BlockBuffalo, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Cedar Creek Lake census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75143. The Survey maps it on the Styx quadrangle. It stands 351 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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.
- 1954 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Styx quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Corsicana quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
69 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Buffalo between 1998 and 2019, burning about 1,878 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 28 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SPFD |
| 4 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | KERENS FIRE |
| 3 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 25 September 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MCFALL |
| 25 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 16 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SEVEN POINTS FIRE |
| 30 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TOOL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harmony | 3.0 miles | 9 | |
| Aley | 3.6 miles | 9 | |
| Seven Points | 4.9 miles | 12 | |
| Tool | 5.8 miles | 12 | |
| Gun Barrel City | 8.1 miles | 12 | |
| Enchanted Oaks | 9.1 miles | 14 | |
| Payne Springs | 11.3 miles | 14 | |
| Pauline | 12.8 miles | 14 |
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 Buffalo | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q21197663 | 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 1378068. 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.