BlockFranklin Cross Roads, Kentucky
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Cecilia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42724. The Survey maps it on the Howe Valley quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1932 USGS Big Clifty quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1949 USGS Big Clifty quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Howe Valley quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Howe Valley quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Tell City quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Howe Valley quadrangle1:24000
- 1991 USGS Tell City quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
14 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Franklin Cross Roads between 1999 and 2011, burning about 285 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 | 6 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1999 | Smoking | 201 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 April 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 April 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 March 2010 | Smoking | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 March 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 March 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | JAMES DUVALL FIRE |
| 1 March 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 45 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 27 February 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Franklin Cross Roads: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Railroad Overpass Sandstone Outcrop | Silica | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hansbrough | 2.7 miles | 17 | |
| Cecilia | 3.1 miles | 17 | |
| Stephensburg | 3.1 miles | 18 | |
| Saint John | 3.2 miles | 17 | |
| Old Stephensburg | 3.8 miles | 18 | |
| Kraft | 4.0 miles | 17 | |
| Howe Valley | 4.1 miles | 17 | |
| Perryville | 4.5 miles | 17 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122547489 | 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 492453. 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.