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Old Buffalo, Arkansas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Marion County Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72634. It lies near Hathaway Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Buffalo City quadrangle.

Old Buffalo within Marion 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 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 87 fires within 5 miles of Old Buffalo between 1994 and 2020, burning about 4,460 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/undetermined30
Debris and open burning11
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
22 August 2001Arson/incendiarism40 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

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marion County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 28 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Old Buffalo: 13 unknowns, 8 past producers, 6 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Lead, Lead, Zinc, Tungsten. 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
Omeara ProspectTungsten, ZincOccurrence
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

Every working recorded in Marion 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
Hand Valley3.2 miles18
Keystone (historical)5.2 miles16
Rea Valley5.8 miles17
Hepsey (historical)6.3 miles18
Rush6.5 miles17
Sylvia (historical)8.8 miles16
Cowan10.1 miles16
Mull10.1 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 77901. 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.