BlockBuffalo Ford, Wyoming
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Yellowstone National Park census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82190. It lies near Junction Butte. The Survey maps it on the Tower Junction quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 24 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.
- 1886 USGS Canyon quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Canyon quadrangle1:125000
- 1896 USGS Canyon quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1901 USGS Canyon quadrangle1:125000
- 1907 USGS Canyon quadrangle1:125000
- 1911 USGS Canyon quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1955 USGS Ashton quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Ashton quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Tower Junction quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Ashton quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Yellowstone National Park North quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Tower Junction quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
25 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Buffalo Ford between 1992 and 2016, burning about 14,184 acres in total. 21 started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 2016 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Yellowstone National Park | JASPER |
| 4 September 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Yellowstone National Park | PETRIFIED |
| 23 September 1992 | Natural | 480 acres | Yellowstone National Park | PLATEAU |
| 14 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Yellowstone National Park | LAMAR |
| 7 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Yellowstone National Park | AGATE |
| 7 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Yellowstone National Park | JUNCTION |
| 7 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Yellowstone National Park | COYOTE |
| 6 August 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Yellowstone National Park | BUFFALO |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tower Junction | 2.1 miles | 24 | |
| Bannock Ford | 2.2 miles | 24 | |
| Yanceys | 3.1 miles | 24 | |
| Soda Butte (historical) | 12.3 miles | 21 | |
| Canyon Junction | 14.4 miles | 22 | |
| Canyon Village | 14.5 miles | 22 | |
| Mammoth | 17.5 miles | 20 | |
| Pahaska Tepee | 36.5 miles | 19 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122568165 | 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 1597237. 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.