Helmville, Montana
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Helmville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59843. It lies near Dry Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Helmville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 21 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.
- 1889 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1893 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1899 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1903 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1960 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Helmville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Elliston quadrangle1:100000
- 2001 USGS Helmville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
12 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Helmville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 August 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | HOODOO MTN. |
| 26 August 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | DOUGLAS CREEK SNAG |
| 22 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Powell County | HAYSTACK |
| 20 August 1998 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest | MOOSE CREEK |
| 19 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest | TRAPPER MOUNTAIN |
| 14 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest | WASSON PASTURE |
| 31 July 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Powell County | HILLTOP |
| 26 June 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest | not named |
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 30 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 30 workings within 5 miles of Helmville: 15 past producers, 9 occurrences, 6 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Tungsten, Lead, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Blackfoot District | Silver, Lead, Gold, Zinc, Copper, Tungsten, Antimony | Past Producer | 1900 | |
| Clay Deposit Along the Blackfoot River | Brick Clay | Occurrence | Unknown | |
| Corbin Mine | Gold, Lead, Silver, Tungsten | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Corbin Mine | Lead, Tungsten, Silver, Gold | Unknown | ||
| Higgins | Silver, Gold, Lead, Tungsten | Past Producer | Galena, Gold, Scheelite | |
| Hill Top | Gold, Copper, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Hobby Horse Mine | Copper, Gold, Iron, Manganese, Silver, Sulfur, Lead | Unknown | ||
| Mccacran | Quartz | Unknown | ||
| Ogden Mtn | Gold, Tungsten | Occurrence | Scheelite | |
| Smith-Jones Mine | Silver, Gold, Antimony | Occurrence | Vein |
Storms near this place
7 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Helmville in 7 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 7 hail. 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 2023 | Hail | Helmville | - | Radar signatures suggested the presence of severe hail. A report was received from a trained weather spotter of quarter size hail 5 miles west northwest of Helmville. |
| July 2019 | Hail | Helmville | - | A strong thunderstorm dropped ping-pong-sized hail over the town of Helmville, Montana during the afternoon of July 14th. |
| July 2022 | Hail | Helmville | - | no account filed |
| July 2022 | Hail | Helmville | - | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Hail | Helmville | - | no account filed |
| September 1997 | Hail | Helmville | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Helmville | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coughlin | 4.6 miles | 21 | |
| Geary | 11.8 miles | 14 | |
| Mannix | 12.0 miles | 21 | |
| Ovando | 14.0 miles | 14 | |
| Finn | 15.3 miles | 22 | |
| Keiley | 16.5 miles | 22 | |
| Sharkeyville (historical) | 16.9 miles | 22 | |
| Reynolds City | 17.6 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 784755. 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.










