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Apple Creek, Missouri

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Apple Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63769. It stands on Little Apple Creek. The Survey maps it on the Oak Ridge quadrangle.

Apple Creek within Cape Girardeau County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 24 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

1 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Apple Creek in 1996, burning about 1 acre 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 burning1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
27 September 1996Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cape Girardeau County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Apple Creek: 6 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Old Appelton Quarry and PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unknown LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Ponder DiggingsLead, ZincPast Producer
Ponder ShaftLead, ZincPast Producer
Shaft #2Lead, ZincPast Producer
Shaft #3Lead, ZincPast Producer

Every working recorded in Cape Girardeau County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Kimmelton (historical)1.0 miles18
Old Appleton1.7 miles24
Arnsberg2.3 miles18
Friedheim4.4 miles18
Daisy5.0 miles18
Shawneetown5.0 miles24
Dissen5.5 miles18
Oak Ridge5.6 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 730542. 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.