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Liberty City, Georgia

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Savannah census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31405. The Survey maps it on the Garden City quadrangle.

Liberty City within Chatham County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

125 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 125 fires within 5 miles of Liberty City between 1992 and 2020, burning about 659 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 23 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
Debris and open burning33
Railroad operations and maintenance33
Arson/incendiarism23
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Equipment and vehicle use8
Recreation and ceremony7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Smoking4
Natural2

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
30 September 2009Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2021CHATHAM001
25 August 2016Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-CHATHAM-004
26 July 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
19 July 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-CHATHAM-002
19 July 1995Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
1 July 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chatham County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Liberty City: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Douglas Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Flintkote/ Savannah, Ga.Gypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
National Gypsum/ Savannah, Ga.Gypsum-AnhydritePast Producer

Every working recorded in Chatham County

Storms near this place

22 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Liberty City in 22 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 13 thunderstorm wind, 7 flash flood, 2 lightning. 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
July 2025LightningLiberty City$20,000Chatham County Emergency Management reported that lightning struck a power pole in the 5200 block of Franklin Street.
July 2016Flash FloodLiberty City$20,000Chatham County Emergency Management reported several locations along Victory Drive were impassable and closed due to flooding. Also, a few vehicles were flooded.
August 2019LightningLiberty City$4,000Savannah Fire Rescue reported a lightning strike causing a small residential fire along Brandywine Road. A transformer was also blown across the street.
September 2021Thunderstorm WindLiberty City$2,000The City of Savannah reported via Twitter that Hopkins Street was closed between 45th Lane and 46th Street due to a tree falling on a powerline.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindLiberty City$1,000The public reported a large tree down on Wheeler Street.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindLiberty City$500Emergency Manager reported a tree down on Hamstead Ave, near Montgomery Street.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindLiberty City$500One oak tree blown down. Report relayed by broadcast media.
February 2012Thunderstorm WindLiberty City$500Power lines down and sparking on a fence near the intersection of 65th Street and Habersham Street.
August 2025Flash FloodLiberty City-A county official reported White Bluff Road closed in front of Savannah Technical College due to flooding.
August 2025Flash FloodLiberty City-A Chatham County police scanner broadcast indicated a stalled car in floodwater near the intersection of Bull Street and Berkeley Place.
August 2025Flash FloodLiberty City-A county official reported a car stalled in floodwaters on Abercorn Street between 61st Street and 62nd Street.
August 2025Flash FloodLiberty City-An emergency manager reported a vehicle stalled in floodwaters near the intersection of 61st Street and Abercorn Street, 65th Street and Abercorn Street, and West 52nd Street and Montgomery Street.
August 2025Flash FloodLiberty City-Emergency management reported Abercorn Street between East Derenne Avenue and 67th Street, the intersection of 58th Street and Reynolds Street, and the intersection of 35th Street and Drayton Street closed due to flooding.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindLiberty City-Chatham County Emergency Management Agency reported a tree down and in the roadway just southwest of Savannah.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindLiberty City-Chatham County Emergency Management reported power lines down on McKenzie Place.
January 2015Thunderstorm WindLiberty City-A report of power poles snapped off at the base at Cornell Avenue and Waters Avenue.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindLiberty City-An emergency manager reported trees blown down at scattered locations along Ogeechee Road between 37th Street and Corvair Street.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindLiberty City-An emergency manager reported a tree blown down onto power lines at the intersection of Bull Street and Thackery Place.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindLiberty City-Chatham County Emergency Management reported trees and power lines down at the intersection of East Park Avenue and Paulsen Street in Savannah. Also, a tree fell onto a car and was blocking the road at the intersection of Sumter and Mitchell Streets.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindLiberty City-A Chatham County emergency manager reported a tree down at the intersection of West Victory Drive and Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindLiberty City-A Chatham County Emergency Manager reported a tree down on a power line near the intersection of Godsells Street and Mildred Street.
June 2011Flash FloodLiberty City-Law enforcement reported a flooded intersection at Victory and MLK JR.

Every storm recorded in Chatham 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
Richfield0.5 miles15
Southover0.6 miles15
Union Junction0.6 miles15
Tremont Park0.8 miles15
Ogeecheeton0.9 miles15
Lamarville1.1 miles15
Staley Heights1.4 miles17
Cloverdale1.4 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332211. 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.