BlockLiberty, Colorado
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Saguache census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81131. It stands on Short Creek. The Survey maps it on the Liberty quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1954 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Liberty quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1982 USGS Blanca Peak quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Trinidad quadrangle1:250000
- 2001 USGS Liberty quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
8 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Liberty between 2003 and 2020, burning about 5 acres in total. 5 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 | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Rio Grande National Forest | 5 MILE |
| 31 August 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Rio Grande National Forest | DEADMAN GULCH |
| 21 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Rio Grande National Forest | SAND CREEK |
| 23 July 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Rio Grande National Forest | JEEP |
| 19 July 2003 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve | CLEVELAND |
| 8 June 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Rio Grande National Forest | DEADMAN |
| 29 May 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve | POLE CREEK |
| 25 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Saguache County | 507 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Liberty: 5 past producers, 4 prospects, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Gold, Copper, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blanca Mutual Mining and Milling Co. Claims | Copper, Gold, Silver, Lead | Prospect | Vein | |
| Deadman Creek Prospect | Gold, Copper | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Golden Treasure Tunnel | Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead | Past Producer | 1917, 1934, 1936 | |
| Music District (includes Liberty and Baca Grant) | Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | Quartz, Pyrite | |
| Unknown | Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Unknown | Gold, Zinc, Silver, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Gold, Copper, Silver, Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper | Prospect | ||
| Unknown | Fluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospects | Gold, Copper | Prospect | Vein |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duncan | 1.4 miles | 12 | |
| Cottonwood | 5.7 miles | 15 | |
| Crestone | 10.9 miles | 15 | |
| Moffat | 19.2 miles | 10 | |
| Mirage (historical) | 22.0 miles | 12 | |
| Mineral Hot Springs | 27.6 miles | 13 | |
| Center | 28.2 miles | 17 | |
| Villa Grove | 32.7 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 192561. 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.