Liberal, Indiana

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Clay Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47550. The Survey maps it on the Santa Claus quadrangle.

Liberal within Spencer County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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.

1900 USGS St Meinrad quadrangle1:62500
1903 USGS St Meinrad quadrangle1:62500
1903 USGS St. Meinrad quadrangle1:62500
1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1960 USGS Santa Claus quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1986 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000
1994 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

2 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Liberal between 2001 and 2002, burning about 96 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	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
17 July 2002	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
6 April 2001	Debris and open burning	95 acres	Hoosier National Forest	NEWTONVILLE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Spencer County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Liberal: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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
	West Point Brick and Clay Pit	Clay	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Spencer 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Lamar	2.6 miles	15
Clay City	2.6 miles	15
Kennedy	2.7 miles	15
Newtonville	3.0 miles	15
Buffaloville	3.8 miles	15
Schley	3.8 miles	15
Kercheval	4.8 miles	18
Santa Fe	4.9 miles	15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 437815. 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.