Liberty Lake, Washington
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Liberty Lake census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99019. It lies near Carlson Hill. The Survey maps it on the Liberty Lake quadrangle. 12,003 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,073 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresLiberty Lake grew from 7,591 to 12,003 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 7,591 | |
| 2020 | 12,003 | +4,412 (+58%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 19 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.
- 1901 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1949 USGS Greenacres quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1951 USGS Greenacres quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Liberty Lake quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Greenacres NE quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Liberty Lake quadrangle1:24000
- 1987 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
163 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 163 fires within 5 miles of Liberty Lake between 1993 and 2020, burning about 306 acres in total. 28 started naturally. 13 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 | 34 |
| Natural | 28 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Fireworks | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | WINDSONG |
| 9 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | VALLEY MAZE |
| 8 September 2014 | Other causes | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SALTESE |
| 8 September 1993 | Fireworks | 1.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Spokane County Fire Districts | DALKE AVENUE |
| 7 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | CARPENTER |
| 7 September 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 6 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | LINKE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Liberty Lake: 8 past producers, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fire Clay (Refractory), Graphite, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saltese Creek | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Occurrence | ||
| Sheep Mountain Graphite | Graphite | Occurrence | ||
| Shelley Lake | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Liberty Lake Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sprague Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Liberty Lake in 1 storm report in 2017: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2017 | Flood | Liberty Lake | $200,000 | The Spokane River at Spokane River Gage recorded a rise above the Flood Stage of 27.0 feet at 10:00 AM PST on March 18th. The river crested at 28.7 feet at 8:30 PM on the 23rd. The river slowly receded but remained above Flood Stage through the end of March and into April. Extensive flooding of fields and park land along the river occurred as well as basement flooding of some homes and businesses. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arturdee (historical) | 1.7 miles | 19 | |
| Chatnwaqhi'pm Grove | 2.4 miles | 18 | |
| Ne'sqhwaqhwe (historical) | 2.5 miles | 19 | |
| Chnak'wa'qn Breaks | 3.5 miles | 18 | |
| Otis Orchards | 3.7 miles | 19 | |
| Greenacres | 4.0 miles | 18 | |
| Alpha (historical) | 4.4 miles | 18 | |
| Austin | 4.6 miles | 18 |
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 Lake | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q916956 | 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 1512389. 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.








