New Buffalo, Michigan
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1983. It stands in New Buffalo City. It lies in ZIP code area 49117. It stands on Galien River. The Survey maps it on the New Buffalo East quadrangle. 1,708 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 640 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresNew Buffalo fell from 1,883 to 1,708 between 2010 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,883 | |
| 2020 | 1,708 | -175 (-9%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1930 USGS Three Oaks quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1944 USGS Three Oaks quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS New Buffalo East quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS South Bend quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
18 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of New Buffalo between 2019 and 2020, burning about 18 acres in total. 8 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NEW BUFFALO TOWNSHIP FD 175 - 2020 |
| 7 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NEW BUFFALO TOWNSHIP FD 134 - 2020 |
| 22 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NEW BUFFALO TOWNSHIP FD 143 - 2019 |
| 3 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NEW BUFFALO TOWNSHIP FD 103 - 2020 |
| 8 June 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NEW BUFFALO TOWNSHIP FD 76 - 2019 |
| 8 June 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NEW BUFFALO TOWNSHIP FD 75 - 2019 |
| 7 June 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NEW BUFFALO TOWNSHIP FD 74 - 2019 |
| 22 June 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CHIKAMING FD 193 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
16 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Buffalo in 16 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 12 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 2 hail. 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 1996 | Flash Flood | New Buffalo | $50,000 | no account filed |
| October 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Buffalo | $15,000 | Several 3 to 4 foot diameter trees, some as high as 40 feet, were snapped in half as winds estimated over 60 mph accompanied a cluster of thunderstorms. The damage extended from the Union Pier and Sokol Camp area northeast along the shore towards Bridgman. 3 buildings suffered minor damage from flying debris. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Buffalo | $10,000 | Numerous trees down in and around New Buffalo. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Buffalo | $5,000 | Trees and power lines down in New Buffalo reported by Berrien County sheriff. |
| October 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Buffalo | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Hail | New Buffalo | $1,000 | no account filed |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Buffalo | - | Large trees down onto a home on Marx drive. |
| July 2023 | Flash Flood | New Buffalo | - | Water rushing across the roadway. Lots of flooding in Hickory Creek Park in Stevensville. 4.91 inches of rain fell in Niles and 5.14 inches in St. Joseph. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Buffalo | - | Large limbs reported down, some onto power lines. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Buffalo | - | Amateur radio operators reported a handful of trees and power lines down. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Buffalo | - | Numerous reports of trees and power lines down. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Buffalo | - | A state trooper reported trees down in New Buffalo. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Buffalo | - | Trained spotters reported several trees being blown down. |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Buffalo | - | Law enforcement reported power lines down in New Buffalo. |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Buffalo | - | Numerous trees and power lines down. |
| March 2017 | Hail | New 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sokol Camp | 1.9 miles | 13 | |
| Grand Beach | 3.2 miles | 10 | |
| Gordon Beach | 3.2 miles | 13 | |
| Union Pier | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Lakeview | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Michiana | 4.2 miles | 10 | |
| Hooks Corner | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| Lakeside | 5.6 miles | 13 |
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 New Buffalo | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q748747 | 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 633317. 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.





