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Ebenezer, South Carolina

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Rock Hill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29732. The Survey maps it on the Rock Hill West quadrangle.

Ebenezer within York County

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

8 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

99 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 99 fires within 5 miles of Ebenezer between 1992 and 2017, burning about 229 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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/undetermined46
Debris and open burning22
Misuse of fire by a minor15
Arson/incendiarism9
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking2
Fireworks1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
29 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2005Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 August 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
10 August 2002Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
1 August 2002Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in York County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Ebenezer: 2 unknowns, 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Mica. 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
Indian Graveyard MineMicaPast Producer
Catawba River PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Catawba River PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Fewell Island Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownResidual, Igneous

Every working recorded in York County

Storms near this place

5 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ebenezer in 5 storm reports between 2013 and 2024: 3 flood, 2 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
April 2024Thunderstorm WindEbenezer$1,000,000Within a larger swath of wind damage, an especially intense downburst producing wind gusts of around 90 mph developed over the city of Rock Hill. Mostly minor structural damage due solely to wind occurred to hundreds of structures, mainly just south of the city center. Wind-driven very large hail further exacerbated the damage (see York County large hail entry for more info).
November 2015FloodEbenezer$5,000A stream gauge reported flooding developed along Wildcat Creek and Fishing Creek, after more than 3 inches of rain fell in a 36 hour period, with much of that falling on the morning of the 2nd. McConnells Highway and Highway 72 were flooded at the bridges over these creeks. In addition, flooding developed along Bullock Creek near Hickory Grove, where a water rescue of a motorist on Wilson Chapel Rd occurred.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindEbenezer$2,000Public reported a few trees blown down on the north side of Rock Hill.
November 2015FloodEbenezer$1,000County comms reported flooding developed across portions of southern York County after about 2 inches of rain fell in less than 24 hours. Closed roads included Wilson Chapel in Sharon, Gunsmoke Rd in McConnells (possibly due to an overflowing tributary of Conrad Creek, and Stallcup Rd (possibly due to overflowing Stony Fork). Additionally, a stream gauge on Wildcat Creek exceeded established flood stage, indicating flooding of McConnells Highway and of the Highway 324/72 intersection.
December 2013FloodEbenezer-Parts of Saluda Road and SC 324 along with McConnells Road were flooded by Wildcat Creek.

Every storm recorded in York 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
Old Point Station0.2 miles16
Heatherwood0.5 miles16
Old Farm0.6 miles16
Botany Woods0.7 miles16
Greenfield Acres0.8 miles16
Fairlawn0.8 miles16
Shadowbrook1.0 miles16
Coventry Estates1.0 miles16

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 Q5331631The 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 1247608. 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.