BlockBaker, Minnesota
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Turtle Lake Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56484. The Survey maps it on the Walker quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1954 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Walker quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1977 USGS Cass Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Walker quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
211 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 211 fires within 5 miles of Baker between 1992 and 2020, burning about 166 acres in total. None started naturally. 58 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 burning | 77 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 58 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 21 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 13 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 11 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | OLD HOUSE FIRE |
| 6 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | MYSTERY |
| 29 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | PINE POINT |
| 15 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | BURNING STUMP |
| 10 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | BIRTHDAY |
| 7 August 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | WALKER HEIGHTS FIRE |
| 5 August 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | LAKE MAY |
| 5 August 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | HAWTHORN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Onigum | 1.6 miles | 10 | |
| Walker | 3.9 miles | 10 | |
| Ah-gwah-ching | 4.0 miles | 10 | |
| Whipholt | 9.6 miles | 9 | |
| Wilkinson | 10.6 miles | 8 | |
| Brevik | 12.5 miles | 9 | |
| Hackensack | 13.2 miles | 10 | |
| Cuba (historical) | 17.3 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 659311. 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.