BlockBuffalo Meadows, Nevada
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the High Desert census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89412. It stands on Buffalo Slough. The Survey maps it on the Hog Spring quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 18 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.
- 1886 USGS Granite Range quadrangle1:250000
- 1894 USGS Granite Range quadrangle1:250000, 7 printings
- 1955 USGS Lovelock quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1959 USGS Lovelock quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Hog Spring quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Gerlach quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Buffalo Meadows (historical) between 1993 and 2006, burning about 314 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Other causes | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 1993 | Other causes | under an acre | Northern California District | BUFFALO |
| 27 June 2006 | Natural | 314 acres | Northern California District | HELLER |
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Buffalo Meadows (historical): 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Salt. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Springs Saltpect | Salt | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reynard | 9.0 miles | 18 | |
| Sheepshead | 10.0 miles | 18 | |
| Smoke Creek | 11.7 miles | 19 | |
| Phil | 14.6 miles | 20 | |
| Deep Hole | 15.7 miles | 20 | |
| Sano | 18.6 miles | 19 | |
| Gerlach | 20.7 miles | 20 | |
| Empire | 21.3 miles | 20 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 854811. 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.