J. T. Baker Farmstead

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.

From the record

One of 18 National Register listings published here for Hill County · listed in 1992 · category: Building.

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

The listing

Listed as. Baker, J. T., Farmstead - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
Address. 1.2 mi. N of Blum between TX 174 and the Nolan R., Blum, 76627
When was it listed? March 1992
Category. building
Census division. Blum
National Register reference number. 92000138 - 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.

Fires near this property

178 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 178 fires within 5 miles of J. T. Baker Farmstead between 2005 and 2020, burning about 5,107 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 18 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
Debris and open burning	70
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	60
Equipment and vehicle use	20
Arson/incendiarism	18
Natural	3
Smoking	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Recreation and ceremony	2
Railroad operations and maintenance	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
7 September 2019	Debris and open burning	500 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	150
7 September 2012	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Texas A & M Forest Service	BURN BARRELL
6 September 2014	Natural	20 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	103
4 September 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	114
30 September 2014	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	173
27 September 2018	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Texas A & M Forest Service	205
27 September 2012	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	145
24 September 2014	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	164

Every fire recorded in Hill County

Mines and quarries near this property

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of J. T. Baker Farmstead: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Calcium, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Arnold Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Blum Quarry and Plant	Calcium	Producer
Unnamed Quarry	Limestone, General	Producer	Sedimentary

Every working recorded in Hill County

Storms near this property

42 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Blum, the town this property stands in, in 42 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 20 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 9 flash flood, 2 tornado. 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
September 2010	Flash Flood	Blum	$1,000,000	Several county roads and Farm-to-Market roads were impassible or closed due to high water. Swift water rescues were conducted in Whitney after two apartment complexes were flooded. There were at least 17 high water rescues conducted across the county. At least 40 homes suffered damage due to flood waters, and county roads across the county experienced significant damage.
December 2006	Tornado (F2)	Blum	$500,000	The National Weather Service in Fort Worth conducted a damage survey and found that a tornado developed west of FM 933 and south of CR 1145. Tree damage was noted as the tornado crossed FM 933 and FM 67 one mile southeast of Blum. The tornado apparently increased in size and intensity after crossing FM 67. A large grain silo was toppled over on CR 1137, roughly 1.5 miles northeast of Blum. Extensive tree and power pole damage was also noted. The path width was over a quarter of a mile at this time. As the tornado crossed County Roads 1136 and 1133, widespread tree damage was noted, as was structural damage to roofs and windows. The tornado then moved across FM 2488 just south of the Johnson County line, where a well-engineered home lost portions of roof decking and a large barn was destroyed. Portions of the barn's metal skin were carried over a mile to the north-northeast. The tornado then crossed into Johnson County.
May 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Blum	$60,000	Hundreds of trees were damaged or blown down across Northern Hill county. Windows were blown out on the west side of a school in Blum and temporary repair structures on a field house were blown away at Itasca High School. Two truck rigs were blown over on Interstate 35W.
April 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Blum	$50,000	The emergency manager reported extensive thunderstorm wind damage in Blum. A storm chaser reported large tree limbs were snapped off along FM 933 north of Blum.
September 2007	Flash Flood	Blum	$20,000	Vehicles were swept off of CR 2302 N near Aquilla and CR 1414 near Blum due to flooding.
May 2021	Hail	Blum	$10,000	Golf ball sized hail was reported near FM 67 and CR 1138 to the east of Blum.
October 2007	Hail	Blum	$5,000	Golfball-size hail reported in town.
May 2015	Flood	Blum	$1,000	Flooded roadways were reported near Blum in northwestern Hill County after 2 to 3 inches or rain fell.
February 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Blum	$1,000	One large tree was blown down in Blum.
April 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Blum	$1,000	Trees were blown down by high winds.
May 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Blum	$1,000	Thunderstorms winds damaged trees two miles south and three miles southeast of Blum.
July 2025	Flash Flood	Blum	-	Emergency management reported that the 5700 block of FM 933 in Huron was down to 1 lane due to flash flooding.
July 2025	Flash Flood	Blum	-	Emergency management reported that the 1800 block along Highway 174 in Blum was closed due to high water.
May 2015	Flash Flood	Blum	-	Emergency management reported that Highway 174 about a mile from FM 933 was closed due to flooding.
April 2015	Tornado (EF0)	Blum	-	Amateur radio operators observed a brief tornado to the southeast of the city of Blum. Damage to several trees in an open field was the extent of the damage.
April 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Blum	-	Thunderstorm winds blew several trees down in the community of Blum which is approximately 6 miles south of Rio Vista.
September 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Blum	-	Large tree limbs were blown down on County Road 1114 near the Johnson County line.
May 2010	Hail	Blum	-	Half-dollar size hail was reported by the fire department in the city of Blum.
May 2007	Flash Flood	Blum	-	CR 1130 closed due to high water.
May 2007	Flash Flood	Blum	-	High water closed CR 1130.
April 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Blum	-	Trees were blown down.
April 2005	Hail	Blum	-	Dime size hail reported in Retreat.
June 2000	Flash Flood	Blum	-	Heavy thunderstorm rain brought water, two feet deep, across F.M. 308.
January 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Blum	-	,,,,,,,,Hail (1.00) Railroad arms were blown away by high winds.
March 2006	Hail	Blum	-	no account filed
May 2006	Hail	Blum	-	no account filed
May 2003	Hail	Blum	-	no account filed
December 2002	Hail	Blum	-	no account filed
April 2002	Hail	Blum	-	no account filed
May 2002	Hail	Blum	-	no account filed
April 2002	Hail	Blum	-	no account filed
February 2000	Hail	Blum	-	no account filed
March 2000	Hail	Blum	-	no account filed
March 2000	Hail	Blum	-	no account filed
March 2000	Hail	Blum	-	no account filed
May 1999	Hail	Blum	-	no account filed
March 1997	Flash Flood	Blum	-	no account filed
October 1996	Hail	Blum	-	no account filed
January 1995	Hail	Blum	-	no account filed
April 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Blum	-	no account filed
April 1994	Hail	Blum	-	no account filed
October 1994	Hail	Blum	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hill 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.

Listed places nearby

2 within 8 miles

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
	Nolan River Bridge 303-A of the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway	0.4 miles	2012
	Nolan River Bridge 303-A of the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway	1.1 miles	2012

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 92000138 in Record Group 79.
Hill County	All 18 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.
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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.