Liberty Springs, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Liberty Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72141. It stands on Hill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cleveland quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Liberty Springs within Van Buren County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 16 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.

1892 USGS Morrillton quadrangle1:125000
1894 USGS Morrillton quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1894 USGS Morrilton quadrangle1:125000
1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
1983 USGS Conway quadrangle1:100000
1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
1990 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:24000
1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

66 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Liberty Springs (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 975 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 17 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	21
Arson/incendiarism	17
Debris and open burning	15
Recreation and ceremony	4
Natural	4
Equipment and vehicle use	4
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
9 September 2013	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
9 September 2004	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
4 September 1998	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
29 September 1998	Arson/incendiarism	17 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
1 September 2011	Debris and open burning	8.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
28 August 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
27 August 1995	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Ozark-St. Francis National Forests	CLEVELAND S
27 August 1995	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Ozark-St. Francis National Forests	CLEVELAND N

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Van Buren County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Liberty Springs (historical): 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Van Buren 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Gridley (historical)	2.7 miles	16
Old Liberty (historical)	2.9 miles	16
Edge (historical)	4.2 miles	16
Austin	4.4 miles	21
Gravel Hill	4.7 miles	16
Latham (historical)	5.2 miles	16
Koones Gulf (historical)	5.4 miles	21
Racket Ridge (historical)	5.5 miles	16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 68679. 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.