BlockEbenezer, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Pittsburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75686. The Survey maps it on the Pittsburg quadrangle. It stands 344 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 12 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1956 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1960 USGS Pittsburg quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
351 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 351 fires within 5 miles of Ebenezer between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,249 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 15 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 | 232 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 46 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 20 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6302 |
| 9 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1140 |
| 7 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 6228 |
| 7 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 4510 |
| 6 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1264 |
| 5 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 271 SOUTH |
| 5 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 341 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Ebenezer: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silica. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Silica | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Hill | 2.7 miles | 8 | |
| Center Point | 2.7 miles | 12 | |
| Pecan Heights | 3.8 miles | 8 | |
| Holly Springs | 4.7 miles | 12 | |
| Pittsburg | 4.8 miles | 12 | |
| Crossroads | 5.1 miles | 12 | |
| Pine | 6.2 miles | 12 | |
| Macedonia | 7.2 miles | 8 |
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 Ebenezer | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5331623 | The 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 1378240. 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.