Fort Atkinson, Iowa
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52144. It stands on Rogers Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fort Atkinson quadrangle. 312 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,047 feet above sea level.
On record in Fort Atkinson
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
Fort Atkinson Bridgelisted 1998
Population over time
2 figuresFort Atkinson fell from 349 to 312 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 349 | |
| 2020 | 312 | -37 (-11%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1906 USGS Decorah quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Decorah 3 NW quadrangle1:24000
- 1976 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Fort Atkinson quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Decorah quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
12 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Fort Atkinson between 2008 and 2020, burning about 276 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Fort Atkinson: 8 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Bullerman Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Ft Atkinson Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Horseshoe Bend Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Schmitz Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Steinlage Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Festina | 3.8 miles | 11 | |
| Twin Springs | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| Spillville | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Calmar | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| Conover | 5.4 miles | 12 | |
| Jackson Junction | 5.6 miles | 7 | |
| Navan | 7.6 miles | 7 | |
| Ossian | 8.9 miles | 12 |
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 Fort Atkinson | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1000175 | 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 456681. 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.







