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Franklin, Nebraska

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Franklin City. It lies in ZIP code area 68939. It stands on Coon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Franklin quadrangle. 941 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,864 feet above sea level.

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Franklin within Franklin County

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 4 records

Population over time

2 figures

Franklin fell from 1,000 to 941 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
20101,000
2020941-59 (-6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

45 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Franklin between 2004 and 2019, burning about 802 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 burning26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Equipment and vehicle use5
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
6 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
4 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
30 September 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
28 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
7 August 2014Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
5 August 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
21 August 2007Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
1 August 2004Equipment and vehicle use100 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Franklin County

Storms near this place

60 of 67 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Franklin in 67 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 45 hail, 17 thunderstorm wind, 4 heavy rain, 1 funnel cloud. 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 2023HailFranklin$4,000,000Hail up to the size of tennis balls was reported across Franklin. There were numerous reports of shredded trees, broken siding and windows and damage to vehicles.
May 2002HailFranklin$700,000no account filed
May 2011Thunderstorm WindFranklin$150,000Damage reports included tree limbs knocked down, a couple power poles knocked over resulting in power outages, roof and carport damage in town, and a storage unit damage approximately 2 miles south of town.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindFranklin$100,000Multiple trees blown down in Franklin. Multiple power lines blown down across Franklin County and several transformers knocked out.
September 2007Thunderstorm WindFranklin$100,000Nickel size hail fell with the wind.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindFranklin$75,000Wind gusts estimated at 65 MPH resulted in a roof being partially peeled back on a shed north of town and tree damage in Franklin. One tree in Franklin fell and landed on a building.
May 2012HailFranklin$75,000no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindFranklin$75,000no account filed
September 2007HailFranklin$50,000Winds estimated at 60 mph came along with the hail.
August 1999Thunderstorm WindFranklin$50,000no account filed
May 1999Thunderstorm WindFranklin$50,000no account filed
June 1997Thunderstorm WindFranklin$50,000no account filed
May 2002HailFranklin$45,000no account filed
March 2006HailFranklin$30,000no account filed
June 2018HailFranklin$25,000no account filed
June 2018HailFranklin$25,000no account filed
April 2014HailFranklin$25,000no account filed
September 2012HailFranklin$25,000no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindFranklin$25,000no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindFranklin$20,000no account filed
August 2014Heavy RainFranklin$15,000An unofficial 24-hour rainfall amount was reported as 6.00 inches.
May 2007HailFranklin$10,000no account filed
August 2007Thunderstorm WindFranklin$10,000no account filed
July 2006Thunderstorm WindFranklin$10,000no account filed
June 2004HailFranklin$10,000no account filed
June 2007HailFranklin$5,000no account filed
March 2000Thunderstorm WindFranklin$5,000no account filed
June 1998HailFranklin$5,000no account filed
July 1996HailFranklin$5,000no account filed
April 2023HailFranklin-Hail ranging in size from dimes to half dollars was reported along and near this path.
August 2021Heavy RainFranklin-A CoCoRaHS observer measured 3.90 of rain between 6 p.m. and midnight CDT.
October 2017Heavy RainFranklin-A 24-hour rainfall total of 3.16 inches was reported 2 miles east-northeast of Franklin.
July 2011Heavy RainFranklin-A storm total rainfall over the past 24 hours of 3.43 inches was reported.
May 2010HailFranklin-Hail reported covering Highway 10.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindFranklin-Numerous tree limbs were knocked down, including some that were 4 to 6 inches in diameter. Other reports included a storage building being destroyed and damage done to a home's patio roof.
June 1995HailFranklin-Hail, driven by winds of 45 mph, caused crop damage.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindFranklin-Thunderstorm winds caused tree and minor structural damage at the county fairgrounds.
June 2024HailFranklin-no account filed
October 2023HailFranklin-no account filed
August 2021HailFranklin-no account filed
June 2020HailFranklin-no account filed
March 2019HailFranklin-no account filed
April 2019HailFranklin-no account filed
May 2017Thunderstorm WindFranklin-no account filed
December 2016HailFranklin-no account filed
July 2016HailFranklin-no account filed
August 2014HailFranklin-no account filed
October 2014HailFranklin-no account filed
April 2014HailFranklin-no account filed
April 2014HailFranklin-no account filed
May 2013HailFranklin-no account filed
August 2011HailFranklin-no account filed
July 2011HailFranklin-no account filed
July 2011HailFranklin-no account filed
May 2010HailFranklin-no account filed
October 2007HailFranklin-no account filed
June 2005HailFranklin-no account filed
May 2004Funnel CloudFranklin-no account filed
July 2004Thunderstorm WindFranklin-no account filed
April 2003HailFranklin-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Franklin 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
Bloomington4.5 miles13
Macon7.5 miles12
Naponee10.1 miles13
Riverton10.3 miles12
Upland15.6 miles12
Hildreth17.3 miles13
Campbell18.2 miles12

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 Q952584The 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 829385. 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.

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.