Buffalo Springs Stage Station, Oklahoma

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the South Garfield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73720. The Survey maps it on the Bison quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Buffalo Springs Stage Station within Garfield County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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.

1893 USGS Hennessey quadrangle1:62500
1955 USGS Enid quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1956 USGS Hennessey quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1958 USGS Enid quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1982 USGS Bison quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1990 USGS Enid quadrangle1:100000

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Buffalo Springs Stage Station (historical): 2 past producers, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Pumice, Clay, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Shale Pit	Clay	Past Producer
Volcanic Ash Prospect	Pumice	Prospect
Volcanic Ash Prospect	Pumice	Prospect

Every working recorded in Garfield 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
Bison	1.2 miles	12
Waukomis	6.2 miles	11
Barr	7.1 miles	12
Drummond	10.0 miles	9
Imo	11.8 miles	11
Douglas	13.7 miles	10
Enid	14.2 miles	13
Shea	15.0 miles	14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2438093. 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.