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.
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
Atlanta Ranger Station Historic Districtlisted 2003- Atlanta Dam and Power Plantlisted 1977
- Atlanta Historic Districtlisted 1978
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 16 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.
- 1894 USGS Rocky Bar quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Hailey quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Hailey quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Hailey quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Atlanta West quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1982 USGS Idaho City quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
35 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 31 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Boise National Forest | POWER PLANT |
| 2 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Boise National Forest | GROUSE CR. |
| 18 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Sawtooth National Forest | GREYLOCK |
| 1 September 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Boise National Forest | CHATTANUGA |
| 9 August 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Boise National Forest | DALEY |
| 8 August 1999 | Natural | 35 acres | Sawtooth National Forest | GREYLOCK |
| 7 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Sawtooth National Forest | SNOW SLIDE |
| 7 August 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Boise National Forest | ATLANTA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 37 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basin Claims | Silver, Lead, Gold, Zinc, Tungsten, Molybdenum, Nickel, Mercury, Antimony, Tin, Bismuth | Prospect | Galena, Sphalerite | |
| Boise - Rochester Mine | Silver, Gold, Sulfur | Past Producer | 1869 | |
| Bosie Rochester | Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Golden Stinger | Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Little Queens Mine | Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper | Past Producer | 1951 | |
| Minerva Mine | Gold, Silver, Silica, Antimony | Past Producer | Surface/Underground | |
| Monarch Mine | Gold, Silver, Tungsten | Past Producer | 1863, 1865 | |
| Tahoma Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | Miargyrite, Pyrargyrite | |
| Atlanta District | Gold, Silver, Tungsten | Producer | GOLD - QUARTZ VEINS | |
| Buffalo Mine | Silver, Gold | Past Producer | 1864 |
Storms near this place
4 since 1998Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2004 | Flash Flood | Atlanta | - | Middle Fork Rd closed near Phifer Creek from a mud slide due to heavy rain. |
| August 2003 | Flash Flood | Atlanta | - | 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 2000 | Wildfire | Atlanta | - | 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 1998 | Flash Flood | Atlanta | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alturas City (historical) | 1.8 miles | 16 | |
| Spanish Town (historical) | 9.3 miles | 14 | |
| Rocky Bar | 11.6 miles | 14 | |
| Featherville | 14.9 miles | 16 | |
| Paradise Hot Springs | 18.8 miles | 16 | |
| Pine | 24.0 miles | 16 | |
| Prairie | 31.3 miles | 17 | |
| Reclamation Village | 37.4 miles | 16 |
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 Atlanta | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4815966 | 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 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.





