Baker Creek, Arkansas

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1993. It stands in District 7. It lies in ZIP code area 72802. It stands on Bakers Creek. The Survey maps it on the Russellville West quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Baker Creek within Pope County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 printed sheets

Matched 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.

1888 USGS Dardanelle #1 quadrangle1:62500
1890 USGS Dardanelle quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1963 USGS Russellville West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
1993 USGS Russellville West quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

65 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 65 fires within 5 miles of Baker Creek (historical) between 1998 and 2020, burning about 328 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 8 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	23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	14
Equipment and vehicle use	11
Arson/incendiarism	8
Misuse of fire by a minor	4
Natural	3
Smoking	2

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
9 September 1998	Equipment and vehicle use	6.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
30 September 2004	Equipment and vehicle use	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
16 September 2003	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
15 September 2006	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
10 September 2005	Equipment and vehicle use	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
10 September 2005	Debris and open burning	6.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
1 September 2000	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
1 September 1999	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pope County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Baker Creek (historical): 11 unknowns, 5 producers, 4 past producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Bernice	Clay	Past Producer
Unknown	Stone	Unknown
Unknown	Stone	Unknown
Unknown	Stone	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Pope County Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Pope County Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Pope County

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Shiloh	1.2 miles	19
Taral	1.8 miles	20
Center Valley	2.6 miles	20
Ouitaville	3.0 miles	19
Mill Creek	3.9 miles	19
Russellville	4.0 miles	19
Norristown	4.6 miles	19
Dover	4.6 miles	20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 79170. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.