BlockBakers, Montana
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Fort Peck Reservation census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59225. It lies near Thiessen Coulee. The Survey maps it on the Todd Lakes quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1910 USGS Todd Lakes quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1915 USGS Todd Lakes quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Wolf Point quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Wolf Point quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Todd Lakes quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Bakers (historical) between 2006 and 2014, burning about 1,440 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 July 2006 | Natural | 1,435 acres | Fort Peck Agency | TOAVS |
| 9 October 2014 | Debris and open burning | 4.5 acres | Fort Peck Agency | DAHL BRIDGE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lustre | 5.0 miles | 7 | |
| Oswego | 18.1 miles | 6 | |
| Frazer | 19.8 miles | 10 | |
| Larslan | 24.1 miles | 7 | |
| Wiota (historical) | 25.1 miles | 11 | |
| Kaiver (historical) | 26.6 miles | 9 | |
| Nashua | 28.0 miles | 11 | |
| Avondale (historical) | 28.5 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1688563. 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.