Helvey, Missouri

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Webb Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63638. It stands on North Fork Webb Creek. The Survey maps it on the Clearwater Dam quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Helvey within Reynolds County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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.

1943 USGS Ellington quadrangle1:62500
1945 USGS Ellington quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1949 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
1953 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
1954 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
1966 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
1968 USGS Clearwater Dam quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1971 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
1986 USGS Piedmont quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1989 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

34 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Helvey (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,171 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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	16
Arson/incendiarism	9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	7
Equipment and vehicle use	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
5 September 2000	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
3 September 1996	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
6 August 2018	Equipment and vehicle use	2.7 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	177379-09010-08062018-1240
4 August 1999	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
22 May 1993	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
9 April 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	613 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	MILL ROCK
5 April 1995	Arson/incendiarism	145 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
4 April 1995	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	18 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Reynolds County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Helvey (historical): 14 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Manganese. 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
Unknown Manganese	Manganese	Past Producer
Unknown Manganese	Manganese	Past Producer
Unknown Manganese	Manganese	Past Producer
Unknown Manganese	Manganese	Past Producer
Lone Star Mine	Iron	Past Producer
Unknown Iron	Iron	Past Producer
Unknown Iron	Iron	Past Producer
Unknown Iron	Iron	Past Producer
Unknown Iron	Iron	Past Producer
Unknown Iron	Iron	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Reynolds 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
Webb (historical)	0.9 miles	18
Ruble	2.1 miles	18
Grady	3.9 miles	18
Garwood	4.1 miles	17
Oakley	4.7 miles	18
Hadley	5.3 miles	17
Chitwood	7.2 miles	18
Riverside (historical)	9.5 miles	18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 730451. 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.