Buffalo, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1986. It stands in White Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71937. The Survey maps it on the Cove quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Buffalo within Polk County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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.

1913 USGS De Queen quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1950 USGS Mcalester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1959 USGS Cove quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1962 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
1965 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1965 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
1984 USGS Cove quadrangle1:24000
1986 USGS De Queen quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

145 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 145 fires within 5 miles of Buffalo (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,252 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 62 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	62
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	46
Debris and open burning	19
Equipment and vehicle use	8
Natural	6
Misuse of fire by a minor	2
Railroad operations and maintenance	1
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
4 September 2005	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	10457
28 September 2002	Misuse of fire by a minor	58 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	not named
22 September 2005	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
21 September 2010	Natural	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
21 September 2000	Railroad operations and maintenance	7.0 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	not named
18 September 2002	Debris and open burning	17 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
11 September 1997	Arson/incendiarism	15 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
10 September 2010	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	10241

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Polk 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 Buffalo (historical): 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Dickey Clay Mfg. Co. Deposit	Stone	Past Producer
Rogers Pit	Stone	Past Producer	Surface
Unk	Clay	Past Producer
Unk	Clay	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Polk 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
Cove	2.0 miles	16
Old Cove	4.1 miles	16
Pleasant Hill	4.2 miles	16
Clayton Spur (historical)	4.9 miles	16
Vandervoort	5.2 miles	16
Roff (historical)	5.5 miles	16
Hatfield	5.5 miles	16
West Valley	6.0 miles	23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 63166. 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.