BlockLiberty, Colorado
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Springfield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81073. The Survey maps it on the Springfield SW quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1891 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS La Junta quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS La Junta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS La Junta quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Springfield SW quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Springfield SW quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
20 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Liberty between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,195 acres in total. 10 started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 1992 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | not named |
| 5 July 1994 | Natural | 27 acres | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | not named |
| 30 July 2003 | Natural | 200 acres | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | EXPERIMENT STATION |
| 24 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 21 July 2002 | Natural | 36 acres | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | LONE ROCK DRAW |
| 17 July 2005 | Natural | 12 acres | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | LIBERTY |
| 16 July 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | not named |
| 12 July 2017 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Pike and San Isabel National Forest | SHOOTING RANGE |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 196218. 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.