BlockApache Flats, Missouri
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Jefferson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65109. The Survey maps it on the Lohman quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 20 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.
- 1886 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Centertown quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Centertown quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Lohman quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1982 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
4 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Apache Flats between 2005 and 2018, burning about 8 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.4 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177429-02626-04232018-1450 |
| 15 April 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 4 October 2017 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 25 January 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.7 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177425-02626-01252018-1745 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 21 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Apache Flats: 21 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Zinc, Lead, Barium-Barite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc, Coal | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Lead Zinc | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown-Ls | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown-Shale | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Brounele Farm Lead Mine | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Caspary Mine | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Chambers Jack Prospect | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Dunlap Diggings | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Hitch Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scruggs | 1.7 miles | 20 | |
| Plummer | 2.0 miles | 20 | |
| Saint Martins | 2.1 miles | 20 | |
| Elston | 2.4 miles | 20 | |
| Scott | 2.7 miles | 20 | |
| Lohman | 4.4 miles | 20 | |
| Cole Junction | 4.5 miles | 26 | |
| Stringtown | 5.1 miles | 20 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Apache Flats | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q28868913 | 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 713352. 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.