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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.

Helton within Marion County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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

9 since 1994

Regional 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/undetermined4
Debris and open burning3
Smoking1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
25 July 2019Smokingunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation179720-06417-07252019-1010
5 May 2018Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177318-06417-05052018-1413
30 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177504-06438-04302018-2136
12 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.3 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177477-06438-04122018-1740
16 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177440-06438-03162018-0708
14 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined31 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177436-06438-03142018-1337
2 December 1994Debris and open burning15 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 October 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation179520-06438-10072019-1115

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marion County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Fall Creek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Central Stone #7 QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Stewart Quarry #1Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Marion County

Storms near this place

1 since 2013

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2013Flash FloodHelton-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.

Every storm recorded in Marion 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
Mungers1.7 miles18
Mount Zion Community2.7 miles17
Lamb3.0 miles17
Huiskamp3.0 miles18
Uva3.5 miles17
Marion City (historical)3.6 miles18
South River4.2 miles18
Withers Mill5.2 miles17

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.