Ebner, Illinois
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1985. It stands in York Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61285. The Survey maps it on the Thomson quadrangle. It stands 620 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 18 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.
- 1891 USGS Clinton quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS Clinton quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1899 USGS Clinton quadrangle1:125000
- 1899 USGS Cordova quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1952 USGS Clinton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Thomson quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
13,429 words on this townshipThe History of Carroll County, Illinois, Containing a History of the County-its Cities, Towns, Etc., a Biographical Directory ... War Record ... Statistics, Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men ... History of the Northwest ... Illinois ... Miscellaneous Matters, Etc, published 1878 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on York Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on York Township - 13,429 words.
Fires near this place
5 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Ebner between 1996 and 2014, burning about 285 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 April 1996 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Savanna District, Upper Mississippi National Wildlife Refuge | SIMPSONTWO |
| 31 March 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 265 acres | Savanna District, Upper Mississippi National Wildlife Refuge | THOMSON RNA |
| 10 November 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Savanna District, Upper Mississippi National Wildlife Refuge | WARREN |
| 8 October 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Savanna District, Upper Mississippi National Wildlife Refuge | SOUTH THOMSON FIRE |
| 23 October 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.6 acres | Savanna District, Upper Mississippi National Wildlife Refuge | BOWHUNTER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Ebner: 6 past producers, 4 producers, 1 occurrence. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doyle Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| J. Dykstra Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Acker-Fulton Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Graharing Quarryrein,Schultz,Dahl | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Limestone Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Lyons Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| S Aker Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Thomson-Groharing Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomson | 1.9 miles | 18 | |
| Argo Fay | 6.9 miles | 21 | |
| Ideal | 7.0 miles | 11 | |
| Ayers | 8.4 miles | 21 | |
| Burke | 9.0 miles | 21 | |
| Hickory Grove | 9.1 miles | 21 | |
| Wacker | 9.3 miles | 21 | |
| Fair Haven | 9.5 miles | 11 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q5331898 | The 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 422655. 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.









