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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.

Liberty within Bear Lake County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

20 since 1993

Regional 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
Natural8
Recreation and ceremony5
Equipment and vehicle use2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Debris and open burning2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
4 September 2017Equipment and vehicle use148 acresIdaho Falls DistrictLITTLE VALLEY
2 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresIdaho Falls DistrictMILL CANYON
5 August 2003Naturalunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestMILES CANYON
28 August 2012Power generation/transmission/distribution419 acresCaribou-Targhee National ForestNORTH CANYON
22 August 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestMILL CANYON
22 August 1994Naturalunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National Forestnot named
8 July 2018Naturalunder an acreIdaho Falls DistrictLANARK
6 July 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestMILL CAMP

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bear Lake County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Blacksmith DolomiteMagnesiteOccurrence
Phosphate DepositPhosphorus-PhosphatesOccurrence
Tiptop ProspectLead, Silver, GoldOccurrenceReplacement
Unnamed LocationGold, SilverUnknown
Boulder - Bonanza GroupLead, SilverPast Producer1913
Unnamed LocationLeadPast Producer
Bear Lake ConcreteSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed LocationSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Unnamed LocationSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Bear Lake 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
Sharon2.7 miles13
Lanark2.8 miles13
Ovid3.5 miles13
Bern3.8 miles13
Paris6.8 miles15
Lindsayville7.9 miles14
Montpelier8.2 miles13
Bennington8.6 miles13

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 LibertyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6541515The 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.