BlockBuffalo, Kentucky
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Cerulean census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42232. It stands on Buffalo Knob. The Survey maps it on the Gracey quadrangle. It stands 531 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 6 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 Gracey quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Gracey quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Hopkinsville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
8 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Buffalo between 2007 and 2010, burning about 138 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 45 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | QUAIL |
| 1 September 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 August 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 August 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 March 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 March 2007 | Smoking | 60 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 October 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | MILLS |
| 21 October 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SNIDER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Buffalo in 6 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 4 flood, 1 heavy rain, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2011 | Flood | Buffalo | $30,000 | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Tornado (EF0) | Buffalo | $20,000 | This tornado destroyed an older wooden barn along Highway 126 just north of Highway 128. A newer wooden barn was heavily damaged near the end of the damage path. Since the path was across open fields, there was little other evidence of damage. The tornado was witnessed by several people, including a state trooper and a trained spotter. The tornado lifted less than a mile from the Christian County line. Peak winds were estimated near 80 mph. |
| February 2025 | Flood | Buffalo | - | Flash flooding from the 15th and early on the 16th transitioned to areal flooding near Cerulean in northeast Trigg County. Swollen rivers, creeks, and streams continued to flood several roads, including Wallonia Road, Barefield Road, and Cobb Road. |
| January 2007 | Heavy Rain | Buffalo | - | A portion of Kentucky 128 was flooded. |
| December 2011 | Flood | Buffalo | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Flood | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cerulean | 3.0 miles | 6 | |
| Montgomery | 4.1 miles | 6 | |
| Wallonia | 5.4 miles | 7 | |
| Caledonia | 6.9 miles | 8 | |
| Cadiz | 8.8 miles | 7 | |
| Black Hawk | 10.5 miles | 8 | |
| Cedar Point | 11.5 miles | 7 | |
| Trigg Furnace | 13.4 miles | 8 |
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 Q17492503 | 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 507612. 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.