BlockBuffalo Heights, Iowa
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Buffalo Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52726. It stands on Dodges Creek. The Survey maps it on the Andalusia quadrangle.
On record in Buffalo Heights
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Buffalo High Schoollisted 2005 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 19 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 Milan quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1944 USGS Milan quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Milan quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Aledo quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Aledo quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
5 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Buffalo Heights between 2008 and 2011, burning about 1 acre in total. None started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 September 2009 | Smoking | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | I280 11 |
| 6 August 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | CANAL |
| 30 May 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | HOLLOW |
| 27 May 2010 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | COUNTY |
| 9 October 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 1687 HWY J-22, IA |
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 Buffalo Heights: 5 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Salt, Calcium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cargill Salt Terminal Sa | Salt | Producer | ||
| Linwood Lime Plant | Calcium | Producer | ||
| Davenport Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Linwood Stone Products Mine & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Martin Marietta-Buffalo Cement Plnt | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo | 1.2 miles | 19 | |
| Jamestown | 1.6 miles | 19 | |
| Linwood | 1.9 miles | 19 | |
| Walnut Grove | 2.8 miles | 19 | |
| Blue Grass | 3.7 miles | 15 | |
| Chapel Hill (historical) | 3.8 miles | 19 | |
| Nahant | 4.2 miles | 19 | |
| Rockingham (historical) | 4.4 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 454965. 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.