Atlantic City, Wyoming
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Lander census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82520. It lies near Anthony Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Atlantic City quadrangle. 54 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 7,694 feet above sea level.
On record in Atlantic City
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 4 records
Hamilton Citylisted 1980- Atlantic City Mercantilelisted 1985
- Carpenter Hotel Historic Districtlisted 2012
- St. Andrew's Episcopal Churchlisted 2023
Population over time
2 figuresAtlantic City grew from 37 to 54 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 | 37 | |
| 2020 | 54 | +17 (+46%) |
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.
- 1953 USGS Atlantic City quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Lander quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Lander quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Lander quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS South Pass quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
42 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Atlantic City between 1994 and 2020, burning about 28 acres in total. 13 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Shoshone National Forest | BEAVER CREEK |
| 27 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.1 acres | Lander Field Office | MARY ANN |
| 27 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.3 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 25 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Shoshone National Forest | WILLOW |
| 2 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Lander Field Office | ATLANTIC |
| 19 September 2014 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 19 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Lander Field Office | ROCK CREEK |
| 13 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Shoshone National Forest | SLATE CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 32 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 32 workings within 5 miles of Atlantic City: 20 past producers, 6 occurrences, 3 producers, 2 prospects. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Sulfur-Pyrite, Arsenic, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlantic City District | Gold, Tungsten | Past Producer | Gold, Scheelite | |
| Carissa Mine | Gold, Arsenic, Nickel | Past Producer | 1850 | |
| Copper Chief Gold Mine | Gold, Garnet | Occurrence | ||
| Duncan Mine | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| May and Jump Claims | Copper, Gold, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Mechanic &Emerald Lode | Sulfur-Pyrite, Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Miners Delight Mine | Gold, Graphite | Past Producer | Gold | |
| Rock Creek Placers | Gold, Silver, Copper, Platinum, Mica | Producer | Stream Placer | |
| Sixty Seven Mile Pit Blm | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| South Pass Mines | Tungsten | Occurrence | Scheelite |
Storms near this place
5 since 2023Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Atlantic City in 5 storm reports between 2023 and 2026: 5 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Atlantic City | - | A maximum wind gust of 83 mph was reported along Red Canyon along Highway 28. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Atlantic City | - | Wind gusts as high as 75 mph occurred at Red Canyon along Highway 28. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Atlantic City | - | Wind gusts as high as 65 mph occurred at Red Canyon along Wyoming 28 over South Pass. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Atlantic City | - | Wind gusts as high as 80 mph occurred in Red Canyon along Highway 28 in South Pass. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Atlantic City | - | A second round of thunderstorms moved across southern Fremont County and brought a second round a high wind. The highest wind gust occurred at Beaver Rim along South Pass where a maximum wind gust of 89 mph. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miners Delight | 3.7 miles | 12 | |
| South Pass City | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Erramouspe Place | 6.7 miles | 13 | |
| Last Crossing Ford Number 9 | 8.4 miles | 10 | |
| Kotey Place | 17.1 miles | 11 | |
| Lander | 23.2 miles | 12 | |
| Wyopo | 24.9 miles | 12 | |
| Milford | 26.4 miles | 10 |
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 Atlantic City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q756346 | 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 1584989. 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.




