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Phillips, Texas

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Borger census division. The Survey maps it on the Phillips quadrangle.

Phillips within Hutchinson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

201 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 201 fires within 5 miles of Phillips between 2004 and 2020, burning about 483,952 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 6 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/undetermined92
Power generation/transmission/distribution48
Equipment and vehicle use17
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Debris and open burning9
Natural7
Arson/incendiarism6
Smoking5
Recreation and ceremony3
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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 2010Debris and open burning7.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLITTLE MUD
29 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceJONES FIRE
29 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceEARLS 1559
29 September 2009Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWEST 3RD CEDAR FIRE
27 September 2019Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceAMC WELDING
24 September 2011Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceYET AGAIN
22 September 2019Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceNORTH COUNTY BARN
22 September 2016Power generation/transmission/distribution1.5 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMEDARIS FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hutchinson County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Phillips: 4 producers, 1 unknown. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sulfur. 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
Borger Sulfur PlantSulfurProducer
Baker PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dees and ParkerSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Killough PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Spring Creek Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Hutchinson 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
Borger2.4 miles8
Electric City2.9 miles8
Bunavista5.1 miles8
Texroy5.3 miles8
Philrich5.6 miles8
Stekoll Camp6.1 miles6
Dial7.5 miles6
Plemons8.1 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1365141. 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.