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New Ebenezer, New York

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1984. It stands in West Seneca town. It lies in ZIP code area 14224. It stands on Slate Bottom Creek. The Survey maps it on the Orchard Park quadrangle.

New Ebenezer within Erie County

Then and now

1905 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 79 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of New Ebenezer, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of New Ebenezer, surveyed 1905

Compare 1905 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 21 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

923 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 923 fires within 5 miles of New Ebenezer between 2000 and 2020, burning about 330 acres in total. 159 started naturally. 97 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/undetermined528
Natural159
Arson/incendiarism97
Smoking71
Debris and open burning20
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Equipment and vehicle use14
Recreation and ceremony14
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
8 September 2019Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2007Missing 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
7 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2005Naturalunder 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

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Erie County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of New Ebenezer: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Federal Crushed Stone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Federal Crushed Stone Quarry & MillLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Olivieri PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Orchard Park PitClayProducer

Every working 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
Gardenville0.7 miles25
Ebenezer1.9 miles25
East Seneca2.2 miles21
Winchester2.5 miles25
Bellevue2.6 miles19
Blossom2.6 miles21
Doyle2.8 miles25
West Seneca3.1 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 958412. 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.