BlockFranklin, Arizona
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Duncan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85534. It stands on Burro Wash. The Survey maps it on the Duncan quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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.
- 1954 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Duncan quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Duncan quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Safford quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Franklin between 2007 and 2014, burning about 68 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 June 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.2 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | not named |
| 17 May 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | OLSEN |
| 19 March 2011 | Debris and open burning | 60 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | OWENS |
| 12 January 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.4 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | WOODS CANYON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Franklin: 4 prospects, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese, Tungsten, Calcium, Silica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Beauty | Tungsten | Past Producer | ||
| Carslile | Calcium, Silica, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Luckie Mine | Manganese | Prospect | 1963 | |
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect |
Storms near this place
4 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Franklin in 4 storm reports between 2014 and 2017: 2 flash flood, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Franklin | $5,000 | Thunderstorms winds downed two power poles just south of Duncan. Power was lost in Duncan for several hours as a result. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Franklin | $1,000 | Duncan Valley Electric reported a power pole down in Franklin. |
| September 2014 | Flash Flood | Franklin | - | Heavy rain caused flash flooding along Highway 70 near mile marker 377. Flash flooding also occurred at mile marker 380 where Rainville Wash overtopped the roadway. |
| July 2014 | Flash Flood | Franklin | - | Railroad Wash over-topped its banks onto highway 70 resulting in the road being closed. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duncan | 3.3 miles | 14 | |
| Fox | 5.5 miles | 13 | |
| Sheldon | 10.7 miles | 12 | |
| Apache Grove | 14.5 miles | 12 | |
| York | 16.3 miles | 12 | |
| Three Way | 20.3 miles | 12 | |
| Guthrie | 20.7 miles | 12 | |
| Aragon Place | 25.1 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 4826. 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.