BlockBuffington, Indiana
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Calumet Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46406. The Survey maps it on the Whiting quadrangle.
On record in Buffington
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.
- St. Mark A.M.E. Zion Churchlisted 2025 · 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.
- 1900 USGS Toleston quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1900 USGS Tolleston quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Whiting quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Whiting quadrangle1:24000
- 1968 USGS Whiting quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Whiting quadrangle1:24000
- 1998 USGS Whiting quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
4 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Buffington between 2011 and 2020, burning about 178 acres 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 | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 acres | Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore | NORTH CLARK ROAD |
| 25 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore | CHEMCOATERS |
| 8 November 2020 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 4.0 acres | Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore | HOOPS |
| 18 November 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 160 acres | Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore | CLINE AVE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Buffington: 5 plants, 4 producers, 2 unknowns, 1 past producer. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Sulfur, Limestone, General, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Chromium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) Us Steel Lead Smeltr & Refinery | Antimony, Lead | Plant | ||
| Buffington Cement Plant | Stone | Producer | ||
| East Chicago Plant-U.S. Gypsum Co. | Gypsum-Anhydrite, Perlite | Plant | ||
| Harbison-Walker/ Hammond, Ind. | Chromium | Producer | ||
| J & L Steel/ Indiana Harbor Works | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Natl. Briquette Corp. Plant | Fluorine-Fluorite | Producer | ||
| Samoki Brothers Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Buffington Lime Plant | Limestone, General | Producer | ||
| Indiana Harbor Limekiln | Limestone, General | Plant | ||
| (Facility) Amoco/ Whiting Refinery | Sulfur | Plant |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clarke Junction | 0.7 miles | 19 | |
| Indiana Harbor | 1.1 miles | 19 | |
| East Chicago | 1.5 miles | 19 | |
| Pine | 1.9 miles | 20 | |
| Ivanhoe | 2.7 miles | 20 | |
| Gibson | 2.9 miles | 20 | |
| Hessville | 3.4 miles | 20 | |
| Osborn | 3.8 miles | 20 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 431779. 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.