sea level.

Phillipsburg within Laclede County

Population over time

2 figures

Phillipsburg fell from 202 to 164 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2010202
2020164-38 (-19%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

38 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Phillipsburg between 1992 and 2014, burning about 1,595 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
Debris and open burning20
Arson/incendiarism13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5

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
7 September 2000Debris and open burning45 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
19 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1,005 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
12 September 2000Arson/incendiarism24 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
25 August 2014Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 May 1992Debris and open burning8.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 April 2001Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
13 April 1993Arson/incendiarism26 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 March 1992Debris and open burning8.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Laclede 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 Phillipsburg: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Baumgarten QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Stony Point QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Laclede County

Storms near this place

35 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Phillipsburg in 35 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 18 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 3 tornado. The reports record 1 death and 5 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2009LightningPhillipsburg1 killed, $1,000Lightning struck a cattle rancher as he was checking his cattle. The rancher and one calf were killed from the bolt.
February 2012Tornado (EF1)Phillipsburg5 hurt, $750,000An EF-1 tornado tracked from 2 miles northwest of Philipsburg to 1 mile southeast of Lebanon. Several frame homes had roof damaged, one mobile home was destroyed, damage occurred to the roof of the Tracker Marine Boat Plant, the Lowe's Garden Center was severely damaged and numerous trees were uprooted. Several other businesses were damaged.
July 2023HailPhillipsburg$250,000Hail up to tennis balls in size was reported along I-44. Multiple vehicles suffered damage.
July 2023HailPhillipsburg$250,000Hail up to golf balls in size was reported at Redmons Candy Factory along I-44. Multiple vehicles suffered damage.
January 2008Tornado (EF2)Phillipsburg$100,000A National Weather Service storm survey revealed that an EF-2 tornado tracked across rural southwest Laclede County. The tornado was tracking directly toward Lebanon, but lifted approximately two miles out of town. One home and numerous outbuildings were destroyed.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindPhillipsburg$20,000Severe thunderstorm wind gusts damaged a gas station and downed a few power lines.
July 2016Flash FloodPhillipsburg$10,000Highway 32 was damaged and closed due to flooding just east of the Dallas and Laclede County line. A portion of pavement was washed away due to flooding.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindPhillipsburg$5,000Several power lines were reported down between Phillipsburg and Lebanon along Highway W.
April 2024Tornado (EF0)Phillipsburg-A NWS storm survey indicated an EF-0 tornado with peak winds of 80 mph uprooted or|snapped over 100 trees as it moved east southeast out of extreme eastern Dallas County and continued across extreme western Laclede Counties before lifting near the town of north northwest of Phillipsburg.
April 2023HailPhillipsburg-Penny sized hail was reported via MPing.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindPhillipsburg-Winds estimated between 70 and 80 mph with pea size hail and heavy rainfall was reported on Interstate 44 at Phillipsburg. Visibilities were reported at near zero.
June 2019HailPhillipsburg-Quarter sized hail was reported along I-44 near mile marker 123 near Phillipsburg.
May 2019Flash FloodPhillipsburg-Water covered both the east and west bound lanes of I-44 around the 118 mile marker closing the interstate.
September 2018Heavy RainPhillipsburg-COCORAHS Station MO-LD-26, reported a 24 rain total of 2.45 inches.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindPhillipsburg-Pictures on social media showed several trees were blown down near Phillipsburg. One tree fell on a home. Several power lines were blown down.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindPhillipsburg-Several large tree branches were blown down and the power was knocked out.
April 2013HailPhillipsburg-Golf ball size hail covered the ground.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindPhillipsburg-A large tree was reported down and blocking Grover Road.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindPhillipsburg-Trained spotters estimated 70 mph wind gusts.
August 2007Flash FloodPhillipsburg-A section of Interstate 44 at mile marker 120 flooded.
August 2005Flash FloodPhillipsburg-Thunderstorms with heavy rain caused flash flooding over sections of Highways C and J in Phillipsburg.
March 2016HailPhillipsburg-no account filed
March 2015HailPhillipsburg-no account filed
April 2015HailPhillipsburg-no account filed
June 2009HailPhillipsburg-no account filed
August 2005Thunderstorm WindPhillipsburg-no account filed
November 2003HailPhillipsburg-no account filed
March 2002HailPhillipsburg-no account filed
July 2002HailPhillipsburg-no account filed
June 1998HailPhillipsburg-no account filed
June 1998HailPhillipsburg-no account filed
May 1998HailPhillipsburg-no account filed
June 1998HailPhillipsburg-no account filed
May 1998HailPhillipsburg-no account filed
May 1996HailPhillipsburg-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Laclede 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
Huben (historical)2.9 miles14
Conway4.1 miles14
Caffeyville5.1 miles14
Brush Creek5.7 miles14
Morgan6.5 miles14
Pease9.0 miles12
West Lebanon9.8 miles14
Evergreen10.0 miles14

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 PhillipsburgAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2608536The 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 724299. 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.