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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 18 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.
- 1890 USGS Mountain Home quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Mountain Home quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Mountain Home quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1945 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Buffalo City quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Bull Shoals Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
87 since 1993Regional 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/incendiarism | 41 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 July 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 July 2001 | Natural | 11 acres | Buffalo National River | GRANITEMTN |
| 6 June 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Buffalo National River | LBRWA2-WF |
| 6 June 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Buffalo National River | LBRWA1-WF |
| 6 June 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Buffalo National River | LBRWA3-WF |
| 6 June 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Buffalo National River | LBRWA4-WF |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 24 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boat Creek | Lead, Zinc | Unknown | ||
| Dry Bone | Lead, Zinc | Unknown | ||
| Foxden | Lead, Zinc | Unknown | ||
| Lion Hill Mine | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Lead, Zinc | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Lead, Zinc | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Lead, Zinc | Unknown | ||
| Annie May Mine | Lead, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Big Elephant Mine | Lead, Zinc | Unknown | ||
| Bonnie Blue Mine | Lead, Zinc | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laytonville (historical) | 2.9 miles | 18 | |
| Advance | 3.3 miles | 18 | |
| Cartney | 3.7 miles | 18 | |
| Lone Rock | 5.2 miles | 17 | |
| Shipp | 5.3 miles | 17 | |
| Buford | 5.4 miles | 18 | |
| Shady Grove | 6.7 miles | 18 | |
| Conville (historical) | 6.7 miles | 18 |
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 City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4985692 | 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 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.










