BlockEbenezer, Florida
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Lake City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32025. The Survey maps it on the Ellisville quadrangle.
Then and now
1954 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 40 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Compare 1954 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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
- 1958 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Ellisville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Lake City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Ellisville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
256 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 256 fires within 5 miles of Ebenezer between 1992 and 2020, burning about 806 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 5 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 | 79 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 66 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 42 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 23 |
| Natural | 19 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | CR 242A(12) |
| 4 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | 03-63-NOV/MAILMAN FIRE-1137 |
| 23 September 1994 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 14 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 12-I-75 FIRE-1138 |
| 6 August 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 22 August 2005 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 12-441 SOUTH #1 -1083 |
| 2 August 2016 | Natural | 13 acres | Florida Forest Service | POUNDS HAMMOCK (12) |
| 17 August 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Ebenezer: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Magnesite, Iron, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium, Water, Free. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia County # 1 Deposit | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Magnesite, Iron, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium, Water, Free | Prospect |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 301072. 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.