BlockLiberty Landing, Missouri
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Liberty Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64068. It stands on Town Branch. The Survey maps it on the Liberty quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 24 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.
- 1894 USGS Independence quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1935 USGS Liberty quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1940 USGS Liberty quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Liberty quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Liberty quadrangle1:24000
- 1996 USGS Liberty quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
47 words on this townshipHistory of Clay County, Missouri, published 1920 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Liberty Township covers position and description, early settlers, liberty landing, country churches, city of liberty, first lacorporatiou.
Read the chapter on Liberty Township - 47 words.
Fires near this place
18 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Liberty Landing (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 36 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 6 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 12 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177819-02412-08122018-1657 |
| 1 July 2019 | Fireworks | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179267-02412-07012019-2142 |
| 30 April 1992 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 11 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 190428-04828-04112020-2045 |
| 7 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176031-04834-03072018-1713 |
| 7 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.3 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177247-02412-03072018-1622 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 46 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 46 workings within 5 miles of Liberty Landing (historical): 41 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty Bend Pit & Plant | Silica | Producer | ||
| Santa Fe Quarry | Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| City Wide Sand | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Wren Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Wren Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Atwood Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Blue Valley Riprap Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Borrow Pit | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Liberty | 0.8 miles | 24 | |
| Glenaire | 3.1 miles | 24 | |
| Birmingham | 3.4 miles | 24 | |
| Liberty | 3.5 miles | 24 | |
| White Hall Fields | 3.6 miles | 24 | |
| Minneville | 3.9 miles | 24 | |
| Pleasant Valley | 4.5 miles | 24 | |
| Ravena Gardens | 4.7 miles | 24 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 747480. 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.