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Atlanta, Missouri

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Lyda Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63530. The Survey maps it on the Atlanta quadrangle. 379 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 902 feet above sea level.

Atlanta within Macon County

Population over time

2 figures

Atlanta fell from 385 to 379 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.

YearPeople Change
2010385
2020379-6 (-2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 10 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

15 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Atlanta between 2002 and 2020, burning about 59 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Debris and open burning5
Arson/incendiarism1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
10 July 2018Debris and open burning1.8 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177808-06104-07102018-1806
10 April 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 March 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 March 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
3 March 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
21 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation176181-06134-03212018-1429
21 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation176190-06134-03212018-1429
21 March 2018Debris and open burning1.7 acresMissouri Department of Conservation176185-06134-03212018-1347

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Macon County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Atlanta: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Macon County

Storms near this place

22 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Atlanta in 22 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 9 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 2 tornado, 2 flash flood. 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
April 1999Tornado (F2)Atlanta$500,000After dissipating just west of Atlanta, a new tornado touched down 1 mile southeast of Atlanta and moved northeast into Knox County. In Macon County, 5 single family residences and 3 mobile homes were destroyed from 2 miles east of Atlanta to 10 miles northeast of Atlanta. Four single family homes were damaged within this area. Several outbuildings were also damaged or destroyed. Some damage south of the tornado track was likely due to the very intense rear flank downdraft, which storm spotters observed to accompany the storm.
June 1998Tornado (F1)Atlanta$10,000An F1 tornado briefly touched down in Atlanta. Power lines and trees were downed on the southwest side of Atlanta and there was minor roof damage to two buildings. A hatchback car was overturned as the approaching strong wind caught the opened hatch thereby overturning the vehicle.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindAtlanta$3,000Severe thunderstorm wind gusts, caused a three foot diameter tree to be snapped. Power poles were also snapped due to the strong winds.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindAtlanta$1,000Power lines down.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindAtlanta-Several large trees were blown down northwest of Atlanta.
November 2015Thunderstorm WindAtlanta-A Mesonet station recorded a 58 mph wind gust.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindAtlanta-A trained spotter near Macon reported a 65 mph wind gust.
April 2014Thunderstorm WindAtlanta-Measured wind gust of 62 mph. No damage occurred.
July 2010Flash FloodAtlanta-Main Street had up to six inches of water.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindAtlanta-Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 60 mph.
June 2008FloodAtlanta-Highway J was closed near Iowa Street, due to flooded roads.
June 2008Heavy RainAtlanta-Heavy rains of 5.90 inches was measured at the DCP gauge.
July 2008Heavy RainAtlanta-Total rainfall was measured at 7.10 inches.
August 2004Flash FloodAtlanta-Route J closed due to water over the roadway.
May 2019HailAtlanta-no account filed
July 2010HailAtlanta-no account filed
June 2010HailAtlanta-no account filed
May 2009HailAtlanta-no account filed
July 2008Thunderstorm WindAtlanta-no account filed
July 2008HailAtlanta-no account filed
June 2006HailAtlanta-no account filed
June 2003Thunderstorm WindAtlanta-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Macon 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
Economy3.3 miles10
Love Lake3.9 miles10
Plainview4.2 miles12
Lyda (historical)4.6 miles10
Axtell5.1 miles10
Barnesville5.8 miles12
Seney6.4 miles12
Kellogg7.4 miles10

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 Q961932The 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 713468. 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.