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Helm, Missouri

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65459. The Survey maps it on the Hancock quadrangle.

Helm within Pulaski County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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.

Fires near this place

54 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Helm between 1992 and 2017, burning about 1,276 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 burning29
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Smoking5
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Arson/incendiarism3
Recreation and ceremony1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
27 July 1997Smoking2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 May 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation136611-08519-05062016-1515
12 May 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined300 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 April 1995Debris and open burning40 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 April 1993Smoking1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 April 1993Railroad operations and maintenance27 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 April 1992Debris and open burning29 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 April 1992Debris and open burning45 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pulaski County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Helm: 6 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Hancock MineIronPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Pulaski County

Storms near this place

19 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Helm in 19 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 10 flood, 7 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. The reports record 2 deaths. 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
November 2024FloodHelm2 killed, $25,000At an unknown time on November 7th, a vehicle driving near Riddle Bridge Access along the Gasconade River in Pulaski County became submerged in the flood waters. After a search was conducted, both occupants reportedly drowned.
July 2025FloodHelm-Missouri Highway O at Jones Creek was closed due to flooding.
June 2024FloodHelm-Water is over the road and impassable at Creek Road and Jones Creek.
March 2022FloodHelm-County Road O-420 at Jones Creek was flooded and impassable.
January 2020Flash FloodHelm-Excessive rain caused flooding on Highway O at Jones Creek closing the road.
June 2020Flash FloodHelm-Jones Creek at Highway O was flooded and impassable.
March 2019FloodHelm-The low-water crossing at Highway O where it crosses Jones Creek was flooded and impassable for a several hours.
February 2018FloodHelm-State Highway O was closed due to flooding.
December 2018FloodHelm-The low water crossing at State Highway O had nearly a foot of running water over the roadway and was impassable.
May 2017FloodHelm-State Highway O was closed due to flooding.
September 2016Flash FloodHelm-The Sheriff reported that Highway O at Jones Creek was flooded and impassable.
April 2012Flash FloodHelm-A foot of water was reported flowing over Highway O along Jones Creek.
May 2012Flash FloodHelm-Two feet of water was reported over the road near the intersection of Highway O and Creek Road.
May 2011FloodHelm-Route O was closed due to flooding.
October 2009Flash FloodHelm-Route O near Jones Creek was closed due to flooding.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindHelm-Trees were blown over from thunderstorm wind gusts near the intersection of Highway N and Hancock Road.
January 2008Flash FloodHelm-Excessive rainfall caused Jones Creek to flood areas near the intersection of Highway O and Creek Road.
September 2008FloodHelm-A few locations within Pulaski County flooded from rainfall amounts that ranged from four to six inches. These locations included a section of Highway O at its intersection with Jones Creek, a section of Canyon Road at its intersection with Mill Creek, and a section of Highway O southwest of Dixon.
August 2008HailHelm-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pulaski 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Hancock1.5 miles17
Dixon3.3 miles20
Wheelers Mill5.4 miles17
Crocker6.3 miles14
Franks6.6 miles20
Mazzaville Resort7.8 miles20
Three Island Resort7.9 miles20
Riverside (historical)7.9 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 719352. 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.

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.