Franklin, Michigan
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Southfield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48025. The Survey maps it on the Pontiac South quadrangle. 3,139 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 833 feet above sea level.
On record in Franklin
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 2 records
- Franklin Historic Districtlisted 1969
- Franklin Historic District (Boundary Increase)listed 2005
Population over time
2 figuresFranklin fell from 3,150 to 3,139 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 | 3,150 | |
| 2020 | 3,139 | -11 (-0%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 21 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.
- 1907 USGS Pontiac quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1936 USGS Pontiac South quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Pontiac South quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Pontiac South quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Pontiac South quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Pontiac quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Pontiac South quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
22 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Franklin between 2018 and 2019, burning about 22 acres in total. 2 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 | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 2019 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SOUTHFIELD FD 0010098 - 2019 |
| 9 August 2019 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | FARMINGTON HILLS FD 0006209 - 2019 |
| 31 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SOUTHFIELD FD 0009725 - 2018 |
| 13 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SOUTHFIELD FD 0008978 - 2018 |
| 11 August 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | FRANKLIN-BINGHAM FD 0000327 - 2019 |
| 7 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SOUTHFIELD FD 0007575 - 2018 |
| 6 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SOUTHFIELD FD 0007502 - 2018 |
| 27 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SOUTHFIELD FD 0008511 - 2019 |
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: Fire Clay (Refractory). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bigelow Clay Prod Co Clay Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Daniels Clay Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Franklin in 6 storm reports between 2011 and 2021: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flood, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Franklin | - | A 5 inch diameter tree limb was observed down. |
| August 2019 | Flood | Franklin | - | Flood waters took several hours to recede. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Franklin | - | Several trees reported down. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Franklin | - | Numerous 4 to 8 inch diameter tree branches reported down. |
| August 2019 | Flash Flood | Franklin | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | Franklin | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wood Creek Farms | 1.6 miles | 21 | |
| Bingham Farms | 1.8 miles | 21 | |
| Briarwood Senior Housing | 3.4 miles | 20 | |
| North Farmington | 3.9 miles | 22 | |
| Bloomfield | 4.0 miles | 17 | |
| Beverly Hills | 4.4 miles | 17 | |
| Quakertown | 4.5 miles | 20 | |
| Farmington Hills | 4.6 miles | 20 |
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 Q2192222 | 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 626409. 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.









