Baker Hotel

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.

From the record

“The Baker Hotel is a historic site listed on the National Register of Historic Places located in Baker, Montana, at the southeast corner of Main Street and Railroad Avenue. It was added to the Register on January 5, 2005.”
Wikipedia article Baker Hotel (Baker, Montana), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 3 National Register listings published here for Fallon County · listed in 2005 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Address. 4 South Main St., Baker, 59313
When was it listed? January 2005
Category. building
Census division. Baker
National Register reference number. 04001435 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

14 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Baker Hotel between 2008 and 2020, burning about 203 acres in total. 3 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
Equipment and vehicle use	6
Natural	3
Fireworks	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	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
9 September 2020	Equipment and vehicle use	1.2 acres	Fallon County	LAKE - FALLON
21 September 2020	Equipment and vehicle use	1.1 acres	Fallon County	SHELL - FALLON
8 August 2008	Power generation/transmission/distribution	185 acres	Miles City Field Office	PENNEL
2 August 2018	Natural	1.0 acres	Eastern Land Office	SANDSTONE
14 August 2020	Natural	under an acre	Fallon County	SANDSTONE - FALLON
7 July 2017	Equipment and vehicle use	7.7 acres	Eastern Land Office	KIRSCHTEN
5 July 2016	Fireworks	2.0 acres	Eastern Land Office	STRAWBERRY - CUSTER
4 July 2018	Fireworks	under an acre	Eastern Land Office	UPPER LAKE

Every fire recorded in Fallon County

Mines and quarries near this property

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Baker Hotel: 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Pumice, Uranium. 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
Cox and Neary Ranches	Uranium	Occurrence
Singer Scoria Pit	Pumice	Producer
Zion Portable Crusher	Pumice	Producer

Every working recorded in Fallon County

Storms near this property

60 of 106 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Baker, the town this property stands in, in 106 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 63 hail, 28 thunderstorm wind, 6 flash flood, 4 funnel cloud. 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 1993	Hail	Baker	$50,000	Wind damage was widespread across Fallon County.
August 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Baker	$5,000	Wind damage was widespread across Fallon County.
August 1993	Hail	Baker	$5,000	Wind damage was widespread across Fallon County.
July 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Baker	$1,000	Spotter northeast of Baker reported 4 inch diameter hail and 60+ mph winds. Backyard and frontyard flooded.
July 2025	Hail	Baker	-	Quarter size hail reported.
July 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Baker	-	Power poles and large trees were downed.
June 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Baker	-	Tree and roof damage was reported.
July 2022	Flash Flood	Baker	-	County DES reported deep standing water and flooding in the town of Baker.
July 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Baker	-	Several trees were uprooted and power lines were downed. The local farm and fleet store had a number of large stock tanks that traveled about 1/4 mile into town taking out a few fences. In addition, power was out in much of the town.
July 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Baker	-	Several trailers were blown over including a fireworks trailer. There was also brick damage to the top of a building.
July 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Baker	-	Wind-driven golf ball size hail broke out windows on the west side of numerous homes in the town of Baker.
August 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Baker	-	The Sheriff Dispatch reported that an 18 inch diameter tree was uprooted, along with many tree branches down in Baker from the very strong winds. In addition, tin roofing material was ripped from the firehouse.
June 2013	Flash Flood	Baker	-	Baker received around 1.63 inches of rain. There were reports of flooded streets in town with up to 6 inches of water. Storm drains were having trouble keeping up with the intense rainfall.
June 2013	Flash Flood	Baker	-	A private road was washed out leaving some residents stranded. In addition, the main county road was washed out in some areas.
June 2013	Flash Flood	Baker	-	Sections of Sandstone Road were washed out and impassable leaving residents off of Sandstone Road stranded on their property.
August 2013	Hail	Baker	-	Hail up to golf ball size broke many windows, damaged siding on homes, dented cars, and broke car windows.
July 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Baker	-	The public reported an estimated wind gust of 60 mph which resulted in 2 1/2 inch diameter Cottonwood tree branches to be snapped.
May 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Baker	-	Fallon County Sheriff reported trees and power lines down along with\|heavy rain.
May 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Baker	-	A wind tower was knocked over along with several reports of tree damage.
May 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Baker	-	No damage was reported.
May 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Baker	-	Numerous tree branches were reported down.
May 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Baker	-	Trees knocked down along with numerous power outtages.
July 2007	Hail	Baker	-	Nickel to quarter size hail was reported in Baker.
July 2007	Hail	Baker	-	Baseball size hail with a few softball size hailstones were reported just south of Baker.
June 2007	Heavy Rain	Baker	-	Rain from the entire event was 2.43 inches.
June 2005	Funnel Cloud	Baker	-	Small funnel for about two mintues
June 2005	Funnel Cloud	Baker	-	Brief funnel cloud
May 2005	Heavy Rain	Baker	-	3.59 inches of rain (24 hour total); 1.54 inches fell in one hour
June 2005	Funnel Cloud	Baker	-	Brief funnel cloud
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Baker	-	Half of a large Cottonwood tree blown off
August 2003	Hail	Baker	-	Hail covered ground.
June 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Baker	-	5 power poles blown down
July 2001	Hail	Baker	-	Hail covered the ground
July 2001	Flash Flood	Baker	-	Water 4 feet deep in the parks...as well...as running down the streets
July 2001	Tornado (F1)	Baker	-	NWS Post-Storm Damage Assessment Team determined F1 tornado 100 yards wide with a path length of 3/4 of a mile and was on the ground for 5 minutes. Around 6:45 p.m. on July 25th...a supercell thunderstorm developed in Prairie County, Montana and moved southeast into Fallon County inside the WFO Billings County Warning Area. A WFO Billings Post-Storm Damage Assessment Team confirmed that an F2 tornado occurred 13 miles north of Baker, Montana in Fallon County at 7:20 p.m. on July 25, 2001. The tornado moved in a nearly north to south direction and remained just west of Montana Highway 7. The tornado was 200 yards wide, 2 miles long, and was on the ground for approximately 15 minutes. The tornado remained over open range while on the ground and caused no property damage. F2 tornadoes produce wind speeds from 113 to 157 mph. A second tornado developed after the first tornado dissipated. This second tornado occurred 8 miles northeast of Baker, Montana in Fallon County at 7:50 p.m. on July 25, 2001. The tornado moved in a northwest to southeast direction and was located near Johnny Creek. The tornado was 100 yards wide, 3/4 of a mile long, and was on the ground for approximately 5 minutes. The tornado remained over open range while on the ground and caused no property damage. F1 tornadoes produce wind speeds from 73 to 112 mph.
July 2001	Tornado (F2)	Baker	-	NWS Post-Storm Damage Assessment Team determined F2 tornado 200 yards wide with a path length of 2 miles. It was on the ground for 15 minutes over open range west of State Highway 7.
July 2000	Hail	Baker	-	Baseball size hail north of Baker
June 1999	Tornado (F2)	Baker	-	A large tornado which touched down near Ollie Road, about 3 miles east of Montana Highway 7. The tornado travelled north to County Road 616 then northwest over Beaver Creek before lifting at the Fallon/Wibaux County border. The tornado destroyed a well built cattle shed, lifted up, twisted and moved a large irrigation pipe about 100 yards and sucked the water out of a section of Beaver Creek.
August 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Baker	-	Wind gusts to 62 mph knocked KFLN radio off the air for a brief period.
July 2022	Hail	Baker	-	no account filed
July 2022	Hail	Baker	-	no account filed
June 2016	Hail	Baker	-	no account filed
July 2016	Hail	Baker	-	no account filed
July 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Baker	-	no account filed
July 2016	Hail	Baker	-	no account filed
July 2016	Hail	Baker	-	no account filed
June 2015	Hail	Baker	-	no account filed
June 2015	Hail	Baker	-	no account filed
August 2013	Hail	Baker	-	no account filed
August 2013	Hail	Baker	-	no account filed
September 2013	Hail	Baker	-	no account filed
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Baker	-	no account filed
August 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Baker	-	no account filed
September 2010	Hail	Baker	-	no account filed
June 2009	Hail	Baker	-	no account filed
May 2007	Hail	Baker	-	no account filed
July 2007	Hail	Baker	-	no account filed
August 2007	Hail	Baker	-	no account filed
June 2006	Hail	Baker	-	no account filed
June 2006	Hail	Baker	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Fallon County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

1 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph	Property	Distance	Listed
	Fallon County Jail	0.6 miles	1998

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 04001435 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Fallon County	All 3 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
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.
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.