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Frankfort, Alabama

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Russellville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35653. The Survey maps it on the Frankfort quadrangle.

Frankfort within Franklin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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.

Fires near this place

96 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 96 fires within 5 miles of Frankfort between 1997 and 2019, burning about 1,016 acres in total. None started naturally. 49 were 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
Arson/incendiarism49
Debris and open burning27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Smoking3
Equipment and vehicle use1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2000Debris and open burning11 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2010Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190921-7
21 September 2010Debris and open burning25 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 2010Debris and open burning27 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 2000Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Franklin County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 71 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 71 workings within 5 miles of Frankfort: 67 unknowns, 4 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown

Every working recorded in Franklin County

Storms near this place

3 since 2023

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Frankfort in 3 storm reports between 2023 and 2026: 2 hail, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 2023Thunderstorm WindFrankfort$10,000Thunderstorm winds damaged chicken houses, rooves, and knocked trees down.
February 2026HailFrankfort-Half dollar sized hail was estimated from a photo on social media in Frankfort.
February 2026HailFrankfort-Golf ball sized hail was estimated from a photo on social media.

Every storm recorded in Franklin 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Pleasant Grove4.1 miles19
Jonesboro4.2 miles19
Fairview6.0 miles20
Belgreen6.2 miles14
Woodlawn Heights6.6 miles20
Guinn Cross Roads6.8 miles12
Reedtown7.0 miles14
Russellville7.1 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 118592. 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.