Baker, Missouri

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Jackson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64740. It lies near Butler Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Ninnescah Park quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Baker within St. Clair County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 19 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.

1887 USGS Clinton quadrangle1:125000
1894 USGS Clinton quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1941 USGS Valhalla quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1945 USGS Valhalla quadrangle1:24000
1947 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
1954 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1955 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1958 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
1983 USGS Harry S Truman Reservoir quadrangle1:100000
1991 USGS Ninnescah Park quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

38 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Baker (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,820 acres in total. None started naturally. 18 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	18
Debris and open burning	14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5
Smoking	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
22 August 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	133 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	KNISLEY SOUTH
15 August 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
18 July 2013	Arson/incendiarism	14 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
24 April 2001	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
2 April 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	354 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	OSAGE POINT
11 April 1993	Debris and open burning	50 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
10 April 1992	Debris and open burning	4.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
10 April 1992	Arson/incendiarism	80 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Clair County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Baker (historical): 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Davis Rock Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Grover Bank	Iron	Past Producer
Unknown - Clay	Clay	Past Producer

Every working recorded in St. Clair 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Fox Run	1.4 miles	19
Ninnescah Park	1.5 miles	19
Browns Ford	4.4 miles	19
Iconium	6.8 miles	20
Chloe	7.7 miles	20
Lowry City	8.3 miles	20
Corbin (historical)	9.1 miles	20
Harper	10.1 miles	20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 755713. 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.