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Franklin, Arkansas

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Franklin Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72536. It lies near Burns Hill. The Survey maps it on the Franklin quadrangle. 191 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 627 feet above sea level.

Franklin within Izard County

Population over time

3 figures

Franklin grew from 184 to 191 between 2000 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.

YearPeople Change
2000184
2010198+14 (+8%)
2020191-7 (-4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 10 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

89 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of Franklin between 1997 and 2020, burning about 2,084 acres in total. None started naturally. 31 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/incendiarism31
Debris and open burning28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
6 September 1998Arson/incendiarism23 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2010Debris and open burning10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 2010Debris and open burning14 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 August 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Izard County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Franklin: 1 past producer, 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese, Stone. 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
Black Rock Sand & Gravel CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Glen C.Brewster PropertyManganeseOccurrence
UnkStoneUnknown

Every working recorded in Izard County

Storms near this place

21 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Franklin in 21 storm reports between 1998 and 2022: 10 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 2 flash flood. 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
May 2022Thunderstorm WindFranklin$100,000Fallen trees caused damage to a home and a vehicle in Franklin.
April 2009Thunderstorm WindFranklin$10,000Trees were down across County Road 69. A house lost its shingles.
July 2011Flash FloodFranklin$5,000Flash flooding occurred on Arkansas 56 east of Franklin toward Myron.
November 2015Flash FloodFranklin-Several roads were flooded throughout the county.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindFranklin-A storm chaser estimated wind gusts at 60 mph.
September 2006Tornado (F1)Franklin-A weak tornado was spawned in eastern Izard County. The tornado tracked from 4.5 miles southeast of Franklin to 3.5 miles south-southeast of Myron. The tornado snapped or uprooted dozens of trees before continuing into Sharp County.
September 2006Tornado (F1)Franklin-A weak tornado was spawned in eastern Izard County. The tornado tracked from 1.4 miles southeast of Franklin to 1 mile south-southeast of Myron. The tornado snapped or uprooted dozens of trees.
November 2005Tornado (F1)Franklin-A weak tornado touched down in Izard County, roughly 2.3 miles east-northeast of Franklin. Winds were estimated at 100 mph. Two mobile homes were overturned, as well as a travel trailer. Several homes sustained roof damage. A pontoon boat was overturned and another was destroyed at Horseshoe Bend. Numerous trees were blown down or snapped off. Some power lines and power poles were also knocked down. The tornado moved northeast into Sharp County.
May 2009HailFranklin-no account filed
June 2008HailFranklin-no account filed
April 2007HailFranklin-no account filed
April 2006HailFranklin-no account filed
March 2006HailFranklin-no account filed
May 2006HailFranklin-no account filed
September 2006HailFranklin-no account filed
July 2003HailFranklin-no account filed
April 2003HailFranklin-no account filed
July 2000Thunderstorm WindFranklin-no account filed
July 2000Thunderstorm WindFranklin-no account filed
October 2000HailFranklin-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindFranklin-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Izard 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
Violet Hill3.7 miles10
Myron3.8 miles9
Horseshoe Bend4.1 miles10
Love (historical)4.6 miles9
Wiseman4.9 miles10
Day5.4 miles9
New Liberty5.5 miles10
Jett (historical)6.0 miles10

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 FranklinAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1932689The 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 57771. 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.