Liberty, Idaho
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 2005. It stands in the Paris census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83254. It stands on North Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ovid quadrangle. It stands 5,988 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1909 USGS Montpelier quadrangle1:125000
- 1911 USGS Montpelier quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Preston quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Preston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Preston quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Ovid quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Preston quadrangle1:100000
- 2005 USGS Ovid quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
20 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Liberty between 1993 and 2018, burning about 650 acres in total. 8 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 148 acres | Idaho Falls District | LITTLE VALLEY |
| 2 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Idaho Falls District | MILL CANYON |
| 5 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | MILES CANYON |
| 28 August 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 419 acres | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | NORTH CANYON |
| 22 August 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | MILL CANYON |
| 22 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | not named |
| 8 July 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | LANARK |
| 6 July 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | MILL CAMP |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Liberty: 5 occurrences, 3 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Silver, Phosphorus-Phosphates. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blacksmith Dolomite | Magnesite | Occurrence | ||
| Phosphate Deposit | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Occurrence | ||
| Tiptop Prospect | Lead, Silver, Gold | Occurrence | Replacement | |
| Unnamed Location | Gold, Silver | Unknown | ||
| Boulder - Bonanza Group | Lead, Silver | Past Producer | 1913 | |
| Unnamed Location | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Bear Lake Concrete | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Location | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Location | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sharon | 2.7 miles | 13 | |
| Lanark | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Ovid | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Bern | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Paris | 6.8 miles | 15 | |
| Lindsayville | 7.9 miles | 14 | |
| Montpelier | 8.2 miles | 13 | |
| Bennington | 8.6 miles | 13 |
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 | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6541515 | 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 384597. 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.







