BlockHelena, Kentucky
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Maysville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41055. The Survey maps it on the Elizaville quadrangle.
On record in Helena
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- Helena United Methodist Churchlisted 2010
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.
- 1952 USGS Elizaville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Morehead quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
2 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Helena between 2014 and 2016, burning about 20 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 November 2016 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | PLEASANT VALLEY RD. |
| 11 November 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 12 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | REID ST. |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
12 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Helena in 12 storm reports between 2012 and 2025: 6 flood, 4 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Helena | $5,000 | Several trees fell onto State Route 324, closing the road. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Helena | $3,000 | A few trees were downed on Mill Creek Road. |
| July 2012 | Flash Flood | Helena | $1,000 | Mill Creek rose briefly and flooded a roadway due to heavy rainfall. |
| February 2025 | Flood | Helena | - | Helena Road (KY 324) was closed due to high water. |
| February 2025 | Flash Flood | Helena | - | Moving water was reported over Mill Creek Road near KY-11. |
| February 2025 | Flash Flood | Helena | - | High water was flowing across Helena Road. |
| January 2022 | Flood | Helena | - | Sate Route 324 was closed due to high water. |
| February 2021 | Flood | Helena | - | Mill Creek Road was closed due to high water. |
| May 2020 | Flood | Helena | - | Mill Creek Road was closed due to high water. |
| May 2020 | Flood | Helena | - | Mill Creek Road remained closed due to high water. |
| September 2018 | Flood | Helena | - | High water was reported on Helena Road. |
| February 2018 | Flash Flood | Helena | - | Kentucky Highway 324 was closed at Mill Creek, just to the west of Weedonia. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weedonia | 1.1 miles | 8 | |
| Marshall | 3.6 miles | 11 | |
| Lewisburg | 3.9 miles | 11 | |
| Mays Lick | 3.9 miles | 11 | |
| Mount Gilead | 4.0 miles | 12 | |
| Taylors Mill (historical) | 6.1 miles | 12 | |
| Manley (historical) | 6.8 miles | 10 | |
| Orangeburg | 6.9 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 494005. 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.