BlockSaint Helens, Washington
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Northeast Cowlitz census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98649. It stands on Bear Creek. The Survey maps it on the Toutle Mountain quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1942 USGS Toutle quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Toutle quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Toutle Mtn quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Toutle Mtn. quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
18 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Saint Helens between 1993 and 2020, burning about 8 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | POWERLINE |
| 23 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 11 September 1993 | Smoking | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 25 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 24 August 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | 4200 BONFIRE |
| 18 August 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 18 August 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 16 August 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | 516 D |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Saint Helens: 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mercury, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camp Baker Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Gardner Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Green River | Mercury | Occurrence | Cinnabar |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kid Valley | 5.2 miles | 12 | |
| Harrington Place | 9.3 miles | 16 | |
| Sightly | 10.0 miles | 12 | |
| Toutle | 11.1 miles | 12 | |
| Silver Lake | 15.3 miles | 11 | |
| Headquarters | 15.5 miles | 12 | |
| Castle Rock | 20.6 miles | 11 | |
| Pigeon Springs | 20.7 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.
| Wikidata item Q17199086 | 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 1525356. 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.