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Ebenezer, Florida

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Quincy census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32351. It stands on McIntosh Branch. The Survey maps it on the Lake Talquin quadrangle.

Ebenezer within Gadsden County

Then and now

1943 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 45 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Ebenezer, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Ebenezer, surveyed 1943

Compare 1943 against another survey:

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

86 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 86 fires within 5 miles of Ebenezer between 1992 and 2020, burning about 662 acres in total. 10 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
Debris and open burning38
Natural10
Railroad operations and maintenance10
Arson/incendiarism6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Recreation and ceremony5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Other causes2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking1

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
4 September 1992Railroad operations and maintenance13 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
18 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service(20) WETUMPKA VFD ASSIST
16 September 2013Natural24 acresFlorida Forest ServiceMULE CREEK (20)
10 August 1993Natural19 acresNational Forests in Floridanot named
4 July 2006Misuse of fire by a minor25 acresFlorida Forest Service(20) STONEY EDWARDS RD
22 July 2007Naturalunder an acreNational Forests in FloridaLUTHER
19 July 2020Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceCARMEN MARIA LN (20)
9 June 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceMOSSY OAK 3RD (20)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gadsden County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Ebenezer: 3 producers, 3 unknowns. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Every working recorded in Gadsden 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
Lake View Point2.4 miles12
Wetumpka2.4 miles12
Lochiocha (historical)7.4 miles13
Sawdust7.7 miles14
Midway7.7 miles16
Ohathlockhouchy (historical)7.8 miles12
Santa Clara8.8 miles13
Quincy8.9 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 307810. 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.