Atlanta, Delaware
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Bridgeville-Greenwood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 19933. The Survey maps it on the Seaford West quadrangle. It stands 49 feet above sea level.
On record in Atlanta
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 1 record
Melson Houselisted 1978
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.
- 1915 USGS Seaford quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1944 USGS Seaford quadrangle1:62500
- 1946 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Seaford West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Seaford quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Seaford West quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
29 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Atlanta between 2005 and 2020, burning about 74 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.5 acres | Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service | not named |
| 23 September 2005 | Natural | 28 acres | Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge | GUARD |
| 2 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service | not named |
| 18 September 2015 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service | not named |
| 15 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service | not named |
| 14 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service | not named |
| 6 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service | HRYNKO ROAD |
| 22 August 2008 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Atlanta: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smithville Bank | Iron | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Atlanta in 2 storm reports between 1997 and 2020: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Atlanta | - | A tree was downed onto wires near the intersection of Federalsburg Rd and Hartzell Rd. Time estimated from radar. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Atlanta | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clarksons Crossroads | 1.4 miles | 19 | |
| Briar Hook | 2.0 miles | 19 | |
| Jacobs Crossroads | 2.4 miles | 19 | |
| Richard Heights | 3.1 miles | 19 | |
| Ricland Heights | 3.2 miles | 19 | |
| Dublin Hill | 3.3 miles | 19 | |
| Cannon | 3.4 miles | 19 | |
| Oak Grove | 3.6 miles | 19 |
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 Atlanta | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4815967 | 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 216021. 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.










