Buffalo Creek Flood

1972 dam failure in West Virginia, United States
Event flood Q851523
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Buffalo Creek Flood

Summary

Buffalo Creek Flood is a flood[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of flood entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (279 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Buffalo Creek Flood is in the country of United States[3].
  • Buffalo Creek Flood's image is recorded as Statue of Chief Logan the Orator (Logan, West Virginia).jpg[4].
  • Buffalo Creek Flood's instance of is recorded as flood[5].
  • Buffalo Creek Flood's instance of is recorded as tailings dam failure[6].
  • Buffalo Creek Flood's point in time is recorded as +1972-02-26T00:00:00Z[7].
  • Buffalo Creek Flood's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 37.79688889, 'lon': -81.64591667}[8].
  • Buffalo Creek Flood's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05ydk3[9].
  • Buffalo Creek Flood's described at URL is recorded as https://www.msha.gov/news-media/events/2016/02/25/slurry-spill-suffering-buffalo-creek-flood[10].
  • Buffalo Creek Flood's number of deaths is recorded as {'amount': '+125'}[11].
  • Buffalo Creek Flood's e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 697[12].
  • Buffalo Creek Flood's Global Energy Monitor Wiki ID is recorded as Buffalo_Creek_Flood[13].

Why It Matters

Buffalo Creek Flood ranks in the top 5% of flood entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (279 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wise-uranium.org. wise-uranium.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Buffalo Creek Flood. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/buffalo-creek-flood
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_buffalo-creek-flood_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Buffalo Creek Flood}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/buffalo-creek-flood}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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