Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006. 14 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1893.
“The Baker-Merrill House is a historic house located at 38 Grove Road in Easton, Washington County, New York.”
Wikipedia article Baker-Merrill House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 52 National Register listings published here for Washington County · listed in 2006 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of Baker-Merrill House between 1993 and 2019, burning about 55 acres in total. 8 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 | 31 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2002 | Other causes | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 14 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 2 August 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 15 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 9 July 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 July 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 24 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Easton, the town this property stands in, in 32 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 23 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 3 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Easton | $500,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Easton | $60,000 | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Easton | $40,000 | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Easton | $12,000 | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Easton | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Flash Flood | North Easton | $5,000 | A portion of County Route 113 in Easton was impassable due to significant amounts of water and tree debris over the roadway. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Easton | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Easton | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Easton | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Easton | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Easton | $4,000 | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Easton | $1,000 | no account filed |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Easton | - | A tree was down on wires along Meeting House Road in the Town of Easton. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Easton | - | A tree was downed on County Route 113 in the Town of Easton. |
| September 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Easton | - | A tree and wires were downed on Cooke Hollow Road and Meeting House Road in the Town of Easton. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Easton | - | A power outage occurred in the Town of Easton off Gifford Road due to a large tree down onto a telephone pole. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Easton | - | Multiple trees and wires were downed throughout the Town of Easton including State Route 40, Mountain Road, Burton Road and Birch Hollow Road. |
| September 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Easton | - | Trees were reported down in Easton. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Easton | - | Trees were downed in Easton. |
| September 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Easton | - | A tree was reported down on the road near Route 113. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Easton | - | Trees and wires were downed on Cheese Factory Road. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Easton | - | A tree was downed in the town of Easton. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Easton | - | Several large pine trees uprooted and snapped. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Easton | - | Trees and wires were reported down at the intersection of South Cambridge Road and Beadle Hill Road in South Easton due to thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2009 | Flash Flood | Easton | - | Numerous roads were closed in and around Easton due to flash flooding from very heavy rainfall. The Cheese Factory Road was closed with a 7 foot deep trough through the road. Other roads closed to due flash flooding included County Route 113, Old Schuylerville Road and Meeting House Road. |
| June 2008 | Hail | North Easton | - | Quarter size hail was reported in North Easton during a thunderstorm. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Easton | - | Quarter size hail was reported in Easton. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Easton | - | Law enforcement personnel reported wires blown down on Hoge Road in Easton. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Easton | - | An estimated 25 farms with a combined 2,500 acres sustained damage. |
| May 2004 | Flash Flood | Easton | - | Streams out of banks. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Easton | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Hail | Easton | - | no account filed |
United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Burton Hall | 1.4 miles | 2015 |
 | Easton Friends North Meetinghouse | 4.6 miles | 2005 |
 | Buskirk Covered Bridge | 6.4 miles | 1978 |
 | Village of Greenwich Historic District | 7.5 miles | 1995 |
| DeRidder Homestead | 7.5 miles | 1974 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 06000650 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Washington County | All 52 listed properties in this county. |
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