Lewis and Clark County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level greater than 4 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Highest Potential
Air pollution and air quality trends (lower is better)
AQI
PM10
PM2.5
Air Quality Index (AQI) level in 2009 was 25.6. This is better than average.
Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) [ppb] level in 2001 was 6.64. This is significantly worse than average. There were 34 monitors within city limits.
Lead (Pb) [µ/m3] level in 2001 was 0.141. This is significantly worse than average. There were 36 monitors within city limits.
Particulate Matter (PM2.5) [µ/m3] level in 2009 was 7.98. This is better than average. Closest monitor was 5.7 miles away from the city center.
Drinking water stations with addresses in East Helena and their reported violations in the past:
EASTGATE VILLAGE SEWER AND WATER (Population served: 2000, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In OCT-2002, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (OCT-19-2002), St Violation/Reminder Notice (OCT-19-2002), St Boil Water Order (OCT-19-2002), St Violation/Reminder Notice (OCT-19-2002), St Compliance achieved (FEB-18-2003), St Public Notif received (FEB-18-2003)
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In AUG-1997, Contaminant: Coliform
Past monitoring violations:
- One routine major monitoring violation
EAST HELENA CITY OF (Population served: 1796, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- Follow-up and Routine Tap Sampling - Between AUG-14-2003 and DEC-31-2025, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (JAN-04-2005), St Violation/Reminder Notice (JAN-04-2005)
LA CASA GRANDE WATER AND SEWER DISTRICT (Population served: 500, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In OCT-2003, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (NOV-01-2003), St Violation/Reminder Notice (NOV-01-2003), St Boil Water Order (NOV-01-2003), St Public Notif requested (NOV-01-2003), St Violation/Reminder Notice (NOV-01-2003), St Public Notif received (NOV-07-2003)
Past monitoring violations:
- One routine major monitoring violation
- 3 regular monitoring violations
DAVIS MEADOW VILLAGE (Population served: 140, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- One routine major monitoring violation
- 60 regular monitoring violations
HOMESTEAD VALLEY WUA HVHA (Population served: 105, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- One routine major monitoring violation
BUZZ INN THE (Population served: 88, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- Follow-up and Routine Tap Sampling - Between JAN-1996 and DEC-2000, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (DEC-31-2000)
- Initial Tap Sampling for Pb and Cu - Between JUL-01-1993 and DEC-03-1996, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (DEC-03-1996), St Formal NOV issued (DEC-03-1996)
- One routine major monitoring violation
- 107 regular monitoring violations
BAHNY BRAE SUBDIVISION (Population served: 35, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- 2 routine major monitoring violations
- 5 regular monitoring violations
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 12.3%
(10.2% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 0.0% for Black residents, 0.0% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 11.6% for American Indian residents, 0.0% for Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander residents, 70.9% for two or more races residents)
Average household size:
| This town: | 2.4 people | | Montana: | 2.5 people |
Percentage of family households:
| This town: | 66.6% | | Whole state: | 66.2% |
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
| This town: | 4.5% | | Whole state: | 5.0% |
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in East Helena, MT
East Helena compared to Montana state average:
- Median household income below state average.
- Median house value below state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Number of college students below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.
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Banks with branches in East Helena (2011 data):
- Valley Bank of Helena: East Helena Branch at 101 South Lane Avenue, branch established on 01/01/1911. Info updated 11/03/2006: Bank assets: $34.1 mil, Deposits: $25.4 mil, headquarters in Helena, MT, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 7 total offices, Holding Company: Glacier Bancorp, Inc.
Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (81%)
- Electricity (14%)
- Wood (2%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
Religion statistics for East Helena:
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 51.09%
| Here |  | 51.1% |
| USA |  | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
| Name | Catholic Church | Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | LDS (Mormon) Church | United Methodist Church | Assemblies of God |
| Adherents | 53.2% | 7.6% | 5.6% | 5.5% | 4.3% |
| Congregations | 15.9% | 4.8% | 7.9% | 6.3% | 3.2% |
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| Name | Southern Baptist Convention | Lutheran Church | Episcopal Church | Presbyterian Church (USA) | Other |
| Adherents | 3.2% | 2.8% | 2.7% | 2.1% | 13.1% |
| Congregations | 7.9% | 1.6% | 3.2% | 1.6% | 47.6% |
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Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center. Tables represent county-level data.
Food Environment Statistics:Number of grocery stores: 8 | Lewis and Clark County: | 1.33 / 10,000 pop. | | Montana: | 2.55 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of supercenters and club stores: 2 | This county: | 0.33 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 0.20 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 1 | Lewis and Clark County: | 0.17 / 10,000 pop. | | Montana: | 0.48 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 21 | Lewis and Clark County: | 3.50 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 4.69 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of full-service restaurants: 52 | Here: | 8.68 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 10.38 / 10,000 pop. |
Adult diabetes rate: | This county: | 7.1% | | Montana: | 7.2% |
Adult obesity rate: | Lewis and Clark County: | 21.0% | | Montana: | 23.1% |
Low-income preschool obesity rate: | This county: | 8.3% | | State: | 10.7% |
| Local government employment and payroll (March 2007) |
| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Financial Administration |
1 | $3,785 | $45,420 | 0 | $0 |
| Other Government Administration |
1 | $2,949 | $35,388 | 0 | $0 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
4 | $15,107 | $45,321 | 5 | $5,846 |
| Solid Waste Management |
1 | $3,771 | $45,252 | 0 | $0 |
| Sewerage |
1 | $4,701 | $56,412 | 0 | $0 |
| Water Supply |
1 | $3,711 | $44,532 | 0 | $0 |
| Totals for Government |
9 | $34,024 | $45,365 | 5 | $5,846 |
East Helena government finances in 2004:
- Bond Fund - Cash & Deposits: $24,000 ($11.25)
- Charges - Sewerage: $423,000 ($198.22)
Solid Waste Management: $143,000 ($67.01)
Parks & Recreation: $16,000 ($7.50)
- Current Operations - Water Utilities: $284,000 ($133.08)
Police Protection: $236,000 ($110.59)
Solid Waste Management: $159,000 ($74.51)
Sewerage: $153,000 ($71.70)
Central Staff Services: $118,000 ($55.30)
Regular Highways: $78,000 ($36.55)
Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $78,000 ($36.55)
Parks & Recreation: $73,000 ($34.21)
General Public Buildings: $66,000 ($30.93)
Judicial and Legal Services: $51,000 ($23.90)
Fire Protection: $33,000 ($15.46)
General - Other: $24,000 ($11.25)
Health Services - Other: $4,000 ($1.87)
Natural Resources - Other: $1,000 ($0.47)
- General - Interest on Debt: $143,000 ($67.01)
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $3,340,000 ($1565.14)
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $2,385,000 ($1117.62)
- Long Term Debt Issue, Unspecified - Other NEC: $739,000 ($346.30)
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Water Utilities: $3,221,000 ($1509.37)
Other, NEC: $2,992,000 ($1402.06)
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $132,000 ($61.86)
Water Utilities: $119,000 ($55.76)
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $25,000 ($11.72)
Interest Earnings: $17,000 ($7.97)
- Other Capital Outlay - General Public Building: $171,000 ($80.13)
Regular Highways: $123,000 ($57.64)
General - Other: $57,000 ($26.71)
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $2,003,000 ($938.61)
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $405,000 ($189.78)
- State Intergovernmental - General Support: $427,000 ($200.09)
All Other: $9,000 ($4.22)
- Tax - Property: $255,000 ($119.49)
NEC: $68,000 ($31.87)
- Total Salaries & Wages: $395,000 ($185.10)
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $200,000 ($93.72)
7.87% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($39,145 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 7.87% | | Montana average: | 8.25% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
7.18% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($33,698 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 7.18% | | Montana average: | 7.69% |
0.04% of residents moved to foreign countries ($89 average AGI)| Lewis and Clark County: | 0.04% | | Montana average: | 0.08% |
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in East Helena:
- KKGR (680 AM; daytime; 5 kW; EAST HELENA, MT; Owner: KKGR, INC.)
- KMTX (950 AM; 5 kW; HELENA, MT; Owner: CAPRI, INC)
- KBLL (1240 AM; 1 kW; HELENA, MT; Owner: HOLTER BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- KCAP (1340 AM; 1 kW; HELENA, MT; Owner: COMMONWEALTH LICENSE SUBSIDIARY, LLC)
- KERR (750 AM; 50 kW; POLSON, MT; Owner: ANDERSON RADIO BROADCASTING, INC.)
- KGVW (640 AM; 10 kW; BELGRADE, MT; Owner: GALLATIN VALLEY WITNESS, INC.)
- KBOW (550 AM; 5 kW; BUTTE, MT; Owner: BUTTE BROADCASTING INCORPORATED)
- KMON (560 AM; 5 kW; GREAT FALLS, MT; Owner: COMMONWEALTH LICENSE SUBSIDIARY, LLC)
- KOFI (1180 AM; 50 kW; KALISPELL, MT; Owner: KOFI, INC.)
- KXTL (1370 AM; 5 kW; BUTTE, MT; Owner: FISHER RADIO REGIONAL GROUP, INC.)
- KEIN (1310 AM; 5 kW; GREAT FALLS, MT; Owner: MUNSON RADIO, INC.)
- KBOI (670 AM; 50 kW; BOISE, ID; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- KBOZ (1090 AM; 5 kW; BOZEMAN, MT; Owner: REIER BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
Strongest FM radio stations in East Helena:
- KVCM (103.1 FM; HELENA, MT; Owner: HI-LINE RADIO FELLOWSHIP, INC.)
- KBLL-FM (99.5 FM; HELENA, MT; Owner: HOLTER BROASDCASTING CORPORATION)
- K246AC (97.1 FM; HELENA, MT; Owner: LAST CHANCE PUBLIC RADIO ASSOCIATION)
- K251AC (98.1 FM; HELENA, MT; Owner: BOARD OF REGENTS-MT UNIV. SYSTEM)
- KMTX-FM (105.3 FM; HELENA, MT; Owner: CAPRI, INC)
- KZMT (101.1 FM; HELENA, MT; Owner: COMMONWEALTH LICENSE SUBSIDIARY, LLC)
- KUHM (91.7 FM; HELENA, MT; Owner: THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA)
- KHKR-FM (104.1 FM; EAST HELENA, MT; Owner: COMMONWEALTH LICENSE SUBSIDIARY, LLC)
- K210BF (89.9 FM; BUTTE, MT; Owner: FAMILY STATIONS, INC.)
- KAPC (91.3 FM; BUTTE, MT; Owner: THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA)
- KOPR (94.1 FM; BUTTE, MT; Owner: BUTTE BROADCASTING INCORPORATED)
- KMBR (95.5 FM; BUTTE, MT; Owner: FISHER RADIO REGIONAL GROUP, INC.)
- K213CJ (90.5 FM; BUTTE, MT; Owner: MONTANA CHRISTIAN RADIO ASSOCIATION)
- KAAR (92.5 FM; BUTTE, MT; Owner: FISHER RADIO REGIONAL GROUP, INC.)
- KIKF (104.9 FM; CASCADE, MT; Owner: FISHER RADIO REGIONAL GROUP INC.)
- KINX (107.3 FM; GREAT FALLS, MT; Owner: FISHER RADIO REGIONAL GROUP INC.)
- K213CB (90.5 FM; DEER LODGE, MT; Owner: HI-LINE RADIO FELLOWSHIP, INC.)
TV broadcast stations around East Helena:
- KHBB-LP (Channel 21; HELENA, MT; Owner: KFBB CORPORATION)
- KMTF (Channel 10; HELENA, MT; Owner: ROCKY MOUNTAIN BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- K36CX (Channel 36; CLANCY, MT; Owner: BOULDER TV TRANSLATOR ASSOCIATION)
East Helena fatal accident list:
May 4, 2009 05:00 AM, Shar Court, Lat: 46.60916111, Lon: -111.9326611, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Pedestrians: 1, Fatalities: 1
Mar 30, 1977 03:40 AM, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1
Mar 21, 1975 03:05 AM, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 1, Fatalities: 1
National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
Number of bridges: 3
Total length: 6 meters (20ft)
Total average daily traffic: 18,420
Total average daily truck traffic: 370
Total future (year 2025) average daily traffic: 24,250
FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers: 3 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers in East Helena)
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 62 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Antenna Towers)
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 6 - Eldorado Bar 10.4 Mi N (Lat: 46.733556 Lon: -111.862778), Type: Building, Structure height: 6 m, Overall height: 12 m, Call Sign: WPJK697
Assigned Frequencies: 468.700 MHz Grant Date: 07/27/2001, Expiration Date: 07/27/2011, Certifier: Joe Cipriano
Registrant: Crum Electronics Inc, 665 Fair Rd, Helena, MT 59601 - El Dorado Heights 10.4 Mi N (Lat: 46.734111 Lon: -111.862778), Type: Building, Structure height: 8 m, Overall height: 14 m, Call Sign: WPKL219
Assigned Frequencies: 468.600 MHz, 468.800 MHz Grant Date: 03/14/2002, Expiration Date: 03/31/2012, Certifier: Gloria Giles
Registrant: Crum Electronics Inc, 665 Faw Rd, Helena, MT 59601 - 2.4 Mi S (Lat: 46.556611 Lon: -111.918056), Structure height: 61 m, Call Sign: KAZ514
Assigned Frequencies: 451.300 MHz, 451.300 MHz, 451.300 MHz, 451.300 MHz Grant Date: 11/20/2003, Expiration Date: 01/10/2014
Registrant: Qwest Corporation, 700 W. Mineral Ave., Rm. Ia-C7.18, Littleton, CO 80120, Phone: (303) 707-8714, Fax: (303) 707-9711, Email:
- Mcclellan Creek Tanks Off Mcclellan Cr Rd (Lat: 46.555500 Lon: -111.890833), Call Sign: WNKJ219, Licensee ID: L00082885
Assigned Frequencies: 173.390 MHz Grant Date: 12/04/2002, Expiration Date: 12/01/2012
Registrant: City Of East Helena, 7 E Mian, East Helena, MT 59635, Phone: (406) 227-5321 - Radial Wells Off Mc Clelan Creek (Lat: 46.550222 Lon: -111.888611), Call Sign: WNKJ220, Licensee ID: L00082885
Assigned Frequencies: 173.390 MHz Grant Date: 12/04/2002, Expiration Date: 12/01/2012
Registrant: City Of East Helena, East Helena, MT 59635, Phone: (406) 227-5321 - Off N Wiley Rd (Lat: 46.617444 Lon: -112.938389), Call Sign: WNPA768, Licensee ID: L00082885
Assigned Frequencies: 173.390 MHz Grant Date: 03/24/2004, Expiration Date: 04/04/2014
Registrant: City Of East Helena, City Hall 7 E Main St, East Helena, MT 59635, Phone: (406) 227-5321
FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 9 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Microwave Towers in this town)
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 41 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses in East Helena)
FAA Registered Aircraft Manufacturers and Dealers: 1 ( See the full list of FAA Registered Manufacturers and Dealers in East Helena)
FAA Registered Aircraft: 23 ( See the full list of FAA Registered Aircraft)
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:
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