THE HELENA WEST SIDE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Townsend Basin setting.
Helena West Side CDP has 15.1 square miles of land in Lewis and Clark County. Its Census reference point is in Townsend Basin, within Middle Rockies.
Forested mountain ranges rise above grassy or shrubby intermountain valleys. The Middle Rockies combine alpine high country, partly wooded foothills and valleys supplied by mountain streams.
Regional context: Middle Rockies ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Helena West Side and Lewis and Clark County
Helena West Side is associated with Lewis and Clark County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Helena West Side by land and water
The Census records 0.03 square miles of water within Helena West Side, or 0.2% of its total area. It is 1 percentage points lower than the 1.1% recorded for Lewis and Clark County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Helena West Side CDP has 11.7 times the land area of nearby Unionville CDP (1.28 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

