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Liberty, Alabama

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Folsom census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36266. It stands on Fuller Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ofelia quadrangle.

Liberty within Randolph County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

81 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Liberty between 1994 and 2020, burning about 573 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 14 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 burning42
Arson/incendiarism14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Recreation and ceremony9
Equipment and vehicle use3
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Natural1
Smoking1

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
30 September 2007Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20190913-12
12 September 1999Arson/incendiarism12 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 1999Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 August 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 August 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Randolph County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 36 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 36 workings within 5 miles of Liberty: 15 prospects, 15 past producers, 5 occurrences, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Aluminum. 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
Cockrell Lode ProspectGoldOccurrenceGold
East Clay County Gibbsite ProspectAluminumOccurrence1977
Ironaton Brown Ore MineIron, ManganesePast Producer1944
Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Clein Scrap-Mica DepositMicaProspect
Douglas Smith MineMicaPast Producer
Fletcher Smith MineMicaPast Producer
Foster MineMicaPast Producer

Every working recorded in Randolph 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
Christiana1.1 miles14
Fuller Crossroad1.4 miles13
Dingler2.7 miles12
Ofelia3.6 miles12
Swagg3.9 miles12
Milner4.7 miles13
Center West5.0 miles14
Foster Crossroad5.1 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 140230. 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.