BlockSouth Buffalo, Kentucky
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Buffalo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42716. It stands on South Fork Branch. The Survey maps it on the Hodgenville quadrangle.
On record in South Buffalo
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 3 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Edward S. Ferrill Houselisted 1991 · 0.6 miles away- McClain Hotellisted 1991 · 0.4 miles away
- Buffalo Schoollisted 2009 · 0.4 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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 Hodgenville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Elizabethtown quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
8 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of South Buffalo between 1998 and 2014, burning about 99 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 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 April 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LG&E |
| 1 April 2000 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 March 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 13 March 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 27 February 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 February 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 February 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 40 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | STILES FORD ROAD |
| 7 October 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CATLETT FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 | 0.6 miles | 8 | |
| Boundary Oak | 2.6 miles | 8 | |
| Jericho | 3.0 miles | 8 | |
| Keith (historical) | 3.1 miles | 11 | |
| Mount Sherman | 4.0 miles | 9 | |
| Mathers Mill | 4.3 miles | 15 | |
| Tanner | 4.4 miles | 15 | |
| Leafdale | 4.5 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 503895. 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.