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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 21 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 Saint Thomas quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1893 USGS Saint Thomas quadrangle1:250000
- 1926 USGS Boulder Canyon quadrangle1:96000, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Dry Lake quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Apex quadrangle1:24000
- 1987 USGS Lake Mead quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
22 since 1995Regional 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/undetermined | 9 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 August 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Southern Nevada District Office | SHOTGUN |
| 16 August 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Southern Nevada District Office | DUNES |
| 12 August 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Southern Nevada District Office | SHRUB |
| 1 August 2020 | Firearms and explosives use | 14 acres | Southern Nevada District Office | MUDDY MTN |
| 8 July 1995 | Natural | 1,020 acres | Southern Nevada District Office | GOLDBUTTE2 |
| 6 July 2006 | Natural | 15 acres | Southern Nevada District Office | BASE |
| 5 July 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Southern Nevada District Office | NELLISDUNE |
| 4 July 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Southern Nevada District Office | BON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apex Deposit | Silica | Occurrence | ||
| Apex Limestone Quarry & Plant | Limestone, General | Producer | ||
| Wallboard Plant | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer | ||
| Lead King Mine | Lead | Past Producer | Galena | |
| Lead King Mine | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Airway One Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Airway Two Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant | ||
| Alton Franklin Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| American Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 1998Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2015 | Flash Flood | Apex | $2,000 | Interstate 15 was closed at mile marker 60 to remove debris from flooding. |
| July 2022 | Flash Flood | Apex | $1,000 | Las Vegas Blvd flooded underneath I-15. |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Apex | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arrolime | 1.8 miles | 21 | |
| Dike | 4.9 miles | 23 | |
| Garnet | 5.1 miles | 21 | |
| Lovell | 6.6 miles | 23 | |
| Jungletown (historical) | 7.7 miles | 23 | |
| Valley | 8.5 miles | 23 | |
| Dry Lake | 9.9 miles | 21 | |
| Sunrise Manor | 11.2 miles | 25 |
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 Q110979460 | 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 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.









