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Liberty, Oklahoma

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Roland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74948. It lies near O'Neal Hill. The Survey maps it on the Muldrow quadrangle. 214 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 804 feet above sea level.

Liberty within Sequoyah County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

221 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 221 fires within 5 miles of Liberty between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,917 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 103 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/incendiarism103
Missing data/not specified/undetermined49
Debris and open burning44
Natural8
Recreation and ceremony6
Smoking5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
6 September 2000Arson/incendiarism140 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
6 September 1998Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
4 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
30 September 2000Natural11 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
28 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestry30487
18 September 2000Arson/incendiarism110 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
18 September 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
12 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sequoyah County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Liberty: 7 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayProducer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Sequoyah County

Storms near this place

4 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Liberty in 4 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2025Tornado (EF1)Liberty$20,000This tornado developed in the western sections of the community of Liberty. It moved along and just south of the E 1060 Road. The tornado produced minor damage to the school roof, uprooted trees, and blew down power poles. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 85 to 90 mph.
March 2004Thunderstorm WindLiberty$20,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour destroyed a barn and carport. The wind also damaged three outbuildings.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindLiberty-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew the tops of a few pine trees down. The debris landed on a road blocking it.
March 1999HailLiberty-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Sequoyah 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
Remy1.5 miles14
Long2.6 miles14
Roland4.2 miles14
Maple4.5 miles14
Belfonte4.6 miles18
Flat Rock5.3 miles14
Muldrow5.8 miles14
Blackjack6.0 miles14

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on LibertyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5974830The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1094600. 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.

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.