BlockBaker, Kansas
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Mission Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66434. The Survey maps it on the Hiawatha quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 18 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.
- 1888 USGS Hiawatha quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Hiawatha quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1950 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Hiawatha quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Atchison quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Atchison quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
11 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Baker between 2006 and 2020, burning about 170 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Horton Agency | GOLDFINCH |
| 1 April 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 1500047 |
| 6 March 2007 | Debris and open burning | 32 acres | Horton Agency | HAZEL NUT FIRE |
| 2 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 1500022 |
| 19 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 17 acres | Brown County | 1717 |
| 18 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 1500037 |
| 14 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2015021 |
| 20 February 2016 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Horton Agency | EAGLE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Baker in 7 storm reports between 2010 and 2024: 3 flash flood, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Baker | - | Public report. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Baker | - | Hail measured at 2.2 inches 1 mile north of Highway 73 and 170th St. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Baker | - | Measured on a personal weather station. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Baker | - | Measured wind gust of 70 mph. |
| September 2016 | Flash Flood | Baker | - | Video of water running across the road at the intersection of 190th and Kestrel Road. Water looks to be 6 to 12 inches deep. Video via social media. |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Baker | - | Road was closed due to flooding. |
| September 2010 | Flash Flood | Baker | - | Law enforcement reported water flowing over Kestrel Road, south of 170th Road. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 472984. 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.
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.