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Liberal, Oregon

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Yoder census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97013. It stands on Charman Creek. The Survey maps it on the Molalla quadrangle. It stands 253 feet above sea level.

Liberal within Clackamas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

141 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 141 fires within 5 miles of Liberal between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,676 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 8 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 burning71
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Equipment and vehicle use11
Recreation and ceremony10
Arson/incendiarism8
Other causes7
Smoking6
Natural3
Fireworks2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined46 acresOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersGRAVES CREEK
8 September 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreMolalla UnitBEAVERCREEK BURN
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined2,584 acresMolalla UnitCLACKAMAS COUNTY FIRES
7 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersDALMATIAN PILE
6 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreMolalla UnitBARREL
5 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersRINGO RD
28 September 2018Debris and open burning1.5 acresOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersJORDAN FIELD FIRE
25 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreMolalla UnitPARADISE LANE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clackamas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 26 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Liberal: 20 past producers, 4 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. 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
Perry Bond RanchAluminum, ClayProspect
Forman Quarry #2StonePast Producer
W Deardorf 2StonePast Producer
Bear Creek No.2Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Dutton & Adkins QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Forman Quarry No. 2Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Horsecreek PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Joyce Lake PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Molalla Clay ProductsClayPast Producer
Molalla Clay ProductsClayProducer

Every working recorded in Clackamas 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
Union Mills1.5 miles16
Mulino2.0 miles16
Molalla3.2 miles16
Shady Dell4.2 miles16
Macksburg4.3 miles15
Rural Dell4.6 miles15
Cedardale5.4 miles19
Carus5.5 miles19

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 LiberalAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6540565The 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 1123065. 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.