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Franklinton, Kentucky

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Pleasureville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40057. It stands on Rush Creek. The Survey maps it on the Franklinton quadrangle.

Franklinton within Henry County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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

4 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Franklinton between 1997 and 2005, burning about 15 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
Debris and open burning2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
11 April 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
7 March 2002Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
29 March 1999Debris and open burning5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
25 November 1997Debris and open burning8.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Henry 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 Franklinton: 2 past producers, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc, Lead, Zinc. 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
Twin Valley Mine & MillBarium-Barite, Lead, ZincPlant
K.T.Dome MineZinc, LeadPast Producer
Lockport MineBarium-Barite, Lead, ZincPast ProducerBarite, Galena, Sphalerite

Every working recorded in Henry County

Storms near this place

2 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Franklinton in 2 storm reports in 1998: 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 1998Thunderstorm WindFranklinton$20,000no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindFranklinton$20,000no account filed

Every storm recorded in Henry 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
Delville2.8 miles9
Slabtown3.0 miles9
Bethlehem3.7 miles9
Drennon Springs3.8 miles8
Point Pleasant4.0 miles9
Sixmile (historical)4.8 miles9
Lockport4.8 miles12
Saltwater (historical)5.0 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 492460. 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.