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Eben, New York

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Potsdam town. It lies in ZIP code area 13676. It stands on Sugar Creek. The Survey maps it on the West Potsdam quadrangle.

Eben within St. Lawrence County

Then and now

1910 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 75 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Eben, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Eben, surveyed 1910

Compare 1910 against another survey:

On record in Eben

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 14 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

74 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Eben between 1997 and 2020, burning about 159 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 12 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined44
Arson/incendiarism12
Debris and open burning11
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking1
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
26 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
21 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
20 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
13 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 August 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
31 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
20 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Lawrence 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 Eben: 6 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Granite. 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
Tuppers QuarryGranitePast Producer1885
Clarkson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerSurface
Potsdam Red Sandstone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Potsdam Sandstone Co. QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerSurface
Unnamed QuarriesStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in St. Lawrence County

Storms near this place

4 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eben in 4 storm reports between 2014 and 2025: 4 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
February 2017Thunderstorm WindEben$25,000Partial roof torn off old, abandoned building as well as some downed tree branches.
February 2017Thunderstorm WindEben$25,000Numerous trees and powerlines down from Canton to Potsdam.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindEben$1,000A few trees and many branches downed by thunderstorm winds in the West Potsdam vicinity, including Baghdad Road.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindEben-Several trees down approaching Potsdam.

Every storm recorded in St. Lawrence 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
Slab City3.3 miles14
Crary Mills3.4 miles16
West Potsdam4.3 miles14
Hannawa Falls5.1 miles18
Coney Island5.2 miles18
Potsdam5.3 miles19
Canton5.9 miles15
Hewittville6.1 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 976279. 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.