BlockBuffalo, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Santa Anna census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76878. The Survey maps it on the Thrifty quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1887 USGS Coleman quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1889 USGS Coleman quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1924 USGS Brownwood Reservoir Site quadrangle1:48000
- 1927 USGS Grosvenor quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Brownwood quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1969 USGS Thrifty quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Coleman quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
99 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 99 fires within 5 miles of Buffalo between 2005 and 2020, burning about 3,388 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 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 | 30 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 |
| Debris and open burning | 29 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 7 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 117 5001 |
| 26 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 25 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 19 September 2007 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 17 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 585 |
| 17 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FM 585 |
| 9 August 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 14 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Buffalo: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Brick Co Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Producer | Sedimentary |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty | 4.5 miles | 14 | |
| Obregon | 4.9 miles | 14 | |
| Santa Anna | 6.9 miles | 13 | |
| Cleveland | 8.2 miles | 13 | |
| San Angelo Junction | 8.5 miles | 13 | |
| Echo | 11.1 miles | 14 | |
| Coleman | 11.9 miles | 13 | |
| Trickham | 14.1 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378067. 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.