West 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 stands on Perry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Saint Helens quadrangle.
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
85 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of West Saint Helens between 1992 and 2020, burning about 49 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 2 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 | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
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 |
| 5 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | DOWD ROAD #1 |
| 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 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Columbia City Unit | TURLEY ROAD #1 |
| 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 |
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 West Saint Helens: 15 past producers, 7 occurrences, 6 producers, 1 prospect. 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bauxite Columbia County | Aluminum, Iron, Titanium, Metal | Occurrence | Gibbsite, Limonite | |
| Columbia County Bauxite | Aluminum, Titanium, Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Columbia County Bauxite Deposits | Aluminum, Iron, Titanium, Silica, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Water, Free | Prospect | 1944 | |
| Dowd School | Aluminum, Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Happy Hollow | Aluminum, Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Maple Hill Iron | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Marshall Farm | Aluminum, Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Yankton and Alder Creek | Iron, Aluminum | Occurrence | ||
| Oregon State Highway Division | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Oregon State Highway Division | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia Heights | 0.7 miles | 18 | |
| Saint Helens | 1.2 miles | 18 | |
| McNulty | 1.4 miles | 18 | |
| Bachelor Flat (historical) | 2.3 miles | 18 | |
| Columbia City | 2.5 miles | 18 | |
| Warren | 2.9 miles | 18 | |
| Yankton | 3.2 miles | 17 | |
| Deer Island | 5.2 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.
| Wikidata item Q122547603 | 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 1128893. 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.










