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Atlanta, California

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Ripon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95366. The Survey maps it on the Avena quadrangle.

Atlanta within San Joaquin County

Then and now

1914 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 75 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Atlanta, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Atlanta, surveyed 1914

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

28 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Atlanta between 2005 and 2020, burning about 21 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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/undetermined18
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Debris and open burning1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
30 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
26 September 2005Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
22 August 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
20 August 2008Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
19 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras Unitnot named
9 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras Unitnot named
6 July 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
4 July 2005Smoking10 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Joaquin County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Atlanta: 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Calcium. 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
Manteca PlantCalciumProducer
QuarryStoneProducer
UnknownStoneOccurrence

Every working recorded in San Joaquin 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
Five Corners1.6 miles19
Simms1.7 miles17
Carrolton2.9 miles17
Avena (historical)3.6 miles17
Van Allen3.8 miles17
Summer Home4.2 miles19
Ripon4.9 miles20
Manteca5.2 miles19

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.

Wikipedia article on AtlantaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4815965The 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 1657962. 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.