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Bakers Mill, Florida

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Jasper census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32052. The Survey maps it on the Jasper quadrangle.

Bakers Mill within Hamilton County

Then and now

1954 to 1980

The same ground, surveyed 26 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Bakers Mill, surveyed 1980
Topographic sheet of Bakers Mill, surveyed 1954

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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.

Fires near this place

156 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 156 fires within 5 miles of Bakers Mill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 967 acres in total. 25 started naturally. 22 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 burning34
Natural25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Arson/incendiarism22
Railroad operations and maintenance19
Power generation/transmission/distribution10
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Equipment and vehicle use9
Recreation and ceremony3
Other causes1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
30 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use10 acresFlorida Forest Service04-24-MYERS FIRE-1238
28 September 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceNW 13 ST (24-04)
26 September 1993Natural5.5 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service4TH ST (24-04)
19 September 2005Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 1999Debris and open burning15 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
15 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Service129 (04-24)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hamilton County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Bakers Mill: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium, Water, Free. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gary DepositPhosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium, Water, FreeOccurrence

Every working recorded in Hamilton 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Rawls3.0 miles8
Kennedy Still3.7 miles8
Jasper4.3 miles8
Avoca4.6 miles8
Alapaha (historical)6.0 miles8
Hillcoat7.6 miles8
Cypress Creek7.7 miles11
Jennings8.6 miles8

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122568206The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 278056. 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.