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Aptus, Missouri

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Liberty Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63664. It stands on Rogue Creek. The Survey maps it on the Old Mines quadrangle.

Aptus within Washington County

On record in Aptus

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 19 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

77 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 77 fires within 5 miles of Aptus between 1992 and 2018, burning about 722 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 were 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined39
Debris and open burning26
Arson/incendiarism7
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
22 August 1999Debris and open burning40 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
30 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 May 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation137652-11043-05072016-2152
7 May 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 May 1997Debris and open burning5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 May 1997Arson/incendiarism13 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
16 May 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 April 1995Smoking5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 34 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 34 workings within 5 miles of Aptus: 31 past producers, 1 producer, 1 unknown, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Silver. 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
Duclois DiggingsBarium-Barite, LeadUnknown
Indian Creek DivisionLead, Copper, Silver, Zinc, Nickel, Cobalt, CadmiumPast Producer1948, 1954
Tirrel MineIronPast Producer
Unknown - CopperCopperPast Producer
Bee and Scott DiggingsLead, ZincPast Producer
Elliot MinesLead, ZincPast Producer
Shore DiggingsLead, ZincPast Producer
Arnault BranchBarium-BaritePast ProducerSurface
Arnault MineBarium-BariteProducerBarite
Arnault Mine & PlantBarium-BaritePast Producer

Every working recorded in Washington County

Storms near this place

2 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Aptus in 2 storm reports between 2006 and 2011: 1 hail, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2011Flash FloodAptus-Up to two inches of rain fell in a short amount of time causing flash flooding. Several roads were flooded including Highway F north northwest of Potosi.
March 2006HailAptus-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Washington 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
Fourche a Renault (historical)2.4 miles19
Ebo2.9 miles19
Latty3.6 miles21
Robidoux4.3 miles19
Racola4.9 miles19
Old Mines5.2 miles19
Mud Town5.9 miles18
Frogtown6.0 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740629. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.