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Ebro, Florida

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Vernon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32437. It stands on Ditch Branch. The Survey maps it on the Red Head quadrangle. 237 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 75 feet above sea level.

Ebro within Washington County

Then and now

1945 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 49 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Ebro, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Ebro, surveyed 1945

Compare 1945 against another survey:

Population over time

3 figures

Ebro fell from 250 to 237 between 2000 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.

YearPeople Change
2000250
2010270+20 (+8%)
2020237-33 (-12%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

59 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Ebro between 1992 and 2020, burning about 396 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 3 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 burning15
Natural12
Equipment and vehicle use11
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Smoking4
Arson/incendiarism3
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
8 August 2007Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Service03/PINE LOG FIRE2007-02-0884
7 August 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 August 1997Natural4.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
28 August 2004Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServicePINE LOG # 2
15 August 2007Natural15 acresFlorida Forest Service03/CROOKED CREEK TRL0900
31 July 2011Natural1.5 acresFlorida Forest ServiceROAD 19 (03)
20 July 2006Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Service66/MONROE-0849
2 July 1996Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington 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 Ebro: 4 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand, Clay. 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 Washington County

Storms near this place

11 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ebro in 11 storm reports between 2003 and 2024: 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2020Flash FloodEbro$18,500,000Extensive flash flooding occurred throughout Washington county with record flooding recorded along Holmes Creek at Vernon. Damage cost was estimated.
April 2014FloodEbro$2,160,000Major flooding occurred across Washington county at the end of the month due to a combination of very heavy rainfall and already saturated conditions. Many roads in the county sustained damage with damage estimated at $2,155,731.
April 2009FloodEbro$200,000Major flooding along the Choctawhatchee River closed roads along the Walton-Washington County line between Ebro and Bruce to the Choctawhatchee Bay, including the Steelfield and Bunker communities. Several homes were flooded. The river crested at 20.5 feet on April 2.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindEbro$3,000Some downed trees and power lines reported by the Washington County EMA.
March 2012Thunderstorm WindEbro$2,000A tree was blown down onto a power line near 5437 Strickland Road. Monetary damage was estimated.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindEbro$1,000A tree was blown down near the intersection of Dog Track Road and Strickland Road.
September 2024Flash FloodEbro-Two to three feet of water was reported over Highway 79 south of Highway 20.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindEbro-Trees were blown down in the Ebro area.
February 2017Thunderstorm WindEbro-Trees were blown down and blocking the south bound lane of Highway 79 in Ebro.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindEbro-A tree was blown down on Crews Lake Road.
July 2013Flash FloodEbro-Several road closures occurred across Washington county due to flash flooding. In particular, Moss Hill road was closed between Highways 77 and 79 due to swiftly flowing water that was said to be a couple of feet deep.

Every storm recorded in Washington 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
Red Head3.2 miles16
Bunker Donation5.8 miles13
Millers Ferry8.7 miles13
Live Oak9.1 miles13
New Hope9.6 miles13
Crystal Lake9.8 miles16
Holmes Valley11.3 miles14
Greenhead12.0 miles14

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 EbroAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2092632The 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 282067. 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.