BlockNew Liberty, Missouri
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Falling Spring Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65588. It lies near Carters Shop Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Greer quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 14 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.
- 1931 USGS Bandyville quadrangle1:48000
- 1944 USGS Birch Tree quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Birch Tree quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Greer quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS West Plains quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Greer quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
96 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 96 fires within 5 miles of New Liberty between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,169 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 70 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 70 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 53 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | NEW BRITCHES |
| 18 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 12 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | BARNES |
| 20 July 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 50 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | DRY FORK |
| 2 July 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.4 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | TRAM HOLLOW |
| 15 June 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | LOW RIDER |
| 7 April 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | SINK HOLE |
| 6 April 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 250 acres | Ozark National Scenic River | BRAWLEY |
| 3 April 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,521 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | MUD POND |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2023Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Liberty in 1 storm report in 2023: 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2023 | Flood | New Liberty | - | A large portion of Highway 19 was closed due to flooding of a low water area after heavy rainfall. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brawley | 0.7 miles | 14 | |
| Ross (historical) | 3.4 miles | 14 | |
| Turners Mill | 6.8 miles | 14 | |
| Wilderness | 7.0 miles | 14 | |
| Greer | 7.6 miles | 14 | |
| McFry Ford | 7.7 miles | 14 | |
| Woodside | 10.2 miles | 12 | |
| Braswell | 10.5 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 751296. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.