Ebb, Florida
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Greenville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32331. The Survey maps it on the Shady Grove quadrangle.
Then and now
1954 to 1979The same ground, surveyed 25 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1954 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Shady Grove quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Perry quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
133 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 133 fires within 5 miles of Ebb between 1992 and 2020, burning about 772 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 8 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 | 41 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 36 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 10 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 40-0178 MACEDONIA FIRE/NOV |
| 1 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 9 August 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 8 August 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 31 August 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 23 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | OCALA (40) |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ebb in 5 storm reports between 2000 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ebb | $2,000 | A tree was blown down onto a power line just off of Highway 221. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ebb | $1,000 | A few trees and power lines down. Reported by the public. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ebb | - | Debris blocked the southbound lanes and partially blocked the northbound lanes of Highway 221 along the Taylor-Madison county border. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ebb | - | A tree was blown down on Highway 221 south near Moseley Hall Road. |
| March 2005 | Hail | Ebb | - | Nickel size hail reported by a SKYWARN storm spotter. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sirmans | 0.3 miles | 10 | |
| Ahosulga (historical) | 5.8 miles | 9 | |
| Aucilla (historical) | 7.5 miles | 9 | |
| Toponanaulka (historical) | 7.5 miles | 9 | |
| Stern | 7.8 miles | 9 | |
| San Lorenzo Ibitachuco (historical) | 7.9 miles | 10 | |
| Greenville | 8.1 miles | 9 | |
| New Mikasuki (historical) | 9.0 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294408. 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.
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.




