BlockBuffalo, Montana
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Lewistown census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59418. The Survey maps it on the Buffalo quadrangle. It stands 4,321 feet above sea level.
On record in 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 1 record
- Naylor Brothers Ranch Historic Districtlisted 2008
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1889 USGS Big Snowy Mountain quadrangle1:250000
- 1893 USGS Big Snowy Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Roundup quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Roundup quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:24000
- 1993 USGS Big Snowy Mountains quadrangle1:100000
Storms near this place
5 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Buffalo in 5 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 4 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2025 | Hail | Buffalo | - | Two separate reports of golf ball to 2 inch hail in Buffalo. |
| July 2019 | Hail | Buffalo | - | Public reports a few half dollar sized hail that occurred with an estimated 60 mph wind gust. A horse trailer was blown over. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buffalo | - | Public reported an estimated wind gust of 60 mph that blew over a horse trailer. |
| June 2001 | Hail | Buffalo | - | Reported by spotter in Buffalo. |
| July 1997 | Hail | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| McClave | 3.0 miles | 11 | |
| Straw | 3.1 miles | 11 | |
| Garneill | 6.2 miles | 11 | |
| Eddies Corner | 12.0 miles | 11 | |
| Moore | 12.7 miles | 11 | |
| Rockford (historical) | 13.9 miles | 11 | |
| Seright (historical) | 14.2 miles | 11 | |
| Ross Fork | 19.1 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 Q4985626 | 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 769334. 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.
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.