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Joseph Baker House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

From the record

One of 27 National Register listings published here for Meade County · listed in 1986 · category: Building.

Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Listed as. Baker, Joseph, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. CR 19A, Hereford, 57220
  • When was it listed? April 1986
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. Rural Butte and Meade Counties MRA
  • National Register reference number. 86000942 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Storms near this property

60 of 112 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hereford, the town this property stands in, in 112 storm reports between 1997 and 2026: 60 hail, 48 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 dust devil. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2009Thunderstorm WindHereford$200,000The combination of strong wind and large hail damaged automobiles, buildings, and crops around Hereford.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindHereford$150,000Rear flank downdraft wind gusts estimated over 100 mph blew down a half mile of a large electrical transmission line.
June 2015Tornado (EF2)Hereford$100,000A tornado touched down in rural southern Meade County, damaging buildings and tossing equipment at two ranches.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindHereford$20,000Combination of hail and wind broke windows in home and vehicles.
May 2013HailHereford$15,000no account filed
August 2009Thunderstorm WindHereford$10,000The combination of wind and hail damaged automobiles.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindHereford$10,000Roof was blown off of a mobile home and a small shed was blown down.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindHereford$5,000Power pole downed by wind.
July 2004Dust DevilHereford$3,500no account filed
April 2026Thunderstorm WindHereford-SD mesonet recorded wind gust at this location.
June 2025HailHereford-Trained spotter confirmed hail report.
June 2025HailHereford-Trained Spotter confirmed hail size.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindHereford-Trained spotter estimated wind gust.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindHereford-SD Mesonet recorded wind gust.
July 2025HailHereford-Public submitted photo report.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindHereford-SD Mesonet recorded wind gust.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindHereford-The spotter estimated wind gusts at 60 mph.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindHereford-Peak wind gusts were estimated at near 70 mph.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindHereford-Large branches were broken off of trees with crop damage in the area.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindHereford-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 to 70 mph.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindHereford-Pea sized hail accompanied the storm.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindHereford-The spotter estimated wind gusts at 70 mph.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindHereford-The observer saw a large tree fall on Alkali Road due to the strong winds.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindHereford-Wind gusts were estimated at 70 mph.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindHereford-The spotter estimated wind gusts at 70 mph.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindHereford-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindHereford-Tree branches were blown down by the wind.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindHereford-The spotter estimated wind gusts around 60 mph.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindHereford-Wind gusts were estimated at 70 mph.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindHereford-Winds were estimated at 60 mph.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindHereford-A storm chaser estimated wind gusts to 60 mph.
June 2012HailHereford-Winds also gusted to 50 mph.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindHereford-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindHereford-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindHereford-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
April 2010Thunderstorm WindHereford-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
June 2009HailHereford-Quarter to golfball sized hail fell for 25 minutes.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindHereford-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindHereford-Wind gusts broke tree branches.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindHereford-Wind gusts were estimated at 70 mph.
May 2008FloodHereford-Heavy rain caused flooding along Elk Creek and its tributaries from Tilford to the confluence of the Cheyenne River. Elk Creek east of Piedmont crested at 11.5 feet, 2.5 feet above the flood stage of 9.0 feet. Six yards and a basement along 220th Street north of Box Elder were flooded. Severe basements and yards in the Golden Valley Subdivision east of Piedmont were also flooded.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindHereford-Three inch diameter tree limbs were blown down.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindHereford-Several tree limbs down.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindHereford-Cars were reported "moved", not rolled, by thunderstorm winds.
July 2024HailHereford-no account filed
July 2024HailHereford-no account filed
July 2023HailHereford-no account filed
July 2021HailHereford-no account filed
July 2020HailHereford-no account filed
June 2020HailHereford-no account filed
May 2017HailHereford-no account filed
July 2017HailHereford-no account filed
August 2016HailHereford-no account filed
June 2015HailHereford-no account filed
June 2015HailHereford-no account filed
June 2015HailHereford-no account filed
June 2015HailHereford-no account filed
June 2014HailHereford-no account filed
May 2013HailHereford-no account filed
June 2012HailHereford-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Meade County

Map coverage status

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.

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 86000942 in Record Group 79.
Meade CountyAll 27 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • 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.