BlockFrom the record
One of 23 National Register listings published here for Elmore County · listed in 1977 · category: Structure.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Atlanta Dam and Power Plant
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 structuress as contributing to the listing.
- Address. W of Atlanta on Boise River, Atlanta, 83716
- When was it listed? October 1977
- Category. structure
- Census division. Atlanta
- National Register reference number. 77000459 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Fires near this property
39 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Atlanta Dam and Power Plant between 1992 and 2020, burning about 80 acres in total. 36 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 | 36 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
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 |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 40 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 40 workings within 5 miles of Atlanta Dam and Power Plant: 22 past producers, 9 prospects, 6 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boise - Rochester Mine | Silver, Gold, Sulfur | Past Producer | 1869 | |
| Bosie Rochester | Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Browns Creek Prospect | Gold, Silver, Zinc, Lead | Prospect | 1948 | |
| 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 | |
| Money Prospect | Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc | Prospect | Vein | |
| Tahoma Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | Miargyrite, Pyrargyrite | |
| Atlanta District | Gold, Silver, Tungsten | Producer | GOLD - QUARTZ VEINS |
Storms near this property
4 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Atlanta, the town this property stands in, 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 |
Map coverage status
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Listed places nearby
2 within 8 milesOther National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Historic District | 1.7 miles | 1978 | |
 | Atlanta Ranger Station Historic District | 1.7 miles | 2003 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 77000459 in Record Group 79. |
| Elmore County | All 23 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- 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.