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Liberty Hill, Alabama

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Sylacauga census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35150. The Survey maps it on the Sylacauga East quadrangle. It stands 741 feet above sea level.

Liberty Hill within Talladega County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 23 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

226 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 226 fires within 5 miles of Liberty Hill between 1993 and 2020, burning about 4,243 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 111 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/incendiarism111
Debris and open burning65
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Recreation and ceremony12
Natural11
Equipment and vehicle use4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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 burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2019Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190905-11
4 September 1998Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2016Arson/incendiarism16 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160930-19
3 September 2000Natural10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160929-32
29 September 2000Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190927-1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Talladega County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 27 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Liberty Hill: 9 past producers, 9 unknowns, 3 prospects, 3 occurrences. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Marble, Dimension, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Southwest Tallaseehatchee AreaCalcium, Iron, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, AluminumProspect1858
Unnamed ProspectCopperOccurrence
Old and New QuarriesStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Sycamore QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Sylacauga Clay PitClayPast Producer
Sylacauga Clay ProspectClayProspect
Sylacauga Shale PitClayPast Producer
Alabama Marble QuarriesMarble, DimensionPast Producer
Gantts Number 4 QuarryMarble, DimensionProducer
Herd QuarryMarble, DimensionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Talladega 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
Sunrise1.8 miles23
The Moon2.2 miles23
Oldfield2.4 miles23
Sylacauga2.8 miles23
Warm Springs3.3 miles23
Chico3.3 miles23
Overbrook3.4 miles23
Mignon3.4 miles23

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 HillAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6541807The 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 162470. 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.