Bakers Mills, New York
25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Johnsburg town. It lies near Edwards Hill. The Survey maps it on the Bakers Mills quadrangle. It stands 1,594 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1898 to 1997The same ground, surveyed 99 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 25 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.
- 1898 USGS Thirteenth Lake quadrangle1:62500, 10 printings
- 1950 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Thirteenth Lake quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Raquette Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Bakers Mills quadrangle1:25000
- 1997 USGS Bakers Mills quadrangle1:25000
Fires near this place
61 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of Bakers Mills between 1992 and 2020, burning about 133 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 5 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/undetermined | 23 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 21 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 20 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 16 September 1993 | Natural | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 13 September 2002 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.5 acres | New York Forest Rangers | WASHER HILL |
| 8 August 1997 | Natural | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 31 August 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | EAGLE POND |
| 30 August 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Bakers Mills: 4 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Garnet, Graphite, Sulfur-Pyrite, Mineral Pigments. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crane Mountain Deposit | Mineral Pigments | Occurrence | Mineral Pigments | |
| Oven Mountain Mine | Garnet, Sulfur-Pyrite, Feldspar | Past Producer | 1897, 1925 | |
| Rowland Mine | Graphite, Sulfur-Pyrite, Quartz | Past Producer | 1837, 1900, 1910 | |
| Rowland Graphite Co.Mine | Graphite | Past Producer | ||
| Barton Mine & Mill | Garnet | Producer | ||
| Johnsburg Deposit | Garnet | Prospect | ||
| Oven Mountain Deposit | Garnet | Past Producer | ||
| Wevertown Deposit | Garnet | Prospect |
Storms near this place
3 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bakers Mills in 3 storm reports between 2013 and 2024: 2 flash flood, 1 hail. 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 2024 | Hail | Bakers Mills | - | A member of the public reported up to 1 inch diameter hail on Coulter Road. |
| June 2019 | Flash Flood | Bakers Mills | - | Barney Hills Road was closed due to flooding. |
| June 2013 | Flash Flood | Bakers Mills | - | Flash flooding occurred in the Bakers Mills section of Johnsburg due to heavy rainfall. Water rescue teams were deployed to several homes that were threatened by flooding. A state of emergency was declared for the town as a result of the flooding. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edwards Hill | 1.4 miles | 27 | |
| Sodom | 2.0 miles | 26 | |
| Johnsburg | 3.4 miles | 27 | |
| Wevertown | 4.6 miles | 26 | |
| Garnet Lake | 5.1 miles | 25 | |
| Holcombville | 5.5 miles | 26 | |
| North Creek | 6.1 miles | 26 | |
| Oregon | 6.4 miles | 25 |
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 Bakers Mills | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q48739495 | 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 974178. 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.









