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Atlas, Michigan

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Atlas Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48411. The Survey maps it on the Goodrich quadrangle.

Atlas within Genesee County

On record in Atlas

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

9 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Atlas between 2018 and 2020, burning about 12 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
Equipment and vehicle use6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Natural1

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
31 August 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesLAPEER CITY FIRE/RESCUE 0119246 - 2019
8 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesATLAS TOWNSHIP FD 0000053 - 2018
7 May 2020Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesGRAND BLANC FD 186 - 2020
5 May 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesGRAND BLANC FD 0007457 - 2019
3 May 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesATLAS TOWNSHIP FD 0000068 - 2020
2 May 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesDAVISON-RICHFIELD AREA FD 230 - 2020
22 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesATLAS TOWNSHIP FD 0000042 - 2018
22 April 2018Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesDAVISON-RICHFIELD AREA FD 18148 - 2018

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Genesee County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Atlas: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Kurtz Gravel Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Genesee County

Storms near this place

10 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Atlas in 10 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 5 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 1999Thunderstorm WindAtlas$30,000no account filed
May 2004LightningAtlas$3,000Lightning struck near the Goodrich Middle School. The lightning strike hit close enough to knock out some low voltage equipment. That includes items such as keyless entry, the PA system, and the fire panel and alarm.
May 2025Tornado (EF0)Atlas-A brief tornado touched down near Atlas. The tornado developed near Maple Ave and Atlas Road, causing damage to both soft and hardwood trees. The tornado continued northeast tracking just north of Goodrich and crossing M-15 before dissipating. Estimated peak winds 75 mph.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindAtlas-A large tree and several large tree limbs were reported down. A shed was also damaged, as the roof was blown off.
September 2014Thunderstorm WindAtlas-One and half foot diameter tree reported down.
March 2006HailAtlas-Spotters reported hail 2 inches deep.
July 2012HailAtlas-no account filed
July 2012HailAtlas-no account filed
July 2012HailAtlas-no account filed
May 2006HailAtlas-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Genesee 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
Goodrich2.1 miles13
Grand Blanc5.1 miles14
Lapeer Heights5.8 miles16
Burton6.1 miles13
Whigville6.2 miles14
Davison6.7 miles16
Belsay6.9 miles16
Flint9.6 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 620307. 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.