Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
“The Horace Baker Log Cabin is a historic log cabin located near Carver, Oregon, United States. It was built around 1856 by American pioneer Horace Baker.”
Wikipedia article Horace Baker Log Cabin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 93 National Register listings published here for Clackamas County · listed in 1976 · 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 15 fires within 5 miles of Horace Baker Log Cabin between 1992 and 2014, burning about 1 acre in total. None started naturally. 8 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Molalla Unit | BARTON BRIDGE |
| 8 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Molalla Unit | S HWY 224 |
| 4 August 2012 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | EAST BARTON |
| 26 August 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | CAZADERO TRAIL #7 |
| 25 August 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | CAZADERO TRAIL 6 |
| 23 August 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Molalla Unit | SPACE #58 |
| 22 August 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | CAZADERO TRAIL 5 |
| 22 August 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | CAZADERO TRAIL 4 |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 48 workings within 5 miles of Horace Baker Log Cabin: 36 past producers, 11 producers, 1 occurrence. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Francis Welsh Silica Mine | Silica | Occurrence | ||
| Francis Welsh Silica Mine | Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Damascus Pit & Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| E Fischer | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| E Fischer | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Old Barton Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Old Barton Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry 3 | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Seventh Day Adventists | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Seventh Day Adventists | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Carver, the town this property stands in, in 4 storm reports between 1996 and 2017: 2 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain. The reports record 1 death. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carver | 1 killed | no account filed |
| February 2017 | Heavy Rain | Carver | - | Broadcast Media reported a landslide closed Highway 224 near Tong Road in Damascus in both directions following a weekend of heavy rain. |
| January 2012 | Flood | Carver | - | Heavy rain combined with snowmelt runoff caused the Clackamas River near Oregon City to overflow its banks and flood low lying areas. The Clackamas River crested at 39.5 feet on January 20th at 2 am PST, 0.5 feet above flood stage. |
| January 2009 | Flood | Carver | - | Heavy rainfall combined with snowmelt runoff caused the Clackamas River near Oregon City to overflow its banks. Major flooding occurred downstream of Carver toward Oregon City causing significant property damage. |
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Jackson, C. S. "Sam", Log House | 0.2 miles | 1981 |
 | Walter Rosenfeld Estate | 2.5 miles | 2003 |
 | Damascus School | 2.6 miles | 1980 |
 | Hiram A. Straight House | 4.4 miles | 1978 |
 | Andrew J. and Anna B. Johnston Farmstead | 4.7 miles | 1997 |
| Buena Vista Social Clubhouse | 5.1 miles | 2020 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 76001578 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Clackamas County | All 93 listed properties in this county. |
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