Baker, Arkansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Bear Creek No. 6 Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72645. It lies near Devils Backbone. The Survey maps it on the Harriet quadrangle.
On record in Baker
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Jasper E. Treece Buildinglisted 1993
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 15 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.
- 1892 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Harriet quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Mountain View quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
68 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Baker between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,055 acres in total. None started naturally. 29 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 29 |
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1999 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 June 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 April 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 April 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 9.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 April 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Baker: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unk | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Searcy County Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Searcy County Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Baker in 1 storm report in 2008: 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2008 | Flash Flood | Baker | $150,000 | The city of Leslie was flooded. U.S. Highway 65 between Marshall and Leslie was also flooded. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marshall | 1.8 miles | 17 | |
| Martin Box | 2.1 miles | 15 | |
| Barren Hollow | 3.2 miles | 15 | |
| Jameson (historical) | 3.2 miles | 17 | |
| Shilo (historical) | 3.8 miles | 15 | |
| Begley (historical) | 3.9 miles | 15 | |
| Rock Springs | 3.9 miles | 15 | |
| Morning Star | 4.1 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 46024. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.









