BlockFrom the record
One of 32 National Register listings published here for Larue County · listed in 2009 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Buffalo School
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 50 School Loop, Buffalo, 42716
- When was it listed? February 2009
- Category. building
- Census division. Buffalo
- National Register reference number. 09000005 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Fires near this property
8 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Buffalo School 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 |
Storms near this property
21 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Buffalo, the town this property stands in, in 21 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 15 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buffalo | $150,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew a tree on to a home. Other homes in the Buffalo area had shingle damage. Several trees were downed in the area. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buffalo | $30,000 | A barn was blown down. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buffalo | $20,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buffalo | $10,000 | no account filed |
| December 2025 | Tornado (EF0) | Buffalo | - | A National Weather Service damage survey determined that a brief EF0 tornado touched down about 1.5 miles east-northeast of Buffalo in LaRue County. Peak winds were 85 mph with a path width of 20 yards and a two mile long path. Most of the impacts from the tornado consisted of a mixture of downed trees, collapsed barns, and shingle damage to some homes. |
| September 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buffalo | - | A couple trees were blown down along Greensburg Road. |
| February 2023 | Flash Flood | Buffalo | - | Five roads across LaRue County had to be closed due to a combination of flowing and standing water. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buffalo | - | Trees were knocked down on Greensburg Road near Buffalo. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buffalo | - | A portion of a metal roof was blown off an outbuilding at the LaRue County Country Club. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buffalo | - | Power lines were blown down on a porch and truck on Dixon Street. |
| July 2020 | Flood | Buffalo | - | There were multiple reports of flooded roadways across Larue County. One road was Brooks Road near Buffalo. |
| February 2019 | Flash Flood | Buffalo | - | Hall Gaddie was closed due to high water. |
| April 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buffalo | - | The Larue County KY Mesonet site recorded a gust of 66 mph. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buffalo | - | An NWS employee reported two trees down just to the northeast of Buffalo. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buffalo | - | Local law enforcement reported trees down along Highway 470. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buffalo | - | Power lines were blown down. |
| April 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buffalo | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buffalo | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Buffalo | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Buffalo | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buffalo | - | no account filed |
Map coverage status
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 milesOther National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| McClain Hotel | 0.2 miles | 1991 | |
 | Edward S. Ferrill House | 0.2 miles | 1991 |
| R. H. Thomas House | 1.9 miles | 1991 | |
 | Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site | 2.1 miles | 1966 |
 | Nancy Lincoln Inn | 2.6 miles | 1991 |
| Thomas Walters House | 3.3 miles | 1991 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 09000005 in Record Group 79. |
| Larue County | All 32 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- 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.