Helena, Ohio
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Jackson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43435. The Survey maps it on the Helena quadrangle. 211 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 696 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresHelena fell from 224 to 211 between 2010 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. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 224 | |
| 2020 | 211 | -13 (-6%) |
Then and now
1901 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
12 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.
- 1901 USGS Elmore quadrangle1:62500
- 1903 USGS Elmore quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Helena quadrangle1:24000
- 1959 USGS Helena quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Helena quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Findlay quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Findlay quadrangle1:100000
Fires nearby
1 since 2002The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Helena between 2002 and 2002, burning about 0 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 January 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ohio State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 578 shownMuseums hold 578 specimens collected within 10 miles of Helena between 1825 and 1975: 547 Animalia, 18 Plantae, 13 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Adams J. M. B., Adams J. M. R., Albertin and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.
| Image | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Adiantum pedatum L. | 1880 | Keeler, L.E. | Fremont. |
![]() | Lepiota morganii (Peck) Sacc. | 1896 | Day | Fremont |
![]() | Elimia semicarinata (Say, 1829) | 1914 | Anson A. Hinkley | Sandusky River, Fremont, North America |
![]() | Hygroamblystegium tenax (Hedw.) Jenn. | 1825 | T. Drummond | Banks of the Portage River |
![]() | Anas americana J.F.Gmelin, 1789 | 1880 | not recorded | Sandusky, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Larus argentatus smithsonianus Coues, 1862 | 1881 | not recorded | Sandusky, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Sturnella magna magna (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1890 | Harry S. Day | Fremont |
![]() | Calidris alba (Pallas, 1764) | 1891 | Henninger, W. F. (Walther Frederick) | Sandusky, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Neotibicen canicularis (Harris, 1841) | 1891 | not recorded | Fremont |
![]() | Ammocrypta pellucida (Putnam, 1863) | 1893 | Woolman | Sandusky River, Fremont, Ohio |
![]() | Esox americanus Gmelin, 1789 | 1893 | Woolman | Sandusky River, Fremont, Ohio |
![]() | Micropterus dolomieu Lacepède, 1802 | 1893 | Woolman | Sandusky River, Fremont, Ohio |
All 578 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
7 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Helena: 4 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Calcium, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gibonsburg Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Gibonsburg Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| J E Baker Co Ohio Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Gibonsburg Plant Quarry | Calcium | Past Producer | Calcite | |
| Gibonsburg Quarry | Calcium | Past Producer | Calcite | |
| Je Baker/ Millersville, Ohio | Calcium | Producer | ||
| Ohio Quarry | Calcium | Past Producer | Calcite |
Storms nearby
5 since 1997The National Weather Service names Helena in 5 storm reports between 1997 and 2019: 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Helena | $75,000 | Thunderstorm winds overturned a semi truck. No injuries were reported. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Helena | $1,000 | Several trees and utility lines were blown down. |
| August 2011 | Hail | Helena | - | Quarter sized hail was observed. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Helena | - | Penny size hail was observed. |
| August 1997 | Hail | Helena | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Millersville | 2.1 miles | 12 | |
| Tinney | 2.2 miles | 12 | |
| Gibsonburg | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| Rollersville | 4.6 miles | 14 | |
| Hessville | 4.9 miles | 12 | |
| Gabels Corner | 5.1 miles | 13 | |
| Winters Station | 5.3 miles | 13 | |
| Girton | 5.4 miles | 12 |
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 Helena | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q588573 | 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 1065690. 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.
Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.
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.























