BlockLiberty, Oklahoma
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the North Cherokee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74464. The Survey maps it on the Moodys quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 18 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.
- 1899 USGS Siloam Springs quadrangle1:125000
- 1903 USGS Siloam Springs quadrangle1:125000
- 1904 USGS Siloam Springs quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1954 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Moodys quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Fayetteville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
486 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 486 fires within 5 miles of Liberty between 1992 and 2020, burning about 13,341 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 193 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 | 193 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 128 |
| Debris and open burning | 85 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 20 |
| Natural | 18 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 17 |
| Smoking | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 120 acres | Cherokee Nation Tribe | PINE VALLEY |
| 8 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 September 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 16 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Liberty: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Limestone 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100578. 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.