Buffalo Springs, New Mexico

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Navajo Nation census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87325. The Survey maps it on the Coyote Canyon NW quadrangle.

Buffalo Springs within McKinley County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 13 printed sheets

Matched 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.

1886 USGS Wingate quadrangle1:250000
1892 USGS Wingate quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1954 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000
1967 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000
1970 USGS Coyote Canyon NW quadrangle1:24000
1981 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

3 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Buffalo Springs between 2000 and 2009, burning about 2 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
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Debris and open burning	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
20 August 2009	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management	PINON SPRINGS
6 June 2008	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management	TOHATCHI MP 25
17 October 2000	Smoking	1.0 acres	Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management	BUFF SPRGS

Every fire recorded in McKinley County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Buffalo Springs: 6 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Geothermal, Iron, Stone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Pure Oil #3	Geothermal	Unknown
Santa Cruz Magnetite	Iron	Unknown
Trotz Const. Pit	Stone	Unknown
Buffalo Springs Pit 63-4-S	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Corn Construction Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
State Hwy Pit No. 78-8-S	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown

Every working recorded in McKinley County

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Tohatchi	7.7 miles	15
Coyote Canyon	11.2 miles	13
Brimhall Nizhoni	11.6 miles	13
Mexican Springs	13.4 miles	15
Nakaibito	13.4 miles	15
Twin Lakes	16.8 miles	13
Standing Rock	18.0 miles	13
Navajo	20.3 miles	19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 902798. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.