Buffalo Bluff, Florida
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Crescent City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32189. It lies near Seven Sisters Islands. The Survey maps it on the Satsuma quadrangle.
Then and now
1912 to 1981The same ground, surveyed 69 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1912 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 17 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.
- 1912 USGS Palatka quadrangle1:48000
- 1915 USGS Palatka quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Satsuma quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1981 USGS Saint Augustine quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
306 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 306 fires within 5 miles of Buffalo Bluff between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,839 acres in total. 65 started naturally. 37 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 65 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 62 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 49 |
| Debris and open burning | 42 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 37 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 26 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 1995 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 22 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 2003-08-1095 PUTNAM |
| 21 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 16 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | WASTE WATER (54) |
| 12 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 8 August 1999 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 August 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 5 August 2006 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | PUTNAM/HUNGRY FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Buffalo Bluff in 5 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 heavy rain, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buffalo Bluff | $1,000 | Putnam county EM reported a tree fell on a house in Buffalo Bluff, FL. |
| August 2025 | Heavy Rain | Buffalo Bluff | - | A public weather station near the intersection of Buffalo Bluff Road and South US Highway 17 measured 2.15 inches in the past hour. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buffalo Bluff | - | A tree was blown down near the intersection of East Buffalo Bluff Road and Cove Drive. The time of damage was based on radar. |
| July 2021 | Heavy Rain | Buffalo Bluff | - | A station near Buffalo Bluff measured 6.08 inches of rainfall. |
| July 1998 | Hail | Buffalo Bluff | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Satsuma | 1.9 miles | 17 | |
| Okawahathako (historical) | 2.4 miles | 17 | |
| Peniel | 2.8 miles | 17 | |
| Lundy | 3.0 miles | 17 | |
| Possum Bluff | 3.0 miles | 17 | |
| Saratoga | 3.3 miles | 17 | |
| Sutherlands Still | 3.8 miles | 16 | |
| Grand View Grove | 4.0 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 279620. 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.
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.






