BlockBuffalo, Indiana
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Liberty Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47960. The Survey maps it on the Buffalo quadrangle. 619 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 669 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresBuffalo fell from 672 to 619 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 672 | |
| 2010 | 692 | +20 (+3%) |
| 2020 | 619 | -73 (-11%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1953 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Logansport quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Buffalo: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monon Crushed Stone Inc.Ls Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Buffalo in 8 storm reports between 1999 and 2016: 4 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buffalo | $45,000 | Emergency management officials surveyed the area and found one-half of a trailer home roof had been blown off. Minor damage was observed to other mobile homes as well. In addition, the crossing gate on a railroad crossing at 900 South and State Route 43 was broken off. Damage is estimated at $45,000. |
| August 2016 | Hail | Buffalo | - | Emergency management officials reported quarter sized hail on County Road 700 N, just west of County Road 800 E. |
| September 2014 | Hail | Buffalo | - | Hail to one and one half inch diameter fell. |
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | Buffalo | - | Law enforcement officials reported several roads closed in and around the town of Buffalo because of torrential rainfall. Trained spotters in the area reported four and a half inches of rain falling in 90 minutes. The rain quickly moved away and conditions improved shortly there after. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buffalo | - | Law enforcement reported trees down in Buffalo. |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buffalo | - | Numerous trees down. |
| August 2001 | Hail | Buffalo | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Buffalo | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sitka | 4.0 miles | 9 | |
| Headlee | 4.7 miles | 9 | |
| Bell Center | 5.7 miles | 9 | |
| Indiana Beach | 6.4 miles | 9 | |
| Guernsey | 6.7 miles | 9 | |
| Monon | 7.2 miles | 9 | |
| Norway | 7.2 miles | 9 | |
| East Monticello | 9.4 miles | 9 |
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 Buffalo | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1955545 | 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 431770. 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.
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.