Liberty Hill, Alabama
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Fruithurst census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36272. It stands on Dry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Piedmont SE quadrangle. It stands 945 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1900 USGS Anniston quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Piedmont SE quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Piedmont SE quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Anniston quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 2001 USGS Piedmont SE quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
137 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 137 fires within 5 miles of Liberty Hill between 1992 and 2019, burning about 5,755 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 82 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 82 |
| Debris and open burning | 24 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 82 acres | National Forests in Alabama | not named |
| 24 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 29 acres | National Forests in Alabama | VIGO |
| 24 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | NER-20150924-003 |
| 19 September 2010 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | National Forests in Alabama | POWERLINE |
| 17 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | National Forests in Alabama | CROOKED BRIDGE #1 |
| 17 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 24 acres | National Forests in Alabama | CROOKED BRIDGE #2 |
| 17 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 120 acres | National Forests in Alabama | CROOKED BRIDGE #3 |
| 15 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 69 acres | National Forests in Alabama | GREENHOUSE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Liberty Hill: 2 unknowns, 1 prospect, 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Manganese. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodward Iron Property | Manganese | Prospect | 1942 | |
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| William Cowan Mine | Iron | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grantley | 1.5 miles | 16 | |
| Oak Level | 5.0 miles | 16 | |
| Borden Wheeler Springs | 7.2 miles | 17 | |
| Piney Woods | 7.6 miles | 16 | |
| Coldwater | 7.6 miles | 16 | |
| Borden Springs | 7.8 miles | 17 | |
| Mount Pleasant | 8.2 miles | 17 | |
| Palestine | 9.1 miles | 17 |
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 Liberty Hill | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6541790 | The 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 159938. 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.







