BlockLiberty, Illinois
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Harrisburg Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62946. The Survey maps it on the Harrisburg quadrangle. It stands 443 feet above sea level.
On record in 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.
Saline County Poor Farmlisted 2001 · 1.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 20 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.
- 1925 USGS Harrisburg quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1939 USGS Harrisburg quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Harrisburg quadrangle1:62500
- 1961 USGS Harrisburg quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS West Frankfort quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1987 USGS West Frankfort quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Harrisburg quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
2 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Liberty in 2009, burning about 40 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 1614 |
| 5 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Shawnee National Forest | RICE RD, |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Liberty: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cave In Rock Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Downstate No. 1 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Harrisburg City Eng. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Saline Highway Department | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buena Vista | 1.3 miles | 20 | |
| Dorrisville | 1.5 miles | 20 | |
| Ledford | 1.7 miles | 20 | |
| Pankeyville | 2.0 miles | 20 | |
| Harrisburg | 2.1 miles | 20 | |
| Dorris Heights | 2.3 miles | 20 | |
| Garden Heights | 2.4 miles | 20 | |
| Gaskins City | 2.5 miles | 20 |
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 Q6541526 | 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 411981. 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.