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New Liberty, Georgia

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Boynton Ridge census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30736. It lies near Peavine Valley. The Survey maps it on the East Ridge quadrangle.

New Liberty within Catoosa County

On record in New Liberty

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 28 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

400 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 400 fires within 5 miles of New Liberty between 1992 and 2020, burning about 580 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 52 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 burning207
Arson/incendiarism52
Equipment and vehicle use45
Misuse of fire by a minor34
Smoking24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Recreation and ceremony11
Natural8
Railroad operations and maintenance3

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
8 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2001-CATOOSA-005
8 September 1998Debris and open burning2.4 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1999Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-CATOOSA-006
6 September 2002Debris and open burning2.4 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-CATOOSA-007
4 September 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Catoosa County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of New Liberty: 3 past producers, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Barium-Barite. 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
Shofner Barite ProspectBarium-BariteOccurrenceBarite
Shofner Barite ProspectBarium-BariteOccurrence
Clark QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Graysville QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Hales QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Catoosa 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
Swanson Mill0.8 miles28
Summit Hill0.8 miles28
Indian Springs0.9 miles28
Opeleika (historical)0.9 miles28
Graysville1.0 miles28
Morris Estates1.1 miles28
Foster Hills1.3 miles28
Boyd Highlands1.5 miles28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 353299. 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.