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Phillips, Texas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Gladewater census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75647. It stands on McCoy Branch. The Survey maps it on the Gladewater quadrangle.

Phillips within Upshur County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 12 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

623 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 623 fires within 5 miles of Phillips between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,586 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 33 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 burning310
Missing data/not specified/undetermined162
Equipment and vehicle use42
Power generation/transmission/distribution34
Arson/incendiarism33
Smoking13
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Recreation and ceremony7
Natural7
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Fireworks1
Other causes1

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
9 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service600 S. LOOP 485
9 September 2003Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 230
8 September 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServicePINE 15-318
8 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service2685 BEFORE GLADEWATER CITY LIMITS
8 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceLOCUST RD.
8 September 2006Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
7 September 2011Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 563
6 September 2011Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service203

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Upshur 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
Union Grove2.3 miles12
Wilkins2.9 miles13
West Mountain3.3 miles12
Center Point3.8 miles13
Mings Chapel4.5 miles12
Pattonfield5.4 miles12
East Mountain5.7 miles13
Pritchett6.4 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378856. 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.