Atlanta, Kansas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Omnia Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67008. The Survey maps it on the Atlanta quadrangle. 168 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,434 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresAtlanta fell from 195 to 168 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 | 195 | |
| 2020 | 168 | -27 (-14%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 13 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.
- 1889 USGS Burden quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1955 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Sedan quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
22 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Atlanta between 2015 and 2020, burning about 297 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
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 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 48 |
| 9 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 59 |
| 11 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 41 |
| 29 July 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Cowley County | 60 |
| 28 July 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Cowley County | 59 |
| 25 July 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Cowley County | 54 |
| 18 July 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Cowley County | 53 |
| 14 July 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 36 |
Storms near this place
60 of 79 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Atlanta in 79 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 46 hail, 22 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 3 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Atlanta | $15,000 | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Atlanta | $10,000 | Some power lines were downed. |
| April 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Atlanta | $10,000 | Power lines downed, severing power to Atlanta. |
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Atlanta | $5,000 | One power pole was knocked down. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Atlanta | $1,000 | Power pole snapped 2 miles north of Atlanta. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Atlanta | $1,000 | Windows blown out of vehicle. |
| April 1994 | Hail | Atlanta | $500 | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Flood | Atlanta | $100 | Two hundred and eleventh road was impassible from high water. |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Atlanta | - | Tree limbs with a diameter of 3 inches were across the roadway. Time was estimated based on radar. |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Atlanta | - | A trained spotter reported the gust. |
| June 2022 | Heavy Rain | Atlanta | - | A Cocorahs observer in 9 miles northeast of Winfield reported 1.28 inches of rainfall in 24 hours. |
| June 2022 | Heavy Rain | Atlanta | - | A mesonet station in Atlanta reported 1.55 inches of rainfall in 24 hours. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Atlanta | - | Dime to quarter sized hail reported near Atlanta. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Atlanta | - | There were no reports of damage. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Atlanta | - | Delayed report from social media. One half inch hail fell for about 3 or 4 minutes before changing to one inch hail or slightly larger for a brief time. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Atlanta | - | Fifty mile an hour winds were also reported. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Atlanta | - | Reported by the Emergency Manager. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Atlanta | - | Fifty five mph winds were also reported. |
| April 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Atlanta | - | Trained spotters reported the estimated wind gust. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Atlanta | - | Occurred with 1 inch hail. No damage reported. |
| September 2012 | Hail | Atlanta | - | Estimated 65 MPH winds were also reported. |
| September 2012 | Hail | Atlanta | - | Hail slightly larger than quarter sized was reported 3 miles west of Atlanta. |
| September 2012 | Hail | Atlanta | - | Hail slightly larger than quarters was now reported a couple miles north of Atlanta. |
| July 2012 | Hail | Atlanta | - | No details provided. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Atlanta | - | Measured wind gust reported by the Fire Chief. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Atlanta | - | A power pole was blown down. |
| September 2009 | Heavy Rain | Atlanta | - | Cooperative observer reported 3.75 inches of rainfall. |
| June 2005 | Flash Flood | Atlanta | - | Rock Creek overflowed. |
| March 2004 | Flash Flood | Atlanta | - | One mile segment of 32nd Road underwater from 2.5 to 3.5 miles east of Altanta. |
| June 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Atlanta | - | Tornado touched down in open country. |
| June 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Atlanta | - | Tornado touched down in open country. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Atlanta | - | Trees with 4-5 inch diameter trunks uprooted. In addition, one storm spotter had windows blown out of his truck, with the vehicle subsequently spun around. |
| June 2002 | Flash Flood | Atlanta | - | 32nd Street barricaded. |
| June 2002 | Tornado (F0) | Atlanta | - | Remained in the country. |
| May 2002 | Flash Flood | Atlanta | - | Around 6 inches of rain caused flash flooding. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Atlanta | - | no account filed |
| April 2020 | Hail | Atlanta | - | no account filed |
| March 2017 | Hail | Atlanta | - | no account filed |
| August 2017 | Hail | Atlanta | - | no account filed |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Atlanta | - | no account filed |
| October 2016 | Hail | Atlanta | - | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Atlanta | - | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Atlanta | - | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Atlanta | - | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Atlanta | - | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Atlanta | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Atlanta | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Atlanta | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Atlanta | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Atlanta | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Atlanta | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Atlanta | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Atlanta | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Atlanta | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Atlanta | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Atlanta | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Atlanta | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Atlanta | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Atlanta | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilmot | 7.2 miles | 14 | |
| Glen Crouse | 7.8 miles | 13 | |
| Burden | 8.5 miles | 15 | |
| Cambridge | 9.9 miles | 13 | |
| Glen Grouse (historical) | 9.9 miles | 13 | |
| Floral | 10.1 miles | 14 | |
| New Salem | 11.1 miles | 14 | |
| Grand Summit | 12.5 miles | 14 |
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 Q1863158 | 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 470029. 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.
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.




