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.
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.
St. Helens Downtown Historic Districtlisted 1984 · 0.4 miles away
Cox-Williams Houselisted 1982 · 0.5 miles away
Population over time
3 figuresSaint 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 10,019 | |
| 2010 | 12,883 | +2,864 (+29%) |
| 2020 | 13,817 | +934 (+7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 18 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.
- 1922 USGS St. Helens quadrangle1:62500
- 1941 USGS St Helens quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS St Helens quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS St Helens quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS St. Helens quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Saint Helens quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
99 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Smoking | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1999 | Smoking | under an acre | Columbia City Unit | SMITH ROAD #1 |
| 7 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | PITTSBURG/GENSMAN ROADS |
| 3 September 2006 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 5.0 acres | Columbia City Unit | PITTSBURG RD. |
| 3 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Columbia City Unit | HANKEY ROAD #1 |
| 28 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.3 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | 18 HUB |
| 27 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | OLD PORTLAND/KASTER#3 |
| 27 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Columbia City Unit | SYKES ROAD #2 |
| 25 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | DART CREEK ROAD #1 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 29 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia County Bauxite Deposits | Aluminum, Iron, Titanium, Silica, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Water, Free | Prospect | 1944 | |
| Happy Hollow | Aluminum, Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Maple Hill Iron | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Marshall Farm | Aluminum, Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hillis Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Oregon State Highway Division | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Oregon State Highway Division | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Operation | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Saint Helens | 1.2 miles | 18 | |
| Columbia Heights | 1.7 miles | 18 | |
| Columbia City | 1.8 miles | 18 | |
| McNulty | 2.5 miles | 18 | |
| Bachelor Flat (historical) | 3.4 miles | 18 | |
| Warren | 3.8 miles | 18 | |
| Yankton | 4.3 miles | 17 | |
| Deer Island | 5.0 miles | 18 |
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 Helens | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1650613 | The 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.










