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Helena, Texas

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Runge census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78118. The Survey maps it on the Helena quadrangle.

Helena within Karnes County

On record in Helena

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 1 record

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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

92 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 92 fires within 5 miles of Helena between 2005 and 2020, burning about 636 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None 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
Equipment and vehicle use40
Debris and open burning27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Smoking2
Natural1

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
9 September 2015Natural2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceJESSE ATZGER
4 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceKARNES COUNTY CR334 #2
4 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceKARNES COUNTY CR334
4 September 2008Debris and open burning20 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
23 September 2006Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
21 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceRICHTER RANCH
19 September 2014Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR333 AND CR334
18 September 2018Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCHRIS REYNOLDS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Karnes County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Helena: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Uranium. 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
Kotzur MineUraniumPast ProducerStratabound
Labus-MoczygembaUraniumProducer
Winerich PitUraniumProducer

Every working recorded in Karnes County

Storms near this place

5 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Helena in 5 storm reports between 2005 and 2012: 5 flash flood. 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
August 2007Flash FloodHelena$200,000The area of heaviest rainfall associated with Tropical Storm Erin in South Central Texas began in Karnes County. General rainfall over the county ranged from 3 to 5 inches with up to 7 inches near Helena. Most of the roads in Karnes County were closed Thursday afternoon, including FM887, SH119, and US80.
March 2012Flash FloodHelena-Slow moving thunderstorms produced heavy rain which caused flash flooding and closed parts of Highway 80 south of Helena.
March 2012Flash FloodHelena-Slow moving thunderstorms produced heavy rain which caused flash flooding and closed FM 80 at FM 81 in Helena.
May 2007Flash FloodHelena-Scattered showers and thunderstorms produced general 1 to 3 inch rain amounts over southern Karnes County with up to 4 inches near Kenedy. Many of the roads in Kenedy were reported to be under water and SH792 was closed near Kenedy.
March 2005Flash FloodHelena-Heavy rainfall from slow-moving thunderstorms in DeWitt and Gonzales Counties spilled westward into Karnes County near 2100 CST. Between 1 and 2 inches fell over the eastern part of the county, with heaviest amounts near 3 inches between Helena and Gillett. Flash flooding briefly closed FM887 and SH119 near Gillett.

Every storm recorded in Karnes 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
Panna Maria3.9 miles9
Mayo6.2 miles9
Karnes City6.3 miles9
Harmony6.8 miles10
Cestohowa7.1 miles10
Ecleto7.4 miles10
Runge7.6 miles7
Hobson8.6 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1359004. 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.