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Franklin, California

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Sacramento census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95757. The Survey maps it on the Florin quadrangle. 167 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 13 feet above sea level.

Franklin within Sacramento County

Then and now

1894 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 99 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Franklin, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Franklin, surveyed 1894

Population over time

2 figures

Franklin grew from 155 to 167 between 2010 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
2010155
2020167+12 (+8%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 22 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

26 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Franklin between 2001 and 2020, burning about 577 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Equipment and vehicle use5
Recreation and ceremony1
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
17 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreStone Lakes National Wildlife RefugeI5 ELKGR
6 August 2002Equipment and vehicle use15 acresStone Lakes National Wildlife RefugeLODI
27 August 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreStone Lakes National Wildlife RefugeLODI LEVEE
19 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresStone Lakes National Wildlife RefugeCOURTLAND
12 August 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreStone Lakes National Wildlife RefugeHOOD
7 July 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreStone Lakes National Wildlife RefugeSTONE LAKE
29 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreStone Lakes National Wildlife RefugeHOOD
26 July 2009Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresStone Lakes National Wildlife RefugeCANAL THREAT #1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sacramento County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Franklin: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Sacramento County

Storms near this place

1 since 2026

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Franklin in 1 storm report in 2026: 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
April 2026Thunderstorm WindFranklin$1,000Trained spotter reported a small downed tree with thunderstorms in Elk Grove. Nearby wind gusts measured 42 mph.

Every storm recorded in Sacramento 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
Hood Junction3.1 miles27
Point Pleasant3.3 miles27
Laguna3.3 miles22
Laguna West3.3 miles22
Hood3.4 miles27
Bruceville3.6 miles27
Lambert (historical)4.8 miles27
Oo-moo-chah (historical)4.8 miles26

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 Q5491178The 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 223810. 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.