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Buffalo, Oklahoma

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Buffalo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73834. The Survey maps it on the Buffalo quadrangle. 1,039 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,814 feet above sea level.

Buffalo within Harper County

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 7 records

Population over time

2 figures

Buffalo fell from 1,299 to 1,039 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.

YearPeople Change
20101,299
20201,039-260 (-20%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 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.

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Buffalo: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Harper County

Storms near this place

60 of 187 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Buffalo in 187 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 98 thunderstorm wind, 80 hail, 3 tornado, 2 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 1995Thunderstorm WindBuffalo1 hurtno account filed
May 2012Thunderstorm WindBuffalo$50,000Several power poles blown down. Damages are estimated.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindBuffalo$50,000A travel-trailer was destroyed. Several trees were downed. Several outbuildings were also damaged.
May 2001Thunderstorm WindBuffalo$20,000Trees were uprooted. A small building and sheds were destroyed, and power lines were downed.
May 2008Tornado (EF0)Buffalo$10,000This tornado produced some minor tree damage, shingle damage to a home and some tin scattered about. The tornado continued to move north-northeast and crossed the state line into Clark County Kansas. Monetary damages were estimated.
July 1996Thunderstorm WindBuffalo$10,000no account filed
June 2006Thunderstorm WindBuffalo$7,500High line power poles were downed.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindBuffalo$5,000Several trees and power lines blown down. Time estimated from radar.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindBuffalo$5,000Shingles were blown of the roof of the Coop observer's house. Monetary damages were estimated.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindBuffalo$5,000Tin was blown off several buildings.
February 2000Thunderstorm WindBuffalo$5,000Straight-line winds blew over a large truck parked in the front yard of a house.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindBuffalo$3,000Power lines were downed near the intersection of Willard Road and Adobe Springs Road. The time was estimated based on radar. Monetary damages were estimated.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindBuffalo$3,000A power pole and the associated power lines were downed on Highway 64. Monetary damages were estimated.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindBuffalo$2,000At least one power line was blown down.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindBuffalo$2,000Several power poles were downed.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindBuffalo$2,000Several power poles were downed.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindBuffalo$2,000Several power poles were downed.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindBuffalo$1,000Numerous tree limbs, up to a foot and a half in diameter, were downed.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindBuffalo$500A large cattle feeder was blown a quarter of a mile.
February 2000Thunderstorm WindBuffalo$500Straight-line winds blew over a fence.
October 2005Thunderstorm WindBuffalo$100Several tree limbs were downed.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindBuffalo$100Tree limbs 2 to 3 inches in diameter downed.
June 2003Thunderstorm WindBuffalo$100Several tree limbs were downed.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindBuffalo$100Tree limbs were downed.
July 1998Thunderstorm WindBuffalo$10no account filed
March 2026HailBuffalo-The report was relayed through mPING.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindBuffalo-Buffalo (BUFF) Mesonet observation.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindBuffalo-Buffalo (BUFF) Mesonet observation.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindBuffalo-Buffalo (BUFF) Mesonet observation.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindBuffalo-Buffalo (BUFF) Mesonet observation.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindBuffalo-Buffalo (BUFF) Mesonet observation. Law enforcement also reported that a tree was blown down on the west side of the community of Buffalo.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindBuffalo-Buffalo (BUFF) Mesonet observation.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindBuffalo-Buffalo (BUFF) Mesonet observation.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindBuffalo-Buffalo (BUFF) Mesonet observation.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindBuffalo-Buffalo (BUFF) Mesonet observation.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindBuffalo-Buffalo (BUFF) Mesonet observation.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindBuffalo-Buffalo (BUFF) Mesonet observation.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindBuffalo-Buffalo (BUFF) Mesonet observation.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindBuffalo-Buffalo (BUFF) Mesonet observation.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindBuffalo-Buffalo (BUFF) Mesonet observation.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindBuffalo-Buffalo (BUFF) Mesonet observation.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindBuffalo-Estimated severe wind gust.
May 2019Tornado (EFU)Buffalo-An Oklahoma City television storm chaser observed a tornado estimated to be about 5 miles west of Buffalo. No damage was reported.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindBuffalo-No damage reported.
May 2018Funnel CloudBuffalo-A funnel cloud was observed in northern Harper County just south of the Kansas border. No confirmation could be found that a tornado occurred with this funnel cloud.
May 2018HailBuffalo-Report via spotter network.
September 2016Thunderstorm WindBuffalo-Broadcast media via Twitter. Time estimated from tweet time and radar.
April 2015HailBuffalo-No damage reported.
April 2015HailBuffalo-Relayed to EM by city sheriff's office.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindBuffalo-The public estimated a gust to 65 mph.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindBuffalo-The wind gust was reported on Highway 64.
April 2007Tornado (EF0)Buffalo-An NWS cooperative observer and media chasers observed a small tornado that touched down briefly about 8 miles south-southwest of Buffalo. No damage was reported.
June 2007FloodBuffalo-US HWY 64 was closed due to high water.
May 2007HailBuffalo-Reported at the intersection of highways 64 & 46.
April 2006Thunderstorm WindBuffalo-Wind gust was measured by the Oklahoma mesonet.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindBuffalo-Wind gust was measured by the Oklahoma mesonet.
May 2005Thunderstorm WindBuffalo-Wind was measured by the Oklahoma mesonet.
October 2005Thunderstorm WindBuffalo-The wind gust was measured by the Oklahoma mesonet.
April 2004Thunderstorm WindBuffalo-Wind was measured by the Oklahoma mesonet.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindBuffalo-Wind was measured by the Oklahoma Mesonet.

Every storm recorded in Harper 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Selman7.7 miles8
Charleston (historical)10.3 miles8
Willard10.7 miles9
Dunlap16.0 miles8
Rosston16.2 miles8
May16.3 miles8
Laverne16.4 miles8

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 BuffaloAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q742092The 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 1090632. 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.

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.