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Liberty, Nevada

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Ralston Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89049. The Survey maps it on the Liberty Springs quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Liberty within Nye 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

1 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Liberty (historical) in 2012, burning about 1 acre in total. 1 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
Natural1

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
25 July 2012Natural1.3 acresBattle Mountain District OfficeBIG SMOKEY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nye County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Liberty (historical): 10 past producers, 3 unknowns, 2 prospects, 2 occurrences. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Silver, Manganese, Copper, Gold, Silver. 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
Blue Jack ProspectGold, Silver, CopperOccurrenceChrysocolla
Blue Jack ProspectGold, SilverUnknown
Florence MineSilver, Lead, Copper, Gold, ZincPast ProducerVein
Florence MineLead, Silver, Zinc, Copper, GoldPast Producer
Hall Molybdenum MineCopper, Molybdenum, Silver, GoldProducer1863, 1979, 1991
Liberty MineSilver, Lead, Gold, Copper, ZincPast Producer
Royal Blue Turquoise ClaimsGemstonePast Producer
Cimarron Gold PropertyGold, SilverPast Producer1937, 1970
Cimarron GroupGold, SilverPast ProducerGold
Liberty MineSilver, Gold, CopperPast Producer1863, 1945

Every working recorded in Nye 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
Potomic (historical)3.0 miles14
Frazier Wells (historical)10.6 miles15
San Antonio (historical)10.7 miles15
Royston (historical)11.4 miles13
Maggie Blues (historical)12.4 miles15
Tonogold (historical)12.4 miles15
Saint Elmo (historical)12.5 miles14
Indian Springs (historical)16.2 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 853064. 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.