New Liberty, Iowa
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Liberty Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52765. The Survey maps it on the Bennett quadrangle. 138 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 797 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresNew Liberty grew from 137 to 138 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 137 | |
| 2020 | 138 | +1 (+1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 15 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.
- 1890 USGS Durant quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS Durant quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1901 USGS Rock Island quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1910 USGS Rock Island quadrangle1:125000
- 1953 USGS Bennett quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Bennett quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
1 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of New Liberty in 2014, burning about 150 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 | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 150 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of New Liberty: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parks Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| West Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Liberty in 8 storm reports between 1999 and 2023: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 funnel cloud, 1 flood, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2023 | Tornado (EF0) | New Liberty | - | A tornado touched down 3 miles north of Atalissa, Iowa in Cedar County, snapping power poles and large trees along its path. It caused significant damage to two homes southwest of Bennett, Iowa, and flipped over a semi along interstate 80. It also damaged several concrete block silos south of Bennett. The tornado continued to track to the northeast through a rural area, causing sporadic tree damage. The tornado entered extreme northwest Scott County about a third of a mile south of 220th St., then travelled around one mile before entering Clinton County about a half mile west of the intersection of 280th St. and 110th Ave. The tornado then dissipated about 2 miles south of Wheatland. The peak winds were estimated at 120 mph. The tornado was rated EF-2 in Cedar County, and EF-0 in Scott and Clinton Counties. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Liberty | - | Widespread straight-line winds that produced extensive damage were reported throughout Scott County, associated with a derecho. These winds lasted around an hour in total at any one location, even though the initial line of storms moved out quickly. Damaging straight-line winds continued and were associated with the rear inflow jet. Maximum wind speeds were estimated to be 80 to 100 MPH for much of the county. These estimates were determined based off damage reports and photos submitted through social media. The peak wind speed measured at the Davenport Airport ASOS was 86 MPH before the power went out with several large tree limbs and trees blown down on the airport property, including at the NWS Weather Forecast Office in the Quad Cities. The duration of strong winds caused extensive damage or loss to most trees, powerlines, crops, and some roof damage in their path. The widespread damage also resulted in long duration power outages. |
| August 2011 | Funnel Cloud | New Liberty | - | A spotter watched the funnel cloud dissipate, but still observed strong rotation in storm cell. |
| July 2009 | Flood | New Liberty | - | Heavy rains resulted in flash flooding of Highway 130 near Mud Creek just northwest of Plainview, IA around 620 pm July 10. The flood waters were about 5 inches deep. |
| August 2009 | Flash Flood | New Liberty | - | Heavy rains resulted in flash flooding of Hickory and Mud Creeks along Highway 130 near Plainview, IA during the evening of August 27. Agricultural fields were flooded. |
| April 2015 | Hail | New Liberty | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Funnel Cloud | New Liberty | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Liberty | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Rock | 4.6 miles | 15 | |
| Dixon | 5.4 miles | 16 | |
| New Dixon | 5.8 miles | 16 | |
| Plainview | 6.1 miles | 16 | |
| Hickory Grove | 8.1 miles | 18 | |
| Maysville | 9.8 miles | 18 | |
| Walcott Eststes | 9.9 miles | 15 | |
| Walcott | 10.8 miles | 15 |
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 New Liberty | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1926290 | 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 459479. 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.









