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Ebenezer, Arkansas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Township 2. It lies in ZIP code area 71742. The Survey maps it on the Fordyce quadrangle.

Ebenezer within Calhoun County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

53 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Ebenezer between 1998 and 2020, burning about 638 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 6 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Debris and open burning19
Arson/incendiarism6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Natural1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
6 September 2000Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2015Debris and open burning4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 2009Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
10 August 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
10 August 2006Natural1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 July 2006Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calhoun County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Ebenezer: 2 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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
Dallas County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown SandpitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Calhoun County

Storms near this place

2 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ebenezer in 2 storm reports between 2009 and 2010: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2010Thunderstorm WindEbenezer$15,000Several trees were blown down along Arkansas Highway 8. One of the trees fell on a power line.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindEbenezer$15,000Trees and power lines were down at Tri-County Lake.

Every storm recorded in Calhoun 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
Chambersville2.4 miles12
Lindale (historical)2.7 miles12
Ellisville5.0 miles12
Thornton5.3 miles12
Elberta (historical)5.8 miles12
Levit (historical)6.1 miles12
Green Hall (historical)6.3 miles12
Big Hill7.1 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 61605. 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.