Ebenezer, South Carolina

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Florence census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29501. It stands on Beaverdam Creek. The Survey maps it on the Florence West quadrangle.

Ebenezer within Florence County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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.

1940 USGS Florence West quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1945 USGS Florence West quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1953 USGS Florence quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1954 USGS Florence quadrangle1:250000
1983 USGS Florence quadrangle1:100000
1986 USGS Florence West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

429 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 429 fires within 5 miles of Ebenezer between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,798 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 82 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 burning	156
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	103
Arson/incendiarism	82
Misuse of fire by a minor	44
Equipment and vehicle use	25
Smoking	9
Power generation/transmission/distribution	3
Natural	2
Other causes	2
Recreation and ceremony	2
Fireworks	1

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
6 September 2007	Misuse of fire by a minor	10 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
30 September 2011	Debris and open burning	15 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
30 September 2003	Misuse of fire by a minor	4.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
29 September 2003	Debris and open burning	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
28 September 2019	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
27 September 2019	Debris and open burning	1.5 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
24 September 2007	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
24 September 1992	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Florence County

Storms near this place

31 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ebenezer in 31 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 22 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 3 flash flood, 2 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.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
October 2015	Flash Flood	Ebenezer	$80,000	Flood waters reportedly washed out Pelican Lane near Lake Oakdale Drive.
February 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Ebenezer	$52,000	Several trees were reported down along a right of way between Ebenezer Road and Hoffmeyer Road. Some of the trees were reportedly rotted near their bases. The tops of a couple healthy pine trees were snapped. Some of the trees fell across large power transmission lines causing serious damage and a significant power outage. At the peak of the outage, there were reportedly 14,000 people without power. The time was estimated based on radar data.
September 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Ebenezer	$5,000	Power lines were down on Cashua Street and the Five Points area.
July 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Ebenezer	$5,000	Several large trees were reported down at a residence's yard.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Ebenezer	$2,500	A large tree was reportedly down across a power line. Other tree limbs were reported down in the vicinity.
June 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Ebenezer	$1,500	A tree was reported down on Interstate 95 southbound near exit 160. The time was estimated based on radar data.
February 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Ebenezer	$1,500	Several large limbs were blown down from tree tops and onto Pine Needles Road.
July 2012	Hail	Ebenezer	$1,500	Hail near golf ball size was reported.
May 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Ebenezer	$1,000	A report of a tree down on a house and vehicles on Heather Drive in West Florence.
June 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Ebenezer	$1,000	A tree and a sign were blown down on Palmetto St.
April 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Ebenezer	$1,000	A large tree was uprooted about a mile west of I-95 near Florence.
July 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Ebenezer	$1,000	A tree was reported down on W Palmetto Street near the intersection with S Santiago Drive. The time was estimated based on radar data.
July 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Ebenezer	$1,000	A tree was reported down near the intersection of N Ebenezer Road and Hoffmeyer Road.
June 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Ebenezer	$1,000	A tree was reportedly down at the intersection of Blitsgel Drive and South Arundel Drive. The time was estimated based on radar data.
June 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Ebenezer	$1,000	A tree was reported in the roadway in the 500 block of N Ebenezer Road. The time was estimated based on radar data.
June 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Ebenezer	$1,000	A tree was reported in the roadway at the intersection of N Ebenezer Road and W Sumter Street. The time was estimated based on radar data.
February 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Ebenezer	$1,000	A 10-inch diameter oak tree was snapped on Tiffany Drive.
May 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Ebenezer	$1,000	One tree reported down on West Hampton Pointe Drive.
June 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Ebenezer	$500	A large tree limb was reported down on Stratton Drive.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Ebenezer	$500	Large limbs were reported down.
April 2012	Hail	Ebenezer	$250	Hail up to the size of nickels and quarters was reported. The hail lasted for 5 minutes.
July 2012	Hail	Ebenezer	$250	Hail up to the size of nickels was reported.
February 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Ebenezer	-	Tree down on I-20 near Winburn Road, west of Florence, SC.
June 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Ebenezer	-	SC Highway Patrol reports a tree down on Forest Lake Dr between S Stanley Dr and S Knollwood Rd.
June 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Ebenezer	-	A tree was blown down across Southborough Rd. near the intersection of Century Dr.
July 2013	Flood	Ebenezer	-	Flooding was reported on W Palmetto Street near the Swamp Fox Inn. Road closed. Flooding was also reported at the intersection of I-95 and Hwy 76.
May 2012	Flash Flood	Ebenezer	-	Several vehicles were stalled on Floyd Circle due to flood waters.
May 2012	Flood	Ebenezer	-	Almost three inches of rain fell in about 75 minutes, with widespread flooding reported on neighborhood streets.
May 2012	Flash Flood	Ebenezer	-	Heavy rain created two to three feet of standing water on Brittany Drive near Cashua Drive.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Ebenezer	-	A wind gust to 61 mph was measured by a trained spotter.
May 2011	Hail	Ebenezer	-	Hail to the size of pennies was reported.

Every storm recorded in Florence 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Arrowood	0.6 miles	11
Benson Acres	0.7 miles	11
Botany Acres	0.8 miles	11
Oak Forest	0.8 miles	11
Pineneedles	1.1 miles	11
Sunset Acres	1.1 miles	11
Springdale Place	1.2 miles	11
Hillcrest	1.4 miles	11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231257. 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.

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.