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.
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.
- George Cresswell Furnacelisted 1988 · 0.5 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 19 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.
- 1901 USGS De Soto quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1901 USGS Hillsboro quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1946 USGS Richwoods quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Richwoods quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Saint Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Old Mines quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Festus quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
77 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 39 |
| Debris and open burning | 26 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 30 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 May 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 137652-11043-05072016-2152 |
| 7 May 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 4 May 1997 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 4 May 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 13 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 16 May 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 April 1995 | Smoking | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 34 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duclois Diggings | Barium-Barite, Lead | Unknown | ||
| Indian Creek Division | Lead, Copper, Silver, Zinc, Nickel, Cobalt, Cadmium | Past Producer | 1948, 1954 | |
| Tirrel Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Copper | Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Bee and Scott Diggings | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Elliot Mines | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Shore Diggings | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Arnault Branch | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | Surface | |
| Arnault Mine | Barium-Barite | Producer | Barite | |
| Arnault Mine & Plant | Barium-Barite | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2006Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2011 | Flash Flood | Aptus | - | 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 2006 | Hail | Aptus | - | no account filed |
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.
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.










