Liberty, Washington
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 2003. It stands in the Cle Elum census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98922. It lies near Lion Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Liberty quadrangle. It stands 2,674 feet above sea level.
On record in Liberty
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- Liberty Historic Districtlisted 1974
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1897 USGS Mount Stuart quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1902 USGS Mount Stuart quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1902 USGS Mt Stuart quadrangle1:125000
- 1957 USGS Wenatchee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Liberty quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Wenatchee quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Liberty quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 2003 USGS Liberty quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
98 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 98 fires within 5 miles of Liberty between 1992 and 2020, burning about 44,301 acres in total. 37 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 37 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | DEER GULCH 3 |
| 9 September 2012 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | ROBINSON GULCH |
| 9 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | LOWER 1ST CREEK |
| 9 September 2012 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | UPPER FIRST CREEK |
| 9 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | LION ROCK |
| 9 September 2012 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | BOULDER CREEK |
| 9 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | SNOWSHOE #1 |
| 9 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest | SNOWSHOE #2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 85 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 85 workings within 5 miles of Liberty: 37 past producers, 30 occurrences, 14 prospects, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Silver, Gold, Flagstone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Fleece | Gold, Silver | Occurrence | Gold | |
| Liberty | Gemstone | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Black Diamond | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Burcham | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Francis Virdin Park | Silver, Gold | Occurrence | Gold | |
| Lion Gulch | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Sonny Brown Prospect | Silver, Gold | Occurrence | Gold | |
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Cedar Creek Placer | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | 1918 |
Storms near this place
1 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Liberty in 1 storm report in 2011: 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2011 | Flood | Liberty | $4,000,000 | Flood waters damaged or closed 22 roads along Manastash, Taneum, Cooke, Coleman, Wilson, and Caribou Creeks. Bridges and irrigation systems were also impacted. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lauderdale Junction | 4.2 miles | 15 | |
| Bristol | 10.3 miles | 17 | |
| Horlick | 10.6 miles | 17 | |
| Dutch Settlement | 11.0 miles | 15 | |
| Teanaway | 11.6 miles | 17 | |
| Thorp | 12.8 miles | 14 | |
| Cle Elum | 15.1 miles | 16 | |
| South Cle Elum | 15.7 miles | 16 |
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 Liberty | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3461503 | The 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 1522052. 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.







