Atlanta, Washington

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Bow census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98232. It lies near Samish Island. The Survey maps it on the Anacortes North quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Atlanta within Skagit County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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.

1943 USGS Anacortes quadrangle1:62500
1951 USGS Anacortes quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1957 USGS Victoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1973 USGS Anacortes North quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1975 USGS Bellingham quadrangle1:100000
1998 USGS Anacortes North quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

11 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Atlanta (historical) between 1993 and 2018, burning about 11 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
Recreation and ceremony	6
Debris and open burning	1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Misuse of fire by a minor	1
Fireworks	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
8 July 1993	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
4 July 2001	Fireworks	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
30 July 1996	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
26 July 2016	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	DOGFISH POINT
22 July 2014	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	HAT ISLAND 2
20 July 2018	Equipment and vehicle use	5.0 acres	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	BAY ROAD
19 July 2013	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	DRIFTWOOD
30 June 2013	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.1 acres	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	TOP HAT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Skagit County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Atlanta (historical): 3 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Magnesite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Olivine Corp.	Magnesite	Unknown
Dot Island	Stone	Occurrence
Hat Island	Stone	Occurrence
Mayer City Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Saddlebag Island	Stone	Occurrence
Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Wilder Const. Co., Inc.	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Skagit 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Samish Island (historical)	0.4 miles	12
Edison	4.8 miles	14
Leary	5.0 miles	14
North Beach	5.2 miles	11
Cap Sante	5.3 miles	12
Guemes	5.8 miles	12
Edison Station	5.9 miles	14
Anacortes	6.0 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1530562. 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.