Kill Buck, New York
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1986. It lies in ZIP code area 14748. It stands on Great Valley Creek. The Survey maps it on the Salamanca quadrangle. It stands 1,407 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1900 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 86 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 19 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.
- 1900 USGS Salamanca quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1938 USGS Salamanca quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Salamanca quadrangle1:62500
- 1960 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Salamanca quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Olean quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
85 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Kill Buck between 1994 and 2017, burning about 121 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 25 were 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 | 40 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 25 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 18 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 August 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 18 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 July 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 30 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 24 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 20 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 Kill Buck: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Valley Town Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kill Buck in 2 storm reports between 2014 and 2017: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2014 | Flash Flood | Kill Buck | $250,000 | no account filed |
| January 2017 | Flood | Kill Buck | $25,000 | Allegheny River at Salamanca crested at 13.83' at 1:00 AM EST on January 13. Flood stage is 12 feet. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salamanca | 1.8 miles | 19 | |
| Peth | 2.7 miles | 19 | |
| Little Rock City | 3.8 miles | 19 | |
| Carrollton | 3.8 miles | 20 | |
| South Carrollton | 3.9 miles | 20 | |
| Great Valley | 4.5 miles | 19 | |
| Willoughby | 4.8 miles | 20 | |
| Bradford Junction | 5.1 miles | 20 |
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 Kill Buck | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q48740568 | 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 954603. 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.
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.








