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Atlantic, Iowa

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Grove Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50022. It stands on Troublesome Creek. The Survey maps it on the Atlantic quadrangle. 6,792 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,211 feet above sea level.

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Atlantic within Cass County

On record in Atlantic

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 8 records

Population over time

2 figures

Atlantic fell from 7,112 to 6,792 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
20107,112
20206,792-320 (-4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

26 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Atlantic between 2009 and 2017, burning about 74 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 burning13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
3 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
11 September 2017Debris and open burning3.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 July 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
11 June 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 May 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
22 April 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
11 April 2014Equipment and vehicle use20 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cass County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Atlantic: 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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
Atlantic QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Seventy-One QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Atlantic PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mcdermott PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Cass County

Storms near this place

60 of 141 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Atlantic in 141 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 53 thunderstorm wind, 36 hail, 32 heavy rain, 14 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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
May 1998Thunderstorm WindAtlantic1 hurt, $50,000no account filed
June 1998Flash FloodAtlantic$2,000,000no account filed
June 1997Thunderstorm WindAtlantic$500,000no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindAtlantic$250,000no account filed
August 2009Thunderstorm WindAtlantic$200,000An apparent microburst downed trees and branches in Atlantic through the center of town between 10th and 11th street. The damage path was about 3 blocks long. Whole trees were downed, up to 3 feet in diameter.
May 2007Flash FloodAtlantic$200,000no account filed
June 2008Flash FloodAtlantic$100,000Significant urban flooding in Atlantic with 25 to 30 intersections covered by water, several waist high. Mainly due to Bull Creek.
May 1999Flash FloodAtlantic$100,000no account filed
July 1998Flash FloodAtlantic$100,000no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindAtlantic$100,000no account filed
May 2001HailAtlantic$75,000no account filed
May 1996Flash FloodAtlantic$75,000no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindAtlantic$70,000no account filed
October 2007FloodAtlantic$50,000Jackson Road at 650th was closed due to flooding.
April 2007Flash FloodAtlantic$50,000no account filed
May 2007Flash FloodAtlantic$50,000no account filed
May 2007Flash FloodAtlantic$50,000no account filed
May 2007FloodAtlantic$50,000no account filed
July 1998Flash FloodAtlantic$50,000no account filed
May 1996FloodAtlantic$50,000no account filed
August 2016Thunderstorm WindAtlantic$30,000Law enforcement reported trees down, power lines down, and transformers blown in town.
July 2000HailAtlantic$30,000no account filed
July 2000HailAtlantic$30,000no account filed
May 2016Flash FloodAtlantic$25,000Iowa DOT advised flash flooding covered all lanes of US Highway 6 from mile markers 53 to 54.5 in Atlantic. Road was blocked in both directions due to the water over the road.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindAtlantic$25,000Some shingles were blown off roofs. About twelve to 14 one foot diameter trees were snapped.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindAtlantic$25,000no account filed
August 2002HailAtlantic$25,000no account filed
May 2001HailAtlantic$25,000no account filed
June 2000Thunderstorm WindAtlantic$25,000no account filed
June 2011Thunderstorm WindAtlantic$20,000Six inch branches down and a 40-50 foot tree fell on top of a house.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindAtlantic$20,000Tree limbs and branches were downed. Some were large. One power line was blown down.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindAtlantic$20,000Numerous large tree limbs and branches were downed. One metal building was destroyed just north of Highway 6 and Ash.
July 2000HailAtlantic$20,000no account filed
July 2000HailAtlantic$20,000no account filed
May 1999HailAtlantic$20,000no account filed
September 2014Flash FloodAtlantic$15,000Bull Creek was out of its banks.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindAtlantic$15,000no account filed
May 2004Thunderstorm WindAtlantic$15,000no account filed
August 2004HailAtlantic$15,000no account filed
May 2001Thunderstorm WindAtlantic$15,000no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindAtlantic$15,000no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindAtlantic$15,000no account filed
May 2018LightningAtlantic$10,000KJAN Radio reported lightning struck outdoor wiring and entered a house, causing smoldering insulation in the attic. Time was estimated from radar.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindAtlantic$10,000Public reported three inch tree limbs down and power poles broken.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindAtlantic$10,000Large tree limbs down. Power was out for 1 to 2 hours in Atlantic.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindAtlantic$10,000Five inch diameter branches down in the street.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindAtlantic$10,000Pea size hail with 5 inch diameter tree branches down in town.
April 2012Flash FloodAtlantic$10,000Flash flooding reported in Atlantic with water at least 18 inches deep covering the roads.
April 2012Thunderstorm WindAtlantic$10,000Shingles were blown off of a house. Small branches were broken off.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindAtlantic$10,000Trees were blown over.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindAtlantic$10,000Widespread tree and power line damage was reported.
June 2008FloodAtlantic$10,000no account filed
August 2007Thunderstorm WindAtlantic$10,000no account filed
May 2004Thunderstorm WindAtlantic$10,000no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindAtlantic$10,000no account filed
May 2001Thunderstorm WindAtlantic$10,000no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindAtlantic$10,000no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindAtlantic$10,000no account filed
September 1996HailAtlantic$10,000no account filed
August 2001HailAtlantic$7,000no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cass 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
Sycamore Village0.9 miles9
Grove City (historical)3.0 miles9
Lorah5.6 miles9
Marne6.1 miles9
Wiota6.7 miles9
Lewis7.7 miles10
Indiantown (historical)8.0 miles10
Norway Center8.5 miles9

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 AtlanticAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q756267The 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 454275. 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.