BlockHelen, Washington
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Hanford Site census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98944. The Survey maps it on the Coyote Rapids quadrangle. It stands 522 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1916 USGS Coyote Rapids quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1951 USGS Coyote Rapids quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Walla Walla quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Walla Walla quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Coyote Rapids quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Priest Rapids quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Coyote Rapids quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
8 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Helen between 1992 and 2019, burning about 349 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 111 acres | Hanford Reach National Monument | POWERLINE2 |
| 20 August 1992 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Hanford Reach National Monument | HWY 24 |
| 1 August 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Hanford Reach National Monument | GRAVEL PIT |
| 23 July 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | McNary National Wildlife Refuge | WAHLUKE |
| 13 July 2012 | Natural | 190 acres | Hanford Reach National Monument | COYOTE RAPIDS |
| 3 June 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Hanford Reach National Monument | MOWER FIRE |
| 19 May 2006 | Natural | 24 acres | Hanford Reach National Monument | SADDLE MTN LAKES |
| 14 May 2016 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Hanford Reach National Monument | REACH FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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.
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 Q5701764 | 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 1511029. 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.