BlockLiberty, Oklahoma
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the South Tulsa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74047. It stands on North Duck Creek. The Survey maps it on the Spanish Peak quadrangle. 153 people lived here at the 2020 count.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1896 USGS Okmulgee quadrangle1:125000
- 1900 USGS Okmulgee quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1946 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Spanish Peak quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Muskogee quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
32 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Liberty between 2002 and 2018, burning about 8,117 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 16 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | HANSON |
| 22 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | 140 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | SPANISH PEAKS |
| 14 July 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | FIRST TIME |
| 11 July 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8.5 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | RUSTY VICE |
| 3 June 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20446 |
| 3 March 2012 | Debris and open burning | 4,058 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | SPANISH PEAK |
| 28 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 860 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | SPANISH PEAKS FIRE |
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.
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 Liberty | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2409381 | The 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 1699803. 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.