Ebenezer, Georgia
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Ivylog census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30582. It lies near Poplar Knob. The Survey maps it on the Blairsville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 23 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.
- 1886 USGS Dahlonega quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Dahlonega quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1896 USGS Dahlonega quadrangle1:125000
- 1903 USGS Dahlonega quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1935 USGS Gumlog quadrangle1:24000
- 1941 USGS Gumlog quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Gumlog quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Blairsville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Toccoa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Blairsville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
245 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 245 fires within 5 miles of Ebenezer between 1992 and 2020, burning about 391 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 22 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 | 164 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 38 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 22 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 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 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | North Carolina Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | IVY LOG GAP |
| 17 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2014-UNION-001 |
| 14 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 13 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-TOWNS-001 |
| 27 August 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 27 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Ebenezer: 13 prospects, 10 past producers, 2 occurrences, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Corundum, Kyanite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Track Rock Corundum Mine | Corundum | Past Producer | ||
| Warne-Sylva Kyn Belt | Kyanite | Occurrence | Metamorphic | |
| Brown | Gold | Prospect | Vein | |
| Butt Mine | Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Chastian Placer Mine | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| E.R. Brown Mine | Gold | Prospect | Vein | |
| Gum Log/J.H. Brown/Brown/Placer Mines | Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Horse Vein | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Horse Vein | Gold | Prospect | Vein | |
| Hunt Mine | Gold | Prospect | Vein |
Storms near this place
2 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ebenezer in 2 storm reports between 2020 and 2024: 1 flood, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ebenezer | $1,000 | A tree was downed on Ivylog Drive near Hideaway Hills Road. |
| April 2020 | Flood | Ebenezer | - | The Emergency Manager reported Ivy Log Gap Road at Henderson Road and Sugar Branch Lane were impassable due to high water through Rogers Branch and Ivy Log Creek, respectively. Radar estimates indicate that 3 to 5 inches of rain occurred in the area, causing the flooding. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spile | 2.3 miles | 23 | |
| Spilo (historical) | 2.3 miles | 23 | |
| Townsend Mill | 4.0 miles | 24 | |
| Trackrock (historical) | 4.0 miles | 24 | |
| Pleasant Hill | 4.2 miles | 23 | |
| Canal Lake | 4.5 miles | 23 | |
| Blairsville | 4.6 miles | 23 | |
| Youngstown | 4.8 miles | 23 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 330950. 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.











