Buford, 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 lies near Hip Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Buffalo City quadrangle.
On record in Buford
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 1 record
Buford School Buildinglisted 1992
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
51 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Buford between 1994 and 2020, burning about 810 acres in total. None started naturally. 19 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 | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 August 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | 42 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 August 2001 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 July 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Buford: 3 prospects, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zinc, Mercury, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meerscheidt | Lead, Mercury, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Cincinnati Prospect | Lead, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Commercial Prospect | Lead, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
15 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Buford in 15 storm reports between 1997 and 2014: 8 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 lightning. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buford | $10,000 | Trees were blown down. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buford | $5,000 | Several trees were blown down on Old Military Rd. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buford | $1,000 | A tree was blown down. |
| September 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buford | - | Thunderstorm winds downed some trees. |
| September 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buford | - | Few trees downed. |
| April 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buford | - | Thunderstorm winds downed several trees. |
| May 2005 | Lightning | Buford | - | Lightning struck a large tree, causing it to fall onto the roof of a nearby house. Only minor damage occurred. |
| November 2005 | Tornado (F1) | Buford | - | A tornado was spawned in Baxter County about 2.5 miles east-southeast of Buford. The tornado tracked to the northeast, and caused mostly tree damage. A barn roof was also damaged, with an outbuilding destroyed. The tornado dissipated 4 miles south-southeast of Mountain Home. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buford | - | Several trees were blown down. |
| July 2010 | Hail | Buford | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Buford | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Buford | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Flash Flood | Buford | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buford | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Buford | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conville (historical) | 1.8 miles | 18 | |
| Laytonville (historical) | 2.5 miles | 18 | |
| Shady Grove | 2.6 miles | 18 | |
| Cartney | 4.3 miles | 18 | |
| Shipp | 4.3 miles | 17 | |
| Gassville | 4.3 miles | 18 | |
| Colfax | 4.5 miles | 18 | |
| Heritage Estates | 4.6 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 Buford | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4986026 | 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 70915. 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.










