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New Liberty, Alabama

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Alexandria-Webster Chapel census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36265. It stands on Coffee Creek. The Survey maps it on the Colvin Gap quadrangle.

New Liberty within Calhoun County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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

216 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 216 fires within 5 miles of New Liberty between 1994 and 2020, burning about 4,013 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 77 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/incendiarism77
Debris and open burning72
Missing data/not specified/undetermined37
Recreation and ceremony15
Smoking5
Natural4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2019Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190909-3
8 September 1998Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1998Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1998Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1997Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1998Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1997Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1998Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calhoun 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 New Liberty: 19 unknowns, 11 past producers, 3 prospects, 3 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Barium-Barite, Sulfur, Lead. 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
Mammoth ProspectSulfurProspect
Unnamed ProspectLead, ZincOccurrence
A A Williams MineBarium-BaritePast Producer
A. A. WilliamsBarium-BaritePast ProducerResidual
Bertha Mineral Co Willingham Or GoryBarium-BaritePast ProducerResidual
Bertha Mineral Company MineBarium-BaritePast Producer
Evans Barite MineBarium-BaritePast Producer1919
Gorey PitBarium-BaritePast Producer
Milt Phillips ProspectBarium-BariteProspect
Sparks ProspectBarium-BariteProspect

Every working recorded in Calhoun 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
Colvins Gap0.4 miles18
Irene (historical)1.3 miles18
Millie (historical)2.1 miles18
Webster Chapel2.2 miles18
Adelia (historical)2.8 miles18
Mink (historical)3.0 miles18
Mount Gilead (historical)4.2 miles18
Pleasant Valley (historical)4.6 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 140982. 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.