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Liberty, Alabama

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Brooksville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35031. It lies near Middle Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Blountsville quadrangle.

Liberty within Blount County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 20 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

99 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 99 fires within 5 miles of Liberty between 1997 and 2019, burning about 881 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 15 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 burning45
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Arson/incendiarism15
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural1

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 1998Debris and open burning6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2005Arson/incendiarism20 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160922-13
20 September 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2000Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Blount County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Liberty: 2 unknowns, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
D and R PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown

Every working recorded in Blount County

Storms near this place

6 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Liberty in 6 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 2 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
November 2010Tornado (EF1)Liberty$26,000The tornado touched down about a mile south of US-278, just west of the intersection of Black Road and Hidden River Drive. Initial damage consisted of minor roof and gutter damage. From there, the tornado traveled eastward and crossed Black Road, where a metal car port had its roof pulled off. Another home had a portion of its roof removed and a large section of privacy fence was toppled. The tornado then traveled along CR-6 for about a mile, crossing CR-49. The most significant damage was near the intersection of County Roads 49 and 6, where several large hardwood trees were uprooted. The tornado lifted just east of Wilson Road, where a metal building suffered damage.
April 2011Tornado (EF1)Liberty$1,500A tornado developed along a Quasi-Linear Convective System. It touched down in north central Blount County, northeast of Blountsville, and tracked northeastward into Marshall County (See Storm Data Huntsville). The damage along this track in Blount County was consistent with an EF1 tornado with winds up to 105 mph. The tornado touched down along AL Hwy 79, northeast of CR 26 where it knocked down trees and caused minor roof damage to two chicken houses. The tornado moved northeast and maintained a narrow path width averaging less than 0.10 mile (176 yds). The tornado crossed US Hwy 278 east of Brooksville and moved into Marshall county near CR 21. Along the path, the tornado knocked down hundreds of trees. Several homes sustained damage due to fallen trees. In addition, several outbuildings and barns were destroyed.
April 2025HailLiberty-Quarter size hail was reported between Blountsville, Brooksville, and Snead.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindLiberty-Several trees uprooted along Woods Road.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindLiberty-Several trees uprooted along Black Road.
March 2018HailLiberty-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Blount 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
Blue Springs1.9 miles19
Royal2.6 miles20
Riverside3.0 miles22
Craig (historical)4.3 miles22
Birdie4.3 miles19
Rock Springs4.3 miles19
Brooksville4.3 miles23
Blountsville4.4 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156605. 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.