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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.

Helmville within Powell County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 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

12 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural6
Debris and open burning3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Recreation and ceremony1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
6 August 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeHOODOO MTN.
26 August 1997Naturalunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeDOUGLAS CREEK SNAG
22 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePowell CountyHAYSTACK
20 August 1998Natural5.0 acresHelena - Lewis and Clark National ForestMOOSE CREEK
19 August 2003Naturalunder an acreHelena - Lewis and Clark National ForestTRAPPER MOUNTAIN
14 August 2003Naturalunder an acreHelena - Lewis and Clark National ForestWASSON PASTURE
31 July 2019Naturalunder an acrePowell CountyHILLTOP
26 June 1992Naturalunder an acreHelena - Lewis and Clark National Forestnot named

Every fire recorded in Powell County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 30 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Big Blackfoot DistrictSilver, Lead, Gold, Zinc, Copper, Tungsten, AntimonyPast Producer1900
Clay Deposit Along the Blackfoot RiverBrick ClayOccurrenceUnknown
Corbin MineGold, Lead, Silver, TungstenPast ProducerVein
Corbin MineLead, Tungsten, Silver, GoldUnknown
HigginsSilver, Gold, Lead, TungstenPast ProducerGalena, Gold, Scheelite
Hill TopGold, Copper, SilverPast Producer
Hobby Horse MineCopper, Gold, Iron, Manganese, Silver, Sulfur, LeadUnknown
MccacranQuartzUnknown
Ogden MtnGold, TungstenOccurrenceScheelite
Smith-Jones MineSilver, Gold, AntimonyOccurrenceVein

Every working recorded in Powell County

Storms near this place

7 since 1996

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2023HailHelmville-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 2019HailHelmville-A strong thunderstorm dropped ping-pong-sized hail over the town of Helmville, Montana during the afternoon of July 14th.
July 2022HailHelmville-no account filed
July 2022HailHelmville-no account filed
August 1997HailHelmville-no account filed
September 1997HailHelmville-no account filed
June 1996HailHelmville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Powell 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
Coughlin4.6 miles21
Geary11.8 miles14
Mannix12.0 miles21
Ovando14.0 miles14
Finn15.3 miles22
Keiley16.5 miles22
Sharkeyville (historical)16.9 miles22
Reynolds City17.6 miles19

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.