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Liberty, Kentucky

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Battletown-Payneville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40104. It lies near Ball Knob. The Survey maps it on the New Amsterdam quadrangle.

Liberty within Meade County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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.

Fires near this place

14 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Liberty between 1998 and 2011, burning about 95 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/undetermined7
Recreation and ceremony6
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
6 April 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryDEAD HORSE HOLLOW FIRE
22 April 2007Recreation and ceremony10 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
2 April 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
7 March 2009Recreation and ceremony20 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
6 March 2010Recreation and ceremony4.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
31 March 1998Recreation and ceremony25 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
30 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
25 March 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.5 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Meade County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Liberty: 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Battletown MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Wolf Creek Clay BedClayProspect

Every working recorded in Meade 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
Lodale2.3 miles15
Cold Springs2.4 miles15
Payneville2.7 miles15
Battletown2.8 miles15
Andyville2.9 miles15
Oolite3.4 miles15
Sirocco3.7 miles15
Beechland4.4 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508454. 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.