Baker, Washington

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Battle Ground census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98642. The Survey maps it on the Ridgefield quadrangle.

Baker within Clark County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 printed sheets

Matched 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.

1940 USGS La Center quadrangle1:62500
1948 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
1950 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1954 USGS La Center quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1954 USGS Ridgefield quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1964 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
1979 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1990 USGS Ridgefield quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

69 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Baker between 1992 and 2020, burning about 46 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 4 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	26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	11
Recreation and ceremony	10
Arson/incendiarism	4
Fireworks	4
Misuse of fire by a minor	4
Railroad operations and maintenance	3
Smoking	3
Natural	2
Other causes	1
Equipment and vehicle use	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
8 September 2015	Debris and open burning	2.4 acres	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	WEST 50TH AVE
7 September 1998	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
24 September 1996	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
21 September 2002	Recreation and ceremony	1.5 acres	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
21 September 1994	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
18 September 1995	Railroad operations and maintenance	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
17 September 1994	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
14 September 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	148TH STREET

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clark County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Baker: 5 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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
Mill Plain Pit	Stone	Producer
Lewis River Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Lewis River Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Salmon Creek Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Smith Brothers Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Clark County

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Lambert	2.0 miles	16
Mount Vista	2.1 miles	33
Good Hope	2.3 miles	16
Sara	2.7 miles	16
Salmon Creek	3.1 miles	33
Manor	3.3 miles	16
Dollar Corner	3.7 miles	16
Knapp	3.9 miles	33

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1511822. 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.

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.