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Atco, Georgia

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Cartersville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30120. It stands on Satterfield Branch. The Survey maps it on the Cartersville quadrangle.

Atco within Bartow County

On record in Atco

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 19 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

331 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 331 fires within 5 miles of Atco between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,066 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 132 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
Arson/incendiarism132
Debris and open burning117
Misuse of fire by a minor27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Equipment and vehicle use16
Recreation and ceremony10
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Natural4

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
9 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2005Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenance3.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1998Debris and open burning9.5 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2005Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2016Debris and open burning21 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-BARTOW-007
3 September 1997Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bartow County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 201 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 201 workings within 5 miles of Atco: 99 occurrences, 55 past producers, 38 unknowns, 5 prospects. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Iron, Barium-Barite, Iron, Manganese. 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
Felton MineIron, SulfurPast Producer
Gemes Mine CartersvilleCobalt, ManganesePast Producer1908
Georgia Art Pottery Co PitsClayPast Producer
Jones MineSand and Gravel, Construction, Barium-BaritePast Producer
Ladd Lime and Stone Co QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Cartersville OperationBarium-Barite, CalciumPast Producer
Cherokee BariteManganese, IronUnknown1954
Cyprus Thompson Weinman MineBarium-Barite, CalciumPast Producer
Lots 191 and 242Manganese, IronUnknown1954
Cartervile Distr.-CBarium-Barite, ManganesePast ProducerResidual

Every working recorded in Bartow County

Storms near this place

11 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Atco in 11 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 lightning, 1 hail. 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
September 2008LightningAtco$10,000The Daily Tribune of Cartersville reported that lightning struck homes on homes on Vigilant Street and Harris street in Atco. Damage was minimal in both incidents.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindAtco$7,000A report was received over social media of several trees blown down along Burnt Hickory Road around the intersection with Sugar Valley Road.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindAtco$3,000Several trees and powerlines down near Burnt Hickory Road and West Iron Belt Road.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindAtco$1,000The Emergency Manager relayed a report of a downed tree along Weems Spur SW.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindAtco$1,000A tree and power lines fell into the roadway on Kelley Trail SE at Jones Mill Place.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindAtco$1,000The broadcast media reported a tree blown down blocking Highway 293 between Iron Belt Road and Grassdale Road.
August 2023HailAtco-Report from mping.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindAtco-Power poles broken near 20 and 411.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindAtco-A vehicle canopy was blown into power lines on Oakdale Drive.
March 2021Flash FloodAtco-The Emergency Manager reported the intersection of Pine Vista Circle SE and Jones Mill Road SE was closed due to flooding from Satterfield Branch. Radar estimates indicate that 5 to 6 inches of rain occurred over the area, resulting in the flash flooding.
February 2020Flash FloodAtco-The Emergency Manager reported Parr Wade Road was flooded due to high flow through Pettit Creek. Radar estimates indicate that 2.5 to 4 inches of rain occurred, falling on already wet soils, resulting in flash flooding.

Every storm recorded in Bartow 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
Junta1.1 miles19
North Highland1.2 miles19
Greenbriar1.4 miles19
Mission Hills1.4 miles19
Cartersville1.5 miles19
Rodgers1.6 miles19
Wildwood1.7 miles19
Terrell Heights2.0 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331061. 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.