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Apex, Nevada

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Clark census division. The Survey maps it on the Apex quadrangle. It stands 2,467 feet above sea level.

Apex within Clark County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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

22 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Apex between 1995 and 2020, burning about 1,914 acres in total. 4 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Natural4
Recreation and ceremony3
Debris and open burning3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Firearms and explosives use1

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
29 August 1996Naturalunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeSHOTGUN
16 August 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeDUNES
12 August 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeSHRUB
1 August 2020Firearms and explosives use14 acresSouthern Nevada District OfficeMUDDY MTN
8 July 1995Natural1,020 acresSouthern Nevada District OfficeGOLDBUTTE2
6 July 2006Natural15 acresSouthern Nevada District OfficeBASE
5 July 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeNELLISDUNE
4 July 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeBON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clark County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Apex: 4 producers, 3 past producers, 1 plant, 1 occurrence. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Silica. 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
Apex DepositSilicaOccurrence
Apex Limestone Quarry & PlantLimestone, GeneralProducer
Wallboard PlantGypsum-AnhydriteProducer
Lead King MineLeadPast ProducerGalena
Lead King MineLeadPast Producer
Airway One PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Airway Two Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant
Alton Franklin PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
American PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Clark County

Storms near this place

3 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Apex in 3 storm reports between 1998 and 2022: 2 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
October 2015Flash FloodApex$2,000Interstate 15 was closed at mile marker 60 to remove debris from flooding.
July 2022Flash FloodApex$1,000Las Vegas Blvd flooded underneath I-15.
August 1998Thunderstorm WindApex-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Clark 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
Arrolime1.8 miles21
Dike4.9 miles23
Garnet5.1 miles21
Lovell6.6 miles23
Jungletown (historical)7.7 miles23
Valley8.5 miles23
Dry Lake9.9 miles21
Sunrise Manor11.2 miles25

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.

Wikidata item Q110979460The 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 855950. 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.