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Liberty, California

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Petaluma census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94952. It lies near Meacham Hill. The Survey maps it on the Cotati quadrangle.

Liberty within Sonoma County

Then and now

1916 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 67 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Liberty, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Liberty, surveyed 1916

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 24 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

416 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 416 fires within 5 miles of Liberty between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,670 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 13 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/undetermined185
Equipment and vehicle use164
Debris and open burning17
Arson/incendiarism13
Misuse of fire by a minor13
Power generation/transmission/distribution11
Smoking9
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony1
Other causes1

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 2014Other causesunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitBODEGA
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa Unitnot named
7 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa Unit101
7 September 1992Smokingunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitADOBE
6 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitGREEN MILL
5 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitPETALUMA
4 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitHWY 101 /W RAILROAD A 11

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sonoma County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Liberty: 6 producers, 3 past producers, 2 prospects. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Mercury, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold. 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
Stony Point QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed LocationQuartzProspect
Afsten Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Murphy Ranch DepositMercuryProducer
Murphy Ranch DepositMercuryPast Producer
Pronini RanchSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Unnamed LocationGoldProducer
Unnamed LocationGoldPast Producer
Meachim HillStoneProducer
Meachim HillStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Sonoma 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
Denman (historical)1.6 miles24
Ely (historical)2.0 miles24
Penngrove2.1 miles24
Washoe2.3 miles24
Cherry (historical)2.4 miles24
Stony Point2.5 miles24
Corona (historical)2.7 miles24
Crown2.7 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1656126. 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.