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Ebenezer, South Carolina

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Cross census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29059. The Survey maps it on the Sandridge quadrangle.

Ebenezer within Berkeley County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

259 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 259 fires within 5 miles of Ebenezer between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,783 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 61 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 burning93
Missing data/not specified/undetermined78
Arson/incendiarism61
Smoking11
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Equipment and vehicle use4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Natural2
Fireworks1

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
27 September 2018Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2018Smokingunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 2018Debris and open burning3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2008Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 August 1997Misuse of fire by a minor5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Berkeley 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 Ebenezer: 2 unknowns, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Consolidated Pit Number 2Sand and Gravel, Construction, ClayUnknownSedimentary
Consolidated Pit Number 2Sand and Gravel, Construction, ClayPast Producer
Ware Brothers PitSand and Gravel, Construction, ClayPast Producer
Ware Brothers PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary

Every working recorded in Berkeley 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
Sandridge0.5 miles16
Spring Hill1.7 miles18
Hope (historical)2.9 miles18
Hussertown3.5 miles16
Black Creek4.1 miles16
Pigeon Bay (historical)4.7 miles18
Legare (historical)5.1 miles18
Mudville (historical)7.7 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1234297. 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.