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Atalissa, Iowa

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Goshen Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52720. The Survey maps it on the Atalissa quadrangle. 296 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 659 feet above sea level.

Atalissa within Muscatine County

Population over time

2 figures

Atalissa fell from 311 to 296 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2010311
2020296-15 (-5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

8 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Atalissa between 2013 and 2020, burning about 103 acres in total. None 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
Debris and open burning7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
10 August 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 April 2020Debris and open burning40 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 April 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 April 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 March 2020Debris and open burning8.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
12 March 2020Debris and open burning2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
27 February 2016Debris and open burning40 acresIowa Department of Natural ResourcesWILLIAMSBURG FIRE
6 October 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined11 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Muscatine County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Atalissa: 5 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Atalissa QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Atalissa QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Atalissa PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Atalissa PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mc Killip Sand Dredge and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Thorpe PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Muscatine County

Storms near this place

21 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Atalissa in 21 storm reports between 2002 and 2024: 13 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 flood, 1 lightning. 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 2016FloodAtalissa$150,000Heavy rainfall of 4 to over 10 inches over significant areas from 21 to 23 September in extreme North Central and Northeast Iowa moved downstream causing the Cedar River to rise above major flood stage levels. ||Conesville rose above its major flood stage level of 16.5 feet on September 28th, 2016 at approximately 5 AM CST. It crested around 18.2 feet at approximately 9 AM CST on September 29th, 2016. It fell below major flood stage on October 1st around 11 pm CST.||Major flooding continued into October.
May 2003HailAtalissa$100,000no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindAtalissa$50,000Tree down on a 35 foot camper
July 2003Thunderstorm WindAtalissa$40,000no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindAtalissa$25,000Trees and power lines down
May 2004Thunderstorm WindAtalissa$20,0002 semi trucks blown over with significant power lines down
July 2003Thunderstorm WindAtalissa$15,0006 power poles down
June 2005Thunderstorm WindAtalissa$5,000Large branches down across county
April 2006HailAtalissa$5,000no account filed
August 2003Thunderstorm WindAtalissa$2,000no account filed
May 2024Thunderstorm WindAtalissa-Small trees blown down, and several branches.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindAtalissa-Winds produced debris all over Highway 6, outside of Atalissa.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindAtalissa-A public report of a 58 MPH thunderstorm wind gust.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindAtalissa-Five large trees and many branches downed at Saulsbury Bridge Recreation Area. One tree took down a powerline. Time estimated by radar.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindAtalissa-A tree was blown onto power lines.
October 2016FloodAtalissa-Heavy rainfall of 4 to over 10 inches over significant areas from 21 to 23 September in extreme North Central and Northeast Iowa moved downstream|causing the Cedar River to rise above major flood stage levels. The Cedar River at|Conesville rose above its major flood stage level of 16.5 feet on September 28th, 2016 at approximately 5 AM CST. It crested around 18.2 feet at|approximately 9 AM CST on September 29th, 2016. It fell below major flood stage on October 1st around 11 pm CST. For damage information please see September Storm Data.
June 2014Flash FloodAtalissa-A trained spotter reported the entire town of Atalissa was flooded with water 1 foot deep in places. Highway 6 was closed west of town.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindAtalissa-Wind gusts estimated to be 60 mph blew some tree branches down in Atalissa, IA at 520 pm CDT May 22.
April 2002LightningAtalissa-Lightning struck a 100 year old Cottonwood tree. Witnesses said it sounded like a bomb going off. Pieces of the tree were found as far as 200 feet away, and several were speared into the ground with tremendous force. The lightning traveled down the tree and dug a deep trench in the ground, heading toward a metal storage shed.
May 2023HailAtalissa-no account filed
May 2003HailAtalissa-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Muscatine 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
Moscow4.4 miles14
West Liberty5.2 miles11
Dayfield (historical)7.4 miles9
Wilton8.0 miles14
South Towne Park8.6 miles14
Summit8.7 miles14
Kent Estates9.4 miles12
Nichols9.7 miles8

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 AtalissaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1778746The 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 454271. 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.