BlockLiberty, Texas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Santa Anna census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76878. The Survey maps it on the Bangs West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 14 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.
- 1887 USGS Coleman quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1889 USGS Coleman quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Brownwood quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Bangs West quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Coleman quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
100 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 100 fires within 5 miles of Liberty between 2003 and 2020, burning about 3,486 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 1 was 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 | 34 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 31 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 7 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 117 5001 |
| 30 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 21 September 2006 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 21 September 2006 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 17 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 585 |
| 17 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FM 585 |
| 1 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE67/585 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obregon | 0.4 miles | 14 | |
| Cleveland | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| Buffalo | 4.5 miles | 15 | |
| Santa Anna | 4.9 miles | 13 | |
| San Angelo Junction | 8.0 miles | 13 | |
| Trickham | 9.7 miles | 13 | |
| Coleman | 12.4 miles | 13 | |
| Shields | 13.8 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380873. 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.