Helton, Missouri
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Liberty Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63461. It lies near Bay Island. The Survey maps it on the Quincy SW quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 18 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.
- 1925 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1944 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1945 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1971 USGS Quincy SW quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1996 USGS Quincy SW quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
9 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Helton between 1994 and 2019, burning about 51 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 July 2019 | Smoking | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179720-06417-07252019-1010 |
| 5 May 2018 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177318-06417-05052018-1413 |
| 30 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177504-06438-04302018-2136 |
| 12 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.3 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177477-06438-04122018-1740 |
| 16 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177440-06438-03162018-0708 |
| 14 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 31 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177436-06438-03142018-1337 |
| 2 December 1994 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 October 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179520-06438-10072019-1115 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Helton: 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall Creek Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Central Stone #7 Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Stewart Quarry #1 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Helton in 1 storm report in 2013: 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2013 | Flash Flood | Helton | - | Up to three inches of rain fell in a short amount of time causing flash flooding in the Hannibal and Palmyra areas. Several roads were flooded including the intersection of U.S. Highway 61 and Highway 168. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mungers | 1.7 miles | 18 | |
| Mount Zion Community | 2.7 miles | 17 | |
| Lamb | 3.0 miles | 17 | |
| Huiskamp | 3.0 miles | 18 | |
| Uva | 3.5 miles | 17 | |
| Marion City (historical) | 3.6 miles | 18 | |
| South River | 4.2 miles | 18 | |
| Withers Mill | 5.2 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740921. 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.







