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Liberty, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the East Liberty census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32334. The Survey maps it on the Telogia quadrangle.

Liberty within Liberty County

Then and now

1945 to 1990

The same ground, surveyed 45 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 1990
Topographic sheet of Liberty, surveyed 1945

Compare 1945 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

54 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Liberty between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,714 acres in total. 33 started naturally. 6 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
Natural33
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Arson/incendiarism6
Debris and open burning4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
17 September 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
23 August 1993Naturalunder an acreNational Forests in Floridanot named
22 August 2014Natural37 acresNational Forests in FloridaCLIO
21 August 1993Natural18 acresNational Forests in Floridanot named
2 August 1993Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
12 August 1998Natural10 acresNational Forests in FloridaLIBERTY
11 August 2000Natural1.0 acresNational Forests in FloridaTELOGIA
11 August 2000Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Liberty 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
Clio2.7 miles13
Conners Ford3.3 miles13
Fawn Ford4.2 miles14
Telogia4.9 miles13
Vilas4.9 miles13
Jensen Place5.8 miles13
Hosford7.6 miles13
Central City7.8 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 305943. 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.