Baker, Nevada
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Baker census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89311. It stands on Lehman Creek. The Survey maps it on the Baker quadrangle. 41 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,312 feet above sea level.
On record in Baker
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 5 records
Baker Ranger Stationlisted 1995
Johnson Lake Mine Historic Districtlisted 1995
Lehman Orchard and Aqueductlisted 1975
Osceola (East) Ditchlisted 1996
Rhodes Cabinlisted 1975
Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record
- Rhodes Cabin, Lehman Caves National Monument entrance vicinity, Bakerfederal building survey, 7 photographs
Population over time
2 figuresBaker fell from 68 to 41 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 68 | |
| 2020 | 41 | -27 (-40%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 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.
- 1956 USGS Ely quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1959 USGS Ely quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Ely quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Baker quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Ely quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
30 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Baker between 1992 and 2018, burning about 1,218 acres in total. 25 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 | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ely District Office | LEHMAN |
| 9 August 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Great Basin National Park | CIRCLE M |
| 4 August 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | SHERMAN |
| 27 August 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Great Basin National Park | BONNIES |
| 26 August 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Great Basin National Park | CARMI |
| 19 August 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | MAHOGANY SPRING |
| 19 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Great Basin National Park | KIOUS |
| 13 August 2012 | Natural | 29 acres | Ely District Office | LEHMAN |
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Baker: 1 past producer, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Lead, Silver, Copper, Tungsten. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poljack Claim | Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Poljack Prospect | Gold, Tungsten | Prospect | 1939, 1942 |
Storms near this place
13 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Baker in 13 storm reports between 2003 and 2024: 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 heavy rain, 1 debris flow. 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 2014 | Debris Flow | Baker | $2,000 | A large debris flow occurred on the Hampton fire burn scar with debris flowing 4 miles into the valley below the fire burn area. A mesonet site about 5 miles away reported 0.90 inches of rain in 80 minutes. A private residence was impacted by the debris flow. Damages are estimated. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Baker | - | Station (MTHN2) Mather, Elevation 9268 ft. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Baker | - | Station (MTHN2) Mather Raws, Elevation 9268 feet. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Baker | - | Station (MTHN2) Mather Raws, Elevation 9268 feet. |
| September 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Baker | - | Station (MTHN2) Mather Raws, Elevation 9268 feet. |
| August 2021 | Heavy Rain | Baker | - | One and fifty-one hundreth inches of rain fell at DRI site (DNEP7), 2 miles west of Baker. Water was reported to be running onto an adjacent road in NV-488. Elevation 6035 feet. |
| August 2021 | Flash Flood | Baker | - | Heavy rain was reported in the are with some estimates of 1-2 inches of rainfall. Law Enforcement reported several inches of water over US Highway 50 at mile marker 9. They also reported several inches of water across SR-488, 487, and US-6. |
| October 2018 | Heavy Rain | Baker | - | Mesonet Station BKRN2, Great Basin National Park CRN rainfall of 0.75 inches measured in 15 minutes. |
| September 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Baker | - | Thunderstorm winds knocked down power lines in Baker. Power was out through the night. |
| August 2003 | Flash Flood | Baker | - | Flash floods closed highway 50 for over two hours five miles northeast of Baker. Mudslides caused closure of highway 50 near Sacramento Summit 18 miles northwest of Baker. Flash flooding on highway 93 twenty miles south of Majors Place caused a vehicle accident. |
| July 2003 | Flash Flood | Baker | - | Heavy rains washed mud across road going into the Great Basin National Park. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Baker | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Pedro (historical) | 12.2 miles | 15 | |
| Black Horse (historical) | 12.5 miles | 14 | |
| Osceola | 14.9 miles | 15 | |
| Hogum | 15.6 miles | 15 | |
| Shoshone | 18.9 miles | 9 | |
| Minerva | 19.2 miles | 9 | |
| Majors Place | 24.3 miles | 18 | |
| Cooper (historical) | 25.2 miles | 18 |
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 Q2513075 | 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 855961. 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.
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.




