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.
Then and now
1894 to 1993The 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.


Population over time
2 figuresFranklin 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 155 | |
| 2020 | 167 | +12 (+8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 22 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.
- 1894 USGS Lodi quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1909 USGS Florin quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1941 USGS Franklin quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Florin quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1968 USGS Florin quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1993 USGS Lodi quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
26 since 2001Regional 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/undetermined | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Stone Lakes National Wildlife Refuge | I5 ELKGR |
| 6 August 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Stone Lakes National Wildlife Refuge | LODI |
| 27 August 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Stone Lakes National Wildlife Refuge | LODI LEVEE |
| 19 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Stone Lakes National Wildlife Refuge | COURTLAND |
| 12 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Stone Lakes National Wildlife Refuge | HOOD |
| 7 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Stone Lakes National Wildlife Refuge | STONE LAKE |
| 29 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Stone Lakes National Wildlife Refuge | HOOD |
| 26 July 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Stone Lakes National Wildlife Refuge | CANAL THREAT #1 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2026Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Franklin | $1,000 | Trained spotter reported a small downed tree with thunderstorms in Elk Grove. Nearby wind gusts measured 42 mph. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hood Junction | 3.1 miles | 27 | |
| Point Pleasant | 3.3 miles | 27 | |
| Laguna | 3.3 miles | 22 | |
| Laguna West | 3.3 miles | 22 | |
| Hood | 3.4 miles | 27 | |
| Bruceville | 3.6 miles | 27 | |
| Lambert (historical) | 4.8 miles | 27 | |
| Oo-moo-chah (historical) | 4.8 miles | 26 |
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 Franklin | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5491178 | The 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.









