Old Liberty, 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 72030. It stands on Beardy Branch. 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.

Old Liberty 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

114 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 114 fires within 5 miles of Old Liberty (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,182 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 31 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	41
Arson/incendiarism	31
Debris and open burning	26
Natural	6
Equipment and vehicle use	5
Recreation and ceremony	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
6 September 1999	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 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
2 September 2000	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
16 September 2000	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	50 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
1 September 2011	Debris and open burning	8.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
3 August 2010	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

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 Old Liberty (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
Gravel Hill	2.2 miles	16
Gridley (historical)	2.5 miles	16
Liberty Springs (historical)	2.9 miles	16
Edge (historical)	3.1 miles	16
Pleasant Grove	3.7 miles	16
Claude	4.0 miles	16
Scotland	5.2 miles	15
Racket Ridge (historical)	5.5 miles	16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 68682. 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.