THE ATLANTA LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Great Bend Sand Prairie setting.
Atlanta township has 34.5 square miles of land in Rice County. Its Census reference point is in Great Bend Sand Prairie, within Central Great Plains.
These plains are lower and somewhat more irregular than the High Plains to the west. Their grassland setting includes rolling terrain and a transition toward greater rainfall in the east.
Regional context: Central Great Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Atlanta and Rice County
Atlanta is associated with Rice County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Atlanta by land and water
The Census records 0.07 square miles of water within Atlanta, or 0.2% of its total area. That share is close to Rice County’s 0.2%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Atlanta township has 13 times the land area of nearby Lyons city (2.65 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

