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Ebenezer, New York

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1984. It stands in West Seneca town. It lies in ZIP code area 14224. It stands on Ebenezer Brook. The Survey maps it on the Buffalo SE quadrangle.

Ebenezer within Erie County

Then and now

1894 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 90 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Ebenezer, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Ebenezer, surveyed 1894

Compare 1894 against another survey:

On record in Ebenezer

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

11 surveys from 25 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

690 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 690 fires within 5 miles of Ebenezer between 2000 and 2020, burning about 272 acres in total. 110 started naturally. 98 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/undetermined386
Natural110
Arson/incendiarism98
Smoking43
Debris and open burning18
Equipment and vehicle use16
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Recreation and ceremony3

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
9 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 September 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2005Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Erie 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 Ebenezer: 3 past producers, 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Limestone, General. 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
Bethlehem Steel/ Lackawana, N.Y.IronUnknown
Federal Crushed Stone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Federal Crushed Stone Quarry & MillLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Mauls PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Olivieri PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Orchard Park PitClayProducer

Every working recorded in Erie County

Storms near this place

13 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ebenezer in 13 storm reports between 2007 and 2022: 6 flood, 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash 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
January 2014Flash FloodEbenezer$700,000no account filed
February 2014FloodEbenezer$100,000no account filed
March 2007FloodEbenezer$25,000no account filed
December 2007FloodEbenezer$20,000no account filed
August 2009Thunderstorm WindEbenezer$15,000Trees and wires were downed by thunderstorm winds.
February 2019FloodEbenezer$10,000Ice jamming caused flooding along the Buffalo Creek that impacted structures along School Street near West Seneca.
January 2012Thunderstorm WindEbenezer$10,000A spotter reported trees and power lines down.
March 2015Flash FloodEbenezer$10,000no account filed
March 2009FloodEbenezer$10,000no account filed
April 2011FloodEbenezer$5,000no account filed
June 2022Thunderstorm WindEbenezer$2,000Trees and wires were reported down.
November 2020Thunderstorm WindEbenezer$1,000A tree and powerlines were reported downed.
September 2018Thunderstorm WindEbenezer$1,000Trees were reported down.

Every storm recorded in Erie 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
New Ebenezer1.9 miles21
Gardenville2.0 miles25
East Seneca2.2 miles21
West Seneca2.8 miles25
Winchester3.0 miles25
Websters Corners3.3 miles21
Webster Corners3.4 miles21
Windom3.6 miles25

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 EbenezerAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5331628The 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 949327. 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.