BlockBaker, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Paducah North census division. The Survey maps it on the Baker quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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.
- 1954 USGS Plainview quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Plainview quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Baker quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Childress quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
8 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Baker between 2005 and 2012, burning about 1,353 acres in total. 3 started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 2012 | Natural | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASSFIRE - KEVIN HOLLEY PLACE |
| 5 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 2 July 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 104 & CO RD 362 |
| 10 July 2011 | Natural | 700 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TRIANGLE RANCH CATFISH PASTURE FIRE |
| 8 June 2011 | Natural | 530 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TRIANGLE RANCH FIRE |
| 25 June 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 16 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 75 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | OLD GLORY |
| 27 February 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 104 & CO RD 360 - SANDY PORTWOOD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2021Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Baker in 2 storm reports between 2021 and 2025: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | Hail | Baker | - | A storm chaser reported hail as large as golf balls along US Highway 83 in northern Cottle County. |
| April 2021 | Hail | Baker | - | A storm chaser reported ping pong ball size hail along Farm to Market Road 104 about six miles northeast of Swearingen. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swearingen | 4.1 miles | 7 | |
| Ogden | 7.7 miles | 8 | |
| Jacobs (historical) | 10.0 miles | 8 | |
| Dunlap | 10.7 miles | 8 | |
| Coleyville | 14.4 miles | 8 | |
| Paducah | 16.5 miles | 8 | |
| Cee Vee | 17.8 miles | 8 | |
| Hackberry | 18.7 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379382. 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.
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.