Buffalo Lake (Minnehaha County, South Dakota)

Buffalo Lake is a lake in South Dakota, in the United States.[1]

Buffalo Lake
Location of Buffalo Lake in South Dakota, USA.
Location of Buffalo Lake in South Dakota, USA.
Buffalo Lake
Location of Buffalo Lake in South Dakota, USA.
Location of Buffalo Lake in South Dakota, USA.
Buffalo Lake
LocationMinnehaha County, South Dakota
Coordinates43.8289234°N 97.0496866°W / 43.8289234; -97.0496866
Typelake
Surface elevation1,650 feet (500 m)

Buffalo Lake was so named on account of the lake being a natural habitat of buffalo fish.[2]

See also

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Buffalo Lake (Minnehaha County, South Dakota)
  2. Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.2. University of South Dakota. p. 13.


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