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Liberty Valley, Arkansas

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Cypert Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72010. It stands on Little Mingo Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bald Knob quadrangle.

Liberty Valley within White County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

65 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 65 fires within 5 miles of Liberty Valley between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,536 acres in total. None started naturally. 30 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/incendiarism30
Debris and open burning16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Equipment and vehicle use2
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
7 September 1998Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2000Arson/incendiarism20 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 2004Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 2001Arson/incendiarism10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 2014Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionWHI1724254

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in White County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Liberty Valley: 8 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnkStonePast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in White 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
Worden2.6 miles14
Bald Knob2.8 miles10
Rio Vista3.5 miles14
Midway4.0 miles10
Mitchell Corner4.1 miles15
Judsonia5.5 miles11
Russell6.0 miles10
Keeler Corner6.3 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 65094. 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.