Aten, Nebraska
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Precinct 2. It lies in ZIP code area 68730. The Survey maps it on the Gavins Point Dam quadrangle. 134 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,204 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresAten grew from 112 to 134 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 | 112 | |
| 2020 | 134 | +22 (+20%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1955 USGS Sioux City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Sioux City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Sioux City quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Gavins Point Dam quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Yankton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
30 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Aten between 1999 and 2017, burning about 94 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/undetermined | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | WINTER FIRE |
| 4 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | TURMAN FIRE |
| 3 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | BINDER RIDGE |
| 22 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | BELFAST STREET FIRE |
| 2 July 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | DRIVEWAY FIRE |
| 2 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | WEST 23 STREET |
| 17 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | TRAIL FIRE |
| 13 July 2007 | Fireworks | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Aten: 4 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Western Portland Cement Co Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Crosley Sand & Gravel Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Yankton Sand and Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Aten in 7 storm reports between 2010 and 2015: 4 flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2011 | Flood | Aten | $20,000 | Flooding along the Missouri River gradually worsened over the area during June and continued through July as record releases from Gavins Point Dam brought lowland flooding along the River. In Cedar county the flooding generally began during the first week of the June as flows out of Gavins Point Dam reached and exceeded 100,000 cfs. The flooding grew worse as the discharge reached 160,000 cfs by the end of June and these high releases continued through July before moderating a bit. A few seasonal or permanent homes were threatened by the flood waters, but in general the flooding was confined to low areas and farmland along the river. The flooding continued into August. |
| June 2011 | Flood | Aten | $15,000 | Flooding along the Missouri River gradually worsened over the area during June as record releases from Gavins Point Dam brought areas of lowland flooding along the river. In Cedar county the flooding generally began during the first week of the month as flows out of Gavins Point Dam reached and exceeded 100,000 cfs on the way to 160,00 cfs. A few seasonal or permanent homes were threatened by the flood waters, but in general the flooding was confined to low areas and farmland along the river. The flooding continued into July. |
| August 2011 | Flood | Aten | $5,000 | Flooding along the Missouri River gradually worsened over the area during June and July and continued into August before improving by the end of that month as record releases from Gavins Point Dam brought lowland flooding along the River. In Cedar county the flooding generally began during the first week of the June as flows out of Gavins Point Dam reached and exceeded 100,000 cfs. The flooding grew worse as the discharge reached 160,000 cfs by the end of June and these high releases continued into early August before moderating, especially by the end of the month. A few seasonal or permanent homes were threatened by the flood waters, but in general the flooding was confined to low areas and farmland along the river. The flooding continued into September. |
| September 2011 | Flood | Aten | $1,000 | Flooding along the Missouri River, which had gradually worsened over the area during June and July, started improving in August and basically ended by mid September. The flooding was caused by record releases out of Gavins Point Dam which reached around 160,000 cfs by the end of June. These releases were cut way back in late August and even more by mid September due to decreased inflows into the river system. A few seasonal or permanent homes were threatened by the flood waters, but in general the flooding was confined to low areas and farmland along the river. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Aten | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at over 60 mph downed some very large trees in the Tailwaters campground. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Aten | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at around 70 mph downed numerous trees and broke large limbs in the Nebraska Tailwaters campground just southeast of Gavins Point Dam. |
| September 2015 | Hail | Aten | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Yankton | 2.3 miles | 10 | |
| Menominee | 5.1 miles | 10 | |
| Constance | 9.2 miles | 9 | |
| Saint Helena | 10.4 miles | 10 | |
| Fordyce | 10.6 miles | 9 | |
| Bow Valley | 13.3 miles | 9 | |
| Bow Valley Mills | 15.5 miles | 10 | |
| Pleasant Valley | 15.7 miles | 9 |
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 Aten | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5710533 | 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 827100. 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.




