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Baker Corner, New York

35 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Pawling town. It lies in ZIP code area 12564. It lies near Observatory Hill. The Survey maps it on the Pawling quadrangle.

Baker Corner within Dutchess County

Then and now

1893 to 1998

The same ground, surveyed 105 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Baker Corner, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Baker Corner, surveyed 1893

Compare 1893 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 surveys from 35 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.

Fires near this place

103 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 103 fires within 5 miles of Baker Corner between 1992 and 2020, burning about 216 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 10 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined62
Arson/incendiarism10
Debris and open burning10
Recreation and ceremony7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Smoking3
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
10 September 2001Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
31 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreConnecticut Division of Forestry2 GELSTON ROAD SHERMAN
3 August 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 August 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
22 August 2020Smoking5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
17 August 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAppalachian National Scenic TrailNUCLEAR LAKE FIRE (NY)
6 July 1999Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
31 July 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dutchess County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Baker Corner: 13 past producers, 3 producers, 1 occurrence. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Manganese, Iron, Manganese. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Dutchess County Kyn DepositsKyaniteOccurrenceMetamorphic
Pauling Limonite MineIron, ManganesePast Producer1825, 1870
Pawling MineIron, ManganesePast Producer
Wingdale QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Wingdale Quarry and MillTitanium, MetalPast Producer
Deuel Hollow Limonite MineIronPast ProducerLimonite
Deuel Hollow Limonite MineIronPast Producer
Deuel Hollow MineIronPast ProducerResidual
Valley Pond MineIronPast Producer
Dover Drag Strip PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Dutchess 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Hurd Corners1.1 miles35
Quaker Hill1.2 miles35
Pawling2.7 miles35
Woodinville3.8 miles32
Wiley Shelter3.8 miles35
Wingdale4.1 miles35
Webatuck4.6 miles35
South Dover5.1 miles35

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972192. 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.