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Atlanta, Idaho

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Atlanta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83716. It stands on Montezuma Creek. The Survey maps it on the Atlanta West quadrangle. It stands 5,383 feet above sea level.

Atlanta within Elmore County

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 3 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 16 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

35 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Atlanta between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,050 acres in total. 31 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
Natural31
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking1

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
27 September 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBoise National ForestPOWER PLANT
2 September 1995Naturalunder an acreBoise National ForestGROUSE CR.
18 September 1998Naturalunder an acreSawtooth National ForestGREYLOCK
1 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBoise National ForestCHATTANUGA
9 August 2019Naturalunder an acreBoise National ForestDALEY
8 August 1999Natural35 acresSawtooth National ForestGREYLOCK
7 August 2011Naturalunder an acreSawtooth National ForestSNOW SLIDE
7 August 2008Naturalunder an acreBoise National ForestATLANTA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Elmore County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 37 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 37 workings within 5 miles of Atlanta: 22 past producers, 6 prospects, 5 occurrences, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Gold, Silver, Silver, Gold. 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
Basin ClaimsSilver, Lead, Gold, Zinc, Tungsten, Molybdenum, Nickel, Mercury, Antimony, Tin, BismuthProspectGalena, Sphalerite
Boise - Rochester MineSilver, Gold, SulfurPast Producer1869
Bosie RochesterGold, Silver, Lead, CopperPast Producer
Golden StingerGold, Silver, Lead, Copper, ZincPast Producer
Little Queens MineGold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, CopperPast Producer1951
Minerva MineGold, Silver, Silica, AntimonyPast ProducerSurface/Underground
Monarch MineGold, Silver, TungstenPast Producer1863, 1865
Tahoma MineGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, ZincPast ProducerMiargyrite, Pyrargyrite
Atlanta DistrictGold, Silver, TungstenProducerGOLD - QUARTZ VEINS
Buffalo MineSilver, GoldPast Producer1864

Every working recorded in Elmore County

Storms near this place

4 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Atlanta in 4 storm reports between 1998 and 2004: 3 flash flood, 1 wildfire. 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
August 2004Flash FloodAtlanta-Middle Fork Rd closed near Phifer Creek from a mud slide due to heavy rain.
August 2003Flash FloodAtlanta-Heavy rain over a recent forest fire burn area caused a flash flood which washed mud and debris into the Boise River and across the roadway near Hot Creek west of Atlanta. Road was closed for several days and needed major repairs.
August 2000WildfireAtlanta-A lightning strike ignited the Trail Creek Fire near the city of Atlanta on the 14th of August. The fire smoldered for 3 days before gusty winds exacerbated fire conditions. The Trail Creek Fire eventually burned 34,759 acres, destroyed several remote buildings, the Tolache Gold Mine, and a part-time residence before being contained on the outskirts of the city on August 31st. Damage estimates were not available but suppression costs reached 1.9 million dollars before the fire was contained.
June 1998Flash FloodAtlanta-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Elmore 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
Alturas City (historical)1.8 miles16
Spanish Town (historical)9.3 miles14
Rocky Bar11.6 miles14
Featherville14.9 miles16
Paradise Hot Springs18.8 miles16
Pine24.0 miles16
Prairie31.3 miles17
Reclamation Village37.4 miles16

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 AtlantaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4815966The 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 396057. 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.