BlockLiberty Center, Iowa
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Liberty Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50145. The Survey maps it on the Lacona quadrangle. It stands 1,024 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1918 USGS Chariton quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Lacona quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Indianola quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
7 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Liberty Center between 2006 and 2017, burning about 42 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 August 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 May 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 February 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
19 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Liberty Center in 19 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 11 hail, 4 tornado, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2008 | Tornado (EF1) | Liberty Center | $150,000 | Tornado touched down in the central part of the county and tracked to the northeast corner. For the most part, the track was across open country with damage to outbuildings and one house. Tornado crossed from Warren County in Marion County. |
| March 2017 | Tornado (EF1) | Liberty Center | $80,000 | Tornado developed southwest of Milo and moved quickly northeast. It destroyed a small outbuilding shortly after developing. It then destroyed another garage tossing it several hundred yards before settling on the other side of the road in a neighbors yard. Additional tree damage occurred before encountering another residence where significant roof and window damage occurred. The tornado then continued in mainly rural areas southeast of Milo with only tree damage prior to lifting. |
| April 1999 | Tornado (F2) | Liberty Center | $70,000 | intermittent track |
| April 2023 | Tornado (EF1) | Liberty Center | $60,000 | The tornado began in eastern Warren county east of Liberty Center. It tracked northeast for approximately 15 miles, ending in western Marion County just south of Pleasantville. Based on eyewitness accounts and video evidence, its likely this tornado was intermittent, and not a fully continuous path. This portions of the path is in Warren county with a separate entry for Marion county portion of the path. ||Damage along the tornado path occurred to several homes, outbuildings, and farm equipment. The most intense damage occurred to a home and garage which suffered significant damage to exterior walls and roofing structure. However, the home appeared to suffer a garage door failure and broken windows, which allowed the structure to pressurize and blow outward. Additionally, minor to moderate tree and shelter belt damage, along with several downed power poles occurred along the path. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Liberty Center | $30,000 | Emergency manager reported structure damage to outbuildings, hay bales blown across/on the road, and power lines down. Time estimated from radar. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Liberty Center | $5,000 | Several trees were blown down east of Liberty Center. |
| April 2008 | Hail | Liberty Center | $3,000 | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Liberty Center | $3,000 | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Liberty Center | $1,000 | Hail the size of quarters reported on Tyler street, 6 miles west and 1 mile north of Lacona. |
| April 2014 | Hail | Liberty Center | $1,000 | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Liberty Center | $1,000 | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Liberty Center | $1,000 | no account filed |
| April 2023 | Hail | Liberty Center | - | Quarter sized hail near Liberty Center. |
| March 2023 | Hail | Liberty Center | - | Relayed by knia radio. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Liberty Center | - | Delayed report of half dollar sized hail relayed via social media. Time estimated via radar. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Liberty Center | - | Delayed report. Time estimated via radar. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Liberty Center | - | Trained spotter reported half dollar sized hail. |
| April 2024 | Funnel Cloud | Liberty Center | - | no account filed |
| September 2002 | Hail | Liberty Center | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrenceburg | 3.1 miles | 11 | |
| Cool | 4.4 miles | 11 | |
| Medora | 5.6 miles | 11 | |
| Lacona | 6.2 miles | 11 | |
| Milo | 6.7 miles | 9 | |
| Hammondsburgh (historical) | 7.2 miles | 9 | |
| Clarkson (historical) | 9.3 miles | 9 | |
| Indianola | 11.0 miles | 11 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Liberty Center | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6541644 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 458322. 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.
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.