BlockNegros Liberty Settlement, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Liberty-Dayton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77575. It stands on Turkey Creek. The Survey maps it on the Liberty quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1943 USGS Liberty quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Liberty quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Liberty quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
5 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Negros Liberty Settlement (historical) between 1996 and 2018, burning about 129 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 March 2000 | Debris and open burning | 16 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 250 |
| 13 March 1996 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 1 March 2013 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 8006 |
| 11 February 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODS AND BRUSH FIRE |
| 5 December 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LIBERTY 14:19 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Negros Liberty Settlement (historical): 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Silica, Sulfur, Halite, Limestone, Ultra Pure, Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sand Pit No.2 | Silica | Producer | ||
| South Liberty Occurrence | Sulfur, Halite, Limestone, Ultra Pure, Gypsum-Anhydrite | Occurrence | 1905 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Liberty | 1.2 miles | 13 | |
| Tivett | 2.9 miles | 10 | |
| Liberty | 3.2 miles | 13 | |
| Ames | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| South Dayton | 4.4 miles | 11 | |
| Champ d'Asile (historical) | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| Moss Bluff | 5.3 miles | 11 | |
| Timber Lake Estates | 5.5 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1377117. 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.