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Liberty Hill, Texas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Coldspring census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77331. The Survey maps it on the Coldspring quadrangle.

Liberty Hill within San Jacinto County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 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

97 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 97 fires within 5 miles of Liberty Hill between 1992 and 2019, burning about 530 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 18 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 burning44
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Arson/incendiarism18
Natural4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Smoking3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony2

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
7 September 1999Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresNational Forests And Grasslands In TexasFOURTH-FIVE ACRE
6 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceNA
29 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNational Forests And Grasslands In TexasJD
26 September 2015Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBRUSH FIRE
26 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
2 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceNA
16 September 1997Debris and open burning30 acresNational Forests And Grasslands In TexasBIG PIT
1 September 1999Naturalunder an acreNational Forests And Grasslands In TexasGNAT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Jacinto County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Liberty Hill: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silica, 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
UnknownSilicaPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in San Jacinto County

Storms near this place

8 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Liberty Hill in 8 storm reports between 2009 and 2024: 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. The reports record 3 deaths. 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
August 2017Flash FloodLiberty Hill3 killed, $350,000,000Slow moving Tropical Storm Harvey produced very heavy rainfall and flooding over portions of San Jacinto County. Major lowland flooding occurred near the Trinity River and areas below Lake Livingston. There was a report of high water closing Marie Street in Shepherd with numerous reports of other flooded roadways around the county. Many roads and homes along the southern end of Lake Livingston were inundated. FM 3278 was inaccessible due to the inundation of flood waters. Major lowland flooding occurred on the Trinity River near Goodrich. Hundreds to thousands of homes received various levels of damage from flooding; from minor to being completely destroyed.There were 3 fatalities, all direct.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindLiberty Hill$8,000Trees were downed along FM 1725 and FM 2025 west of Shepherd.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindLiberty Hill$8,000There were numerous trees down in and around the Double Lake Recreation area. There was roof damage to a historic pavilion due to a downed pine tree.
September 2014Flash FloodLiberty Hill$2,000Flooded roads were reported near the intersection of FM 2025 and FM 2666, FM 2025 and FM 945, Oak Forest Boulevard, and southbound lanes of US Highway 59 between Shepherd and Old Truck Stop.
January 2024Funnel CloudLiberty Hill-A spotter reported a tornado near Coldspring. Further investigation into the report following the event did not yield any evidence of a tornado touchdown, but rather the formation of a funnel cloud.
April 2023HailLiberty Hill-There was quarter sized hail south of Coldspring.
November 2011Tornado (EF0)Liberty Hill-A funnel cloud sighted by fire department and rescue people touched down twice in a pasture. Swirling dirt was evident near the intersection of FM 1725 and Tony Tap Road. There was little damage caused by this EF0 tornado.
May 2009HailLiberty Hill-Golf ball size hail was observed.

Every storm recorded in San Jacinto 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
Magnolia3.4 miles13
Rose Hill5.3 miles14
Coldspring5.4 miles13
Spring Hill5.8 miles13
Evergreen6.0 miles13
Bear Creek6.1 miles13
Oak Grove6.4 miles13
Laurel Hill7.1 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1382144. 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.