BlockBaker, North Dakota
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Broe Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58386. The Survey maps it on the Baker quadrangle. It stands 1,644 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 6 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.
- 1953 USGS Devils Lake quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Devils Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Baker quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Leeds quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
4 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Baker between 2007 and 2020, burning about 184 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 May 2020 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | GUNDERSON FIRE |
| 3 May 2007 | Debris and open burning | 105 acres | Devil's Lake Wetland Management District | DEEP VALLEY |
| 14 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | HAGAN FIRE |
| 17 October 2015 | Debris and open burning | 22 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | JOHNSON FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
15 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Baker in 15 storm reports between 2005 and 2020: 9 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 2020 | Hail | Baker | - | The hail was mainly pea to penny sized. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Baker | - | The wind gust was measured by a NDAWN mesonet sensor. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Baker | - | Pea to quarter sized hail fell. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Baker | - | A large pine tree was blown down. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Baker | - | The wind gust was measured by a NDAWN sensor. |
| July 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Baker | - | A tornado briefly touched down as a funnel and dust swirl were observed. Peak winds were estimated at 70 mph. |
| July 2015 | Hail | Baker | - | Very heavy rain occurred with the hail. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Baker | - | Five to ten inch diameter tree branches were blown down. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Baker | - | Lemon drop to quarter sized hail covered the ground. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Baker | - | An NDAWN sensor reported a 72 mph wind gust. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Baker | - | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Hail | Baker | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Baker | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Baker | - | no account filed |
| September 2007 | Hail | Baker | - | no account filed |
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.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Baker | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4849094 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1027787. 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.
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.