Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. 8 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1907.
“Baker Octagon Barn is a historic barn located in Richfield Springs in Otsego County, New York. It was built in 1882, and is a three-story, octagonal wood frame and fieldstone structure.”
Wikipedia article Baker Octagon Barn, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 79 National Register listings published here for Otsego County · listed in 1984 · 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 37 fires within 5 miles of Baker Octagon Barn between 1999 and 2018, burning about 31 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 14 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 | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 August 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 July 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 30 July 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 29 July 1999 | Smoking | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 15 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 14 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 June 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 24 June 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Richfield Springs, the town this property stands in, in 1 storm report in 1993: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richfield Springs | $5,000 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lemuel F. Vibber House | 2.5 miles | 2016 | |
 | West Main Street-West James Street Historic District | 2.5 miles | 1994 |
| Tunnicliff-Jordan House | 2.5 miles | 2010 | |
 | US Post Office-Richfield Springs | 2.5 miles | 1989 |
| Sunnyside | 2.7 miles | 1988 | |
 | East Main Street Historic District | 2.8 miles | 1995 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 84002887 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Otsego County | All 79 listed properties in this county. |
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