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Saint Helens, Oregon

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the St. Helens census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97051. It lies near Nob Hill. The Survey maps it on the Saint Helens quadrangle. 13,817 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 39 feet above sea level.

Saint Helens within Columbia County

On record in Saint Helens

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Population over time

3 figures

Saint Helens grew from 10,019 to 13,817 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
200010,019
201012,883+2,864 (+29%)
202013,817+934 (+7%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

99 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 99 fires within 5 miles of Saint Helens between 1992 and 2020, burning about 81 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 5 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 burning19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Equipment and vehicle use16
Smoking12
Recreation and ceremony11
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Arson/incendiarism5
Natural3
Other causes3
Fireworks3

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
8 September 1999Smokingunder an acreColumbia City UnitSMITH ROAD #1
7 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersPITTSBURG/GENSMAN ROADS
3 September 2006Misuse of fire by a minor5.0 acresColumbia City UnitPITTSBURG RD.
3 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColumbia City UnitHANKEY ROAD #1
28 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.3 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters18 HUB
27 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersOLD PORTLAND/KASTER#3
27 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreColumbia City UnitSYKES ROAD #2
25 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersDART CREEK ROAD #1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Columbia County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 29 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Saint Helens: 18 past producers, 7 producers, 3 occurrences, 1 prospect. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Aluminum. 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
Columbia County Bauxite DepositsAluminum, Iron, Titanium, Silica, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Water, FreeProspect1944
Happy HollowAluminum, IronOccurrence
Maple Hill IronIronOccurrence
Marshall FarmAluminum, IronOccurrence
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hillis QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Oregon State Highway DivisionSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Oregon State Highway DivisionSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed OperationSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Columbia 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
West Saint Helens1.2 miles18
Columbia Heights1.7 miles18
Columbia City1.8 miles18
McNulty2.5 miles18
Bachelor Flat (historical)3.4 miles18
Warren3.8 miles18
Yankton4.3 miles17
Deer Island5.0 miles18

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on Saint HelensAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1650613The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1126468. 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.