A community along Cow Creek recently renamed one of its parks after Michael Phillips , the former Marble Falls area volunteer fire chief who went missing along the creek while on duty during the devastating Fourth of July weekend flood this past summer.

Canyon Ridge Springs, a small community in the rugged foothills east of Marble Falls on Cow Creek Road, officially changed the name of a creek-side park to Michael Phillips Fire Chief Memorial Park. A plaque at the site also marks Phillips’ end of watch date, July, 5, 2025.

Phillips was last seen on July 5, when he responded to a call for assistance in high water near Cow Creek. As he lived nearby and had a fire department command vehicle at home, he headed straight to the scene. Unaware of how quickly the floodwaters had risen, he was

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