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Bakers Crossroads, Kentucky

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Hazel-Lynn Grove census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42049. It stands on Pleasant Grove Creek. The Survey maps it on the Murray quadrangle.

Bakers Crossroads within Calloway County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 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

16 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Bakers Crossroads between 1998 and 2012, burning about 58 acres in total. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Debris and open burning2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1
Natural1

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
7 September 2012Natural1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryTAYLOR TRA
31 August 2007Railroad operations and maintenance4.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
28 March 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
23 March 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
21 February 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
1 February 1998Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
8 November 2010Railroad operations and maintenance7.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBUSH HOG
8 November 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calloway County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Bakers Crossroads: 3 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Clay PitClayPast Producer
Cosley-Clay Co. PitClayPast Producer
Spinks Clay Number 10 PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Spinks Clay Number 10 PitClayUnknown

Every working recorded in Calloway 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
Halfway (historical)1.7 miles13
Midway1.8 miles13
Wiswell2.7 miles10
South Murray2.9 miles13
West Murray3.1 miles13
Steeleville (historical)3.4 miles13
Crossland3.8 miles10
Hazel3.8 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 507438. 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.