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Liberty, Florida

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Paxton-Darlington census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32433. It stands on Bee Branch. The Survey maps it on the Liberty quadrangle.

Liberty within Walton County

Then and now

1949 to 1978

The same ground, surveyed 29 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 1978
Topographic sheet of Liberty, surveyed 1949

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

213 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 213 fires within 5 miles of Liberty between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,191 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 9 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
Railroad operations and maintenance64
Debris and open burning51
Missing data/not specified/undetermined33
Equipment and vehicle use29
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Arson/incendiarism9
Natural9
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony1
Fireworks1

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 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceMCLENDON RD (66)
7 September 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 September 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service66 / HARRISON DRIVE
17 September 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServicePOINSETTA DR (66)
16 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
16 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
12 September 2019Natural20 acresFlorida Forest ServicePETTY LIGHTNING STRIKE (66)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Walton 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 Liberty: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand. 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
Dot Defuniak Springs - Collinsworth MineSandUnknown

Every working recorded in Walton County

Storms near this place

8 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Liberty in 8 storm reports between 2011 and 2026: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 2 tornado, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 2026Tornado (EF1)Liberty$50,000A tornado touched down in Walton County just west of Kings Lake Road and traveled east through a neighborhood along and just north of Paradise Island Drive. The tornado then presumably crossed the northern portion of Kings Lake causing more tree damage to the east of the lake. Along most of the path, EF-0 damage was observed. However, near the beginning of the patch two large trees were uprooted and rated EF-1. Near the end of the path, the tornado caused significant removal of the roofing material of a single family home. The porch was also badly damaged. Winds here were estimated at 95 mph, the highest found in this survey. The tornado then lifted quickly as there was no damage east of U.S 331 which is a swampy inaccessible area.
September 2011Thunderstorm WindLiberty$3,000Trees were blown down around 7140 US Highway 331. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate.
January 2012Thunderstorm WindLiberty$1,000A large tree was blown down across Route 331 blocking the southbound lane. Monetary damage was estimated.
April 2021Flash FloodLiberty-The public reported the road flooded via mping near Highway 331 and Elmer Jones Road.
January 2017FloodLiberty-Rayley Road just south of Williams Road was closed due to flooding, likely from a local creek overflowing in the area. This was due to a long duration of moderate to heavy rainfall.
February 2016Thunderstorm WindLiberty-Power lines were blown down near the intersection of Highway 331 and County Road 1084.
November 2015FloodLiberty-Raley Road at Dr Nelson Road was closed due to flooding from a long duration of moderate to heavy rainfall.
November 2015Tornado (EF0)Liberty-The public reported sighting a brief tornado touchdown near Highway 331 north of the Eglin AFB territory in western Walton county. The tornado did not produce any structural damage. This was the same thunderstorm that produced the brief tornado and dual-pol tornadic debris signature while over the Eglin AFB territory.

Every storm recorded in Walton 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
Cluster Springs1.3 miles12
Sand Hill1.7 miles12
Ealum2.1 miles12
New Harmony4.2 miles13
Piney Grove4.5 miles12
Alpine Heights5.2 miles17
Caney Creek5.5 miles13
Gordon5.9 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295406. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.