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Lake: Atwood Lake (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Tourist attraction: Rawlins County Historical Society (Cultural Attractions- Events- & Facilities; 308 State Street).
Hotels: Lakeside Motel (205 Grant Street), Crest Motel (601 Grant Street).
Court: Rawlins County - Clerk of District Court (607 Main Street).
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Rawlins County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level greater than 4 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Highest Potential
Drinking water stations with addresses in Atwood and their reported violations in the past:
ATWOOD, CITY OF (Population served: 1139, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In SEP-1998, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (OCT-21-1998), St Public Notif requested (OCT-21-1998), St Public Notif received (NOV-12-1998)
- OCCT Study Recommendation - Between JAN-01-1994 and JAN-13-1995, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (JAN-13-1995)
Past monitoring violations:
- CCR Complete Failure to Report - Between JUL-01-2000 and AUG-18-2000, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (AUG-18-2000)
- Initial Tap Sampling for Pb and Cu - Between JUL-01-1993 and MAY-16-1994, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (MAY-16-1994)
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 11.2%
(11.1% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 35.7% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 20.0% for other race residents, 16.7% for two or more races residents)
Average household size:
| This city: |  2.1 people | | Kansas: |  2.5 people |
| This city: | 60.3% | | Whole state: | 67.6% |
| This city: | 1.2% | | Whole state: | 4.1% |
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Atwood, KS
49 people in nursing homes
6 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Atwood compared to Kansas state average:
- Median household income below state average.
- Median house value significantly below state average.
- Unemployed percentage significantly below state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Median age significantly above state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Length of stay since moving in above state average.
- House age above state average.
- Institutionalized population percentage above state average.
- Number of college students significantly below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.
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Banks with branches in Atwood (2011 data):
- Farmers Bank & Trust: at 101 South 4th Street, branch established on 01/01/1914. Info updated 11/03/2006: Bank assets: $6.8 mil, Deposits: $6.1 mil, local headquarters, positive income, Agricultural Specialization, 3 total offices, Holding Company: Rawlins Bancshares, Inc.
- The Bank: Atwood Branch at 121 South 4th Street, branch established on 01/01/1893. Info updated 12/20/2010: Bank assets: $18.5 mil, Deposits: $16.5 mil, headquarters in Oberlin, KS, positive income, Agricultural Specialization, 10 total offices, Holding Company: Decatur Investment, Inc.
- The Farmers State Bank: at 411 Page Street, branch established on 10/01/1919. Info updated 11/03/2006: Bank assets: $0.2 mil, Deposits: $2.0 mil, local headquarters, positive income, Agricultural Specialization, 1 total offices
Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (92%)
- Electricity (5%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
- No fuel used (1%)
2004 Presidential Election results in Rawlins County Kansas:
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Religion statistics for Atwood:
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 58.26%
| Here | | 58.3% |
| USA | | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
| Name | Catholic Church | Lutheran Church | United Methodist Church | Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) | Other |
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| Adherents | 42.4% | 23.1% | 17.3% | 7.9% | 9.3% |
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| Congregations | 25.0% | 12.5% | 12.5% | 12.5% | 37.5% |
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Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Tables represent county-level data.
Food Environment Statistics:Number of grocery stores: 2 | This county: | 7.81 / 10,000 pop. | | Kansas: | 1.96 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 2 | Rawlins County: | 7.81 / 10,000 pop. | | Kansas: | 3.84 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of full-service restaurants: 6 | Rawlins County: | 23.43 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 7.33 / 10,000 pop. |
Adult obesity rate: | This county: | 28.6% | | Kansas: | 27.9% |
| Local government employment and payroll (March 2007) |
| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Financial Administration |
1 | $3,089 | $37,068 | 2 | $341 |
| Other Government Administration |
0 | $0 | | 6 | $323 |
| Judicial and Legal |
0 | $0 | | 1 | $165 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
2 | $5,654 | $33,924 | 2 | $897 |
| Firefighters |
0 | $0 | | 1 | $55 |
| Streets and Highways |
1 | $2,037 | $24,444 | 0 | $0 |
| Sewerage |
1 | $1,943 | $23,316 | 0 | $0 |
| Parks and Recreation |
1 | $2,414 | $28,968 | 0 | $0 |
| Water Supply |
1 | $2,820 | $33,840 | 0 | $0 |
| Other and Unallocable |
0 | $0 | | 4 | $644 |
| Totals for Government |
7 | $17,957 | $30,783 | 16 | $2,425 |
Atwood government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Sewerage: $91,000 ($87.84)
Parks & Recreation: $23,000 ($22.20)
Solid Waste Management: $3,000 ($2.90)
All Other: $3,000 ($2.90)
- Current Operations - Regular Highways: $172,000 ($166.02)
Financial Administration: $114,000 ($110.04)
Police Protection: $110,000 ($106.18)
Water Utilities: $99,000 ($95.56)
Parks & Recreation: $86,000 ($83.01)
General - Other: $55,000 ($53.09)
Libraries: $41,000 ($39.58)
Solid Waste Management: $20,000 ($19.31)
Sewerage: $9,000 ($8.69)
Fire Protection: $7,000 ($6.76)
- General - Interest on Debt: $59,000 ($56.95)
- Local Intergovernmental - General Support: $49,000 ($47.30)
All Other: $41,000 ($39.58)
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $988,000 ($953.67)
- Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $97,000 ($93.63)
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Other, NEC: $839,000 ($809.85)
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $52,000 ($50.19)
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $68,000 ($65.64)
Interest Earnings: $16,000 ($15.44)
Special Assessments: $15,000 ($14.48)
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $724,000 ($698.84)
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $164,000 ($158.30)
- State Intergovernmental - Highways: $39,000 ($37.64)
General Support: $28,000 ($27.03)
All Other: $24,000 ($23.17)
- Tax - Property: $205,000 ($197.88)
Public Utilities: $64,000 ($61.78)
Other Selective Sales: $20,000 ($19.31)
- Total Salaries & Wages: $416,000 ($401.54)
5.70% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($20,828 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 5.70% | | Kansas average: | 7.39% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
6.07% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($29,516 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 6.07% | | Kansas average: | 7.67% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Strongest AM radio stations in Atwood:
- KXXX (790 AM; 5 kW; COLBY, KS; Owner: WAITT RADIO, INC.)
- KRVN (880 AM; 50 kW; LEXINGTON, NE; Owner: NEBRASKA RURAL RADIO ASSOCIATION)
- KBRL (1300 AM; 5 kW; MCCOOK, NE; Owner: MCCOOK RADIO GROUP, LLC)
- KLTT (670 AM; 50 kW; COMMERCE CITY, CO; Owner: KLZ RADIO, INC.)
- KKZN (760 AM; 50 kW; THORNTON, CO; Owner: JACOR BROADCASTING OF COLORADO, INC.)
- KOA (850 AM; 50 kW; DENVER, CO; Owner: JACOR BROADCASTING OF COLORADO, INC.)
- KIMB (1260 AM; 50 kW; KIMBALL, NE; Owner: G & L INVESTMENTS, LLC)
- KSIR (1010 AM; 25 kW; BRUSH, CO; Owner: JMS BROADCASTING, LLC)
- KMXA (1090 AM; 50 kW; AURORA, CO; Owner: ENTRAVISION HOLDINGS, LLC)
- KGYN (1210 AM; 50 kW; GUYMON, OK; Owner: TELNS BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
- KRDZ (1440 AM; 5 kW; WRAY, CO; Owner: MEDIA LOGIC, LLC.)
- KNGN (1360 AM; daytime; 1 kW; MCCOOK, NE; Owner: KANSAS NEBRASKA GOOD NEWS BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- KOIL (1020 AM; 50 kW; PLATTSMOUTH, NE; Owner: WAITT RADIO, INC.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Atwood:
- K237CN (95.3 FM; ATWOOD, KS; Owner: KANZA SOCIETY INC.)
- KRKU (98.5 FM; MCCOOK, NE; Owner: MCCOOK RADIO GROUP, LLC)
- KQLS (100.3 FM; COLBY, KS; Owner: WAITT RADIO, INC.)
- KFNF (101.1 FM; OBERLIN, KS; Owner: WAITT RADIO, INC.)
- KKCI (102.5 FM; GOODLAND, KS; Owner: MELIA COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- KIOD (105.3 FM; MCCOOK, NE; Owner: AUSTIN MCCOOK LLC)
- KSWN (93.9 FM; MCCOOK, NE; Owner: AUSTIN-MCCOOK, L.L.C.)
TV broadcast stations around Atwood:
- K13QO (Channel 13; ATWOOD, KS; Owner: CITY OF ATWOOD KANSAS)
- KSNK (Channel 8; McCOOK, NE; Owner: EMMIS TELEVISION LICENSE CORPORATION OF WICHITA)
- K32BY (Channel 32; OBERLIN, KS; Owner: SMOKY HILLS PUBLIC TELEVISION)
- KBSL-TV (Channel 10; GOODLAND, KS; Owner: MEDIA GENERAL BROADCASTING OF SO. CAROLINA HOLDINGS, INC.)
Atwood fatal accident list:
Jan 10, 2006 01:15 AM, Fourth Street, State, Lat: 39.806064, Lon: -101.042006, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 1, Fatalities: 1
Feb 12, 1998 02:55 AM, State Street, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Pedestrians: 1, Fatalities: 1
Aug 7, 1995 08:17 AM, 25, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 1, Fatalities: 1
Nov 8, 1984 11:40 AM, K25, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 3, Fatalities: 3, Drunken drivers: 1
National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
Number of bridges: 6
Total length: 22 meters (72ft)
Total costs: $1,010,000
Total average daily traffic: 7,825
Total average daily truck traffic: 1,591
FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers: 2 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers in Atwood)
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 29 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Antenna Towers)
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 10 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers in Atwood, KS)
FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 2 - ATWOOD, 2.01 Km South Of Atwood (Lat: 39.780278 Lon: -101.043750), Type: Tower, Structure height: 54.9 m, Call Sign: WQIJ236
Assigned Frequencies: 6735.62 MHz, 6345.49 MHz
Grant Date: 02/25/2008, Expiration Date: 02/25/2018, Certifier: L Earl Watkins Jr
Registrant: Sunflower Electric Power Corporation, 301 West 13th Street, Hays, KS 67601-1020, Phone: (620) 275-0161, Fax: (620) 272-5900, Email:
- STATION, 1.25 Mi S Of (Lat: 39.780278 Lon: -101.043750), Overall height: 54.9 m, Call Sign: WHJ244
Assigned Frequencies: 2189.60 MHz, 2192.80 MHz
Grant Date: 05/17/2008, Expiration Date: 07/29/2018, Certifier: L. Christian Hauck
Registrant: Utc Spectrum Services, 200 N Glebe Rd, Suite 1000, Arlington, VA 22203, Phone: (703) 558-2214, Fax: (703) 558-0523, Email:
FCC Registered Maritime Coast & Aviation Ground Towers: 3 - Atwood Rawlins City County Airport (Lat: 39.838889 Lon: -101.044889), Call Sign: WRLB2677, Licensee ID: L00025205
Assigned Frequencies: 0.36551 MHz
Grant Date: 01/21/1997, Expiration Date: 02/24/2002, Cancellation Date: 05/26/2002
Registrant: City Of Atwood, 215 S 4th Atwood Rawlins Airport, Atwood, KS 67730 - Atwood/Rawlins County Airport (Lat: 39.838250 Lon: -101.044972), Type: Upole, Structure height: 17 m, Call Sign: WQAA614, Licensee ID: L00025205
Assigned Frequencies: 0.36551 MHz
Grant Date: 03/19/2009, Expiration Date: 04/22/2019, Certifier: Jim L Roberts
Registrant: Atwood/Rawlins County Airport City Of Atwood - Atwood - Rawlins County Airport (Lat: 39.837778 Lon: -101.044444), Type: Mast, Structure height: 9.1 m, Call Sign: WQHQ439
Assigned Frequencies: 118.675 MHz
Grant Date: 10/04/2007, Expiration Date: 10/04/2017, Certifier: Mary J Stout
Registrant: Vaisala Inc., 194 South Taylor Ave., Louisville, CO 80027, Phone: (303) 402-4741, Fax: (720) 304-4841, Email:
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 1 - Call Sign: KC0HBR, Licensee ID: L00194622
Grant Date: 03/27/2010, Expiration Date: 03/27/2020, Certifier: James D Engel
Registrant: James D Engel, 24605 Road K, Atwood, KS 67730
FAA Registered Aircraft: 6 - Aircraft: MXT-7-180A (Category: Land, Seats: 5, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds), Engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER (180 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 31228 , Serial Number: 21002C, Year manufactured: 1993, Airworthiness Date: 11/04/1993
Registrant (Co-Owned): Farms Worley, Rr2 Box 141, Atwood, KS 67730, Other Owners: Dennis Worley, Anne Marie Worley - Aircraft: 172H (Category: Land, Seats: 4, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 105 mph), Engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER (145 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 3896R , Serial Number: 17255396, Year manufactured: 1966, Airworthiness Date: 10/21/1966
Registrant (Individual): Louis J Sabatka, Rr 2 Box 126, Atwood, KS 67730 - Aircraft: 172M (Category: Land, Seats: 4, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 108 mph), Engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 HP) (4 Cycle)
N-Number: 4441R , Serial Number: 17263184, Year manufactured: 1974, Airworthiness Date: 04/12/1974
Registrant (Corporation): Atwood Flying Club, 305 Plumb St, Atwood, KS 67730 - Aircraft: VANS RV-9A (Category: Land, Seats: 2, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds), Engine: LYCOMING O-320-E2D (150 HP) (4 Cycle)
N-Number: 51274 , Serial Number: 91089, Year manufactured: 2008, Airworthiness Date: 07/16/2008
Registrant (Co-Owned): Farms Worley, 6663 Road 15, Atwood, KS 67730, Other Owners: Dennis Worley, Anne Marie Worley - Aircraft: 620B (Category: Land, Seats: 2, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds), Engine: P&W R-985 SERIES (450 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 620SA , Serial Number: 1646, Year manufactured: 1997, Airworthiness Date: 02/24/1997
Registrant (Corporation): Sunflower Aero Inc, Rr 2 Box 175, Atwood, KS 67730 - Aircraft: AT-301 (Category: Land, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 71 mph), Engine: P&W R1340 SERIES (600 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 8639S , Serial Number: 301-0169, Year manufactured: 1978, Airworthiness Date: 12/07/1978
Registrant (Individual): Gary L Worthy, 408 N 3rd St, Atwood, KS 67730
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:
See full 2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System statistics for Atwood, KS
| Most common first names in Atwood, KS among deceased individuals |
| Name | Count | Lived (average) |
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| Mary | 32 | 85.1 years |
| John | 24 | 78.1 years |
| Frank | 19 | 79.0 years |
| William | 18 | 77.8 years |
| Joseph | 15 | 84.8 years |
| Anna | 15 | 87.4 years |
| Henry | 14 | 82.9 years |
| Charles | 11 | 79.6 years |
| George | 11 | 80.2 years |
| Robert | 11 | 73.5 years |
| Most common last names in Atwood, KS among deceased individuals |
| Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
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| Brown | 23 | 75.6 years |
| Horinek | 17 | 81.9 years |
| Reeh | 10 | 80.0 years |
| Vrbas | 9 | 79.4 years |
| Most | 9 | 81.5 years |
| Fikan | 9 | 82.7 years |
| Bearley | 9 | 79.7 years |
| Peterson | 8 | 76.2 years |
| Pochop | 8 | 84.3 years |
| Morgan | 8 | 88.0 years |
Businesses in Atwood, KS
- Pizza Hut: 1
- RadioShack: 1
- #68 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males working in industry: Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers"
- #91 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of workers with very short commute times (9 minutes or less)"
- #95 (67730) on the list of "Top 101 zip codes with the largest percentage of Czech first ancestries (pop 1,000+)"
- #55 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest number of births per 1000 residents 2000-2003"
- #100 on the list of "Top 101 counties with highest percentage of residents voting for Bush (Republican) in the 2004 Presidential Election"
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