Creating a Square Buffer

Problem: You are asked to create a square buffer for your project area.

Solution:
1. Create a point shapefile where you want the center of your square buffer to be.

2. Create a normal buffer with the desired radius. Geoprocessing-> Buffer.

3. Navigate to Minimum Boundary Geometry Tool 

4. Fill out with your normal buffer as the input feature and choose Rectangle by Width for a rectangle buffer. This buffer will be the same radius as your normal buffer. 

5. The result: