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Ebenezer, Georgia

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Good Hope census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30025. The Survey maps it on the Rutledge North quadrangle.

Ebenezer within Walton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

154 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 154 fires within 5 miles of Ebenezer between 1992 and 2019, burning about 548 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 burning88
Equipment and vehicle use20
Natural10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Smoking8
Arson/incendiarism6
Recreation and ceremony5
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Misuse of fire by a minor4

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
28 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020MORGAN002
24 September 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2015-WALTON-002
24 September 2004Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 1992Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 1998Natural2.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2000Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2001-WALTON-005

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Walton County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Ebenezer: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Conner PlacerGoldPast ProducerStream Placer

Every working recorded in Walton County

Storms near this place

5 since 2023

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ebenezer in 5 storm reports between 2023 and 2024: 5 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2024Thunderstorm WindEbenezer$1,000Tree down along Adcock Rd and Hester Town Rd.
March 2023Thunderstorm WindEbenezer$1,000Tree down blocking road near intersection of Hester Town Rd and Adcock Rd.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindEbenezer$1,000Emergency manager reported a tree blocking roadway at intersection of Adcock road and Hester Town road.
January 2023Thunderstorm WindEbenezer-Report of tree down near intersection of Hawkins Academy Rd and Amber Stapp Studdard Rd.
January 2023Thunderstorm WindEbenezer-Tree down near intersection of Knox Chapel Rd and Parkview Rd.

Every storm recorded in Walton 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
Herndonville4.1 miles17
Whitney4.8 miles17
Pannell4.8 miles17
Good Hope5.1 miles16
Cleaton (historical)5.9 miles17
Social Circle6.4 miles17
Monroe7.5 miles17
Alcovy Mountain7.9 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 326259. 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.