Liberty, Oregon
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Sweet Home census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97386. It stands on Little Creek. The Survey maps it on the Waterloo quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 16 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.
- 1921 USGS Brownsville quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1950 USGS Brownsville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1952 USGS Brownsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Mc Kenzie River quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Waterloo quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
164 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 164 fires within 5 miles of Liberty between 1992 and 2020, burning about 104 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 10 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 | 58 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 37 |
| Other causes | 12 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
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 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Sweet Home Unit - ODF | FERNRIDGE # 2 |
| 9 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Sweet Home Unit - ODF | HWY 228 # 6 |
| 8 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Sweet Home Unit - ODF | LIBERTY |
| 6 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | RIDGEWAY POWER |
| 6 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Sweet Home Unit - ODF | SANTIAM TERRACE/HWY 20 |
| 4 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northwest Oregon District | 7TH STREET WATERLOO |
| 4 September 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Sweet Home Unit - ODF | OLD SANTIAM |
| 4 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Sweet Home Unit - ODF | SHADOW LANE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 27 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Liberty: 15 past producers, 12 producers. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morse Brothers Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Morse Brothers Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Sweet Home S & G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Sweet Home Site | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Basalt Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Basalt Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Brubaker | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Cormier | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Harrington Shale Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Johnson | Stone | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santiam Terrace | 1.2 miles | 16 | |
| Greenville | 3.3 miles | 16 | |
| Fairview | 3.3 miles | 16 | |
| Sweet Home | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| Waterloo | 4.6 miles | 16 | |
| Berlin | 5.0 miles | 12 | |
| Holley | 5.5 miles | 16 | |
| Sodaville | 5.5 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1130636. 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.









