BlockBefore

Buffalo City, Arkansas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in District 11. It lies in ZIP code area 72653. It stands on Cunningham Creek. The Survey maps it on the Buffalo City quadrangle. 26 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 449 feet above sea level.

Buffalo City within Baxter County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 18 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

87 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 87 fires within 5 miles of Buffalo City between 1993 and 2020, burning about 4,560 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 41 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
Arson/incendiarism41
Missing data/not specified/undetermined28
Debris and open burning12
Natural2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony2

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
3 August 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
10 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 July 2012Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 July 2001Natural11 acresBuffalo National RiverGRANITEMTN
6 June 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBuffalo National RiverLBRWA2-WF
6 June 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBuffalo National RiverLBRWA1-WF
6 June 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBuffalo National RiverLBRWA3-WF
6 June 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBuffalo National RiverLBRWA4-WF

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Baxter County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 24 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Buffalo City: 12 unknowns, 8 past producers, 3 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Lead, Lead, Zinc. 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
Boat CreekLead, ZincUnknown
Dry BoneLead, ZincUnknown
FoxdenLead, ZincUnknown
Lion Hill MineLead, ZincPast Producer
UnknownLead, ZincUnknown
UnknownLead, ZincUnknown
UnknownLead, ZincUnknown
Annie May MineLead, ZincProspect
Big Elephant MineLead, ZincUnknown
Bonnie Blue MineLead, ZincUnknown

Every working recorded in Baxter 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
Laytonville (historical)2.9 miles18
Advance3.3 miles18
Cartney3.7 miles18
Lone Rock5.2 miles17
Shipp5.3 miles17
Buford5.4 miles18
Shady Grove6.7 miles18
Conville (historical)6.7 miles18

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 Buffalo CityAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4985692The 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 76459. 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.