Built in 1882 (vernacular architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. 11 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1943.
From the record
“The Samuel Baker House is an historic site in Elfers, Florida. It was built in 1882, and is located at 5742 Moog Road.”
Wikipedia article Samuel Baker House (Elfers, Florida), CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 10 National Register listings published here for Pasco County · listed in 1997 · category: Building · built in 1882, vernacular architecture.
National Register reference number.97000052- the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Then and now
1943 to 1998
The ground this property stands on, surveyed
55 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are
United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
19431998
Fires near this property
149 since 1992
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 149 fires within 5 miles of Samuel Baker House
between 1992 and 2020, burning about 974 acres in total. 23 started naturally. 44 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
44
Misuse of fire by a minor
29
Natural
23
Equipment and vehicle use
21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
15
Recreation and ceremony
8
Railroad operations and maintenance
6
Debris and open burning
1
Power generation/transmission/distribution
1
Smoking
1
The most recent of
them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service
that recorded it.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
1 working within 5 miles of Samuel Baker House: 1 producer.
All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand. Distance is straight-line from the
map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring
settlement's page as well.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The National Weather Service names
Elfers, the town this property stands in, in 12 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 4 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 flood, 1 lightning.
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.
Heavy rains, mostly from Hurricane Hermine brought the Anclote River at Elfers into major flood stage, cresting at 25.08 feet at 1830EST on the 3rd. The river was in moderate or major flood stage from 0400EST on the 3rd through 0100EST on the 6th. In total, 2,672 properties were impacted, with 1,565 homes with minor damage, 305 homes with major damage, and 7 homes destroyed. In total, damage from the flooding was estimated to be $89 million.
Heavy rains from Hurricane Irma caused the Anclote River at Elfers to rise above flood stage on the 11th, with flooding continuing through the 18th. The water level crested at 24.87 feet on the 12th, 0.87 feet above the major flooding threshold. ||The flood waters entered several homes in the Anclote River Estates and Anclote River Acres neighborhoods. Flood damage to homes was estimated at $460,000.
Pasco County Public Works official reported localized flooding consisting mainly of flooded streets in the Seven Springs Homes neighborhood near New Port Richey, with multiple disabled vehicles as a result.
Public videos posted to social media showed tornado near New Port Richey with damage reported to 3 cars by a downed tree and powerlines damaged by debris.
Skywarn Spotters reported estimated thunderstorm wind gusts of up to 60 mph from near Elfers to Port Richey over western Pasco county. Several trees and power lines were downed on Rowan Road north of State Road 54 near Elfers.
Broadcast media relayed a picture from a viewer of a large tree branch that was knocked down by a lightning strike near the intersection of Highway 54 and Highway 19 just before 7 pm EDT.
United States Geological Survey topographic
sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then
testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
Other National Register properties close
enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both
positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties
to their map sheets.
Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
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.
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