BlockNew Liberty, Kentucky
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Summer Shade census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42154. It stands on Dry Fork Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sulphur Well quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1953 USGS Sulphur Well quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Sulphur Well quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Campbellsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
23 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of New Liberty between 1999 and 2020, burning about 128 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 were 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 | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 38 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 7.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SULPHER SPRINGS |
| 1 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 1 April 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | KNOB LICK |
| 4 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 March 2001 | Smoking | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wisdom | 1.4 miles | 10 | |
| Randolph | 2.7 miles | 8 | |
| Clarks Corner | 2.9 miles | 10 | |
| Echo | 3.2 miles | 10 | |
| Edmonton | 4.7 miles | 10 | |
| Knob Lick | 4.9 miles | 10 | |
| Beechville | 4.9 miles | 10 | |
| Cedar Flats | 5.9 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508693. 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.