Frankfort Center, New York
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Frankfort town. It lies in ZIP code area 13340. It lies near Dutch Hill. The Survey maps it on the Utica East quadrangle.
Then and now
1898 to 1985The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 24 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.
- 1898 USGS Utica quadrangle1:62500
- 1900 USGS Utica quadrangle1:62500, 9 printings
- 1943 USGS Utica East quadrangle1:24000
- 1945 USGS Utica East quadrangle1:31680
- 1950 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Utica East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Utica East quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Utica quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
140 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 140 fires within 5 miles of Frankfort Center between 2000 and 2020, burning about 89 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 20 were 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 | 75 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 20 |
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Smoking | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 19 September 2001 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 19 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 15 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 12 September 2001 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 11 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 August 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
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 Frankfort Center: 2 producers. All of them still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bono Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Golf Road Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Frankfort Center in 8 storm reports between 2006 and 2023: 6 flood, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2023 | Flood | Frankfort Center | $10,000 | Mucky Run Road was closed near Center Road due to a washout from flooding. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Frankfort Center | - | A tree was down and on wires on Brown Road in Frankfort Center due to thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Frankfort Center | - | Two trees were reported down and across Center Road due to thunderstorm winds in Frankfort Center. |
| October 2006 | Flood | Frankfort Center | - | Nearly 2 inches of rainfall occurring on October 17 into October 18 was associated with minor flooding below Delta Dam. The flood stage of 551.50 was barely exceeded with a reading of 551.60 feet at 10 AM EST on October 18. |
| October 2006 | Flood | Frankfort Center | - | Heavy rain produced flooding at Delta Dam from October 20 to October 22. The crest of 552.25 occurred on October 21 at 6 AM EST. Flood stage is 551.5 feet. |
| October 2006 | Flood | Frankfort Center | - | Minor flooding occurred below Delta Dam from October 29 until late morning on October 30. The flood crest was 551.70 feet on October 29 at 6:10 AM EST. Flood stage is 551.50 feet. |
| October 2006 | Flood | Frankfort Center | - | Major flooding occurred at Utica, with a flood crest of 407.00 feet occurring on October 21 at 4:55 AM EST. Flood stage at Utica is 403.0 feet. |
| October 2006 | Flood | Frankfort Center | - | On October 29, minor flooding occurred on the Mohawk River at Utica. The crest was the 403.0 flood stage which occurred at 9 PM EST. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harbor | 2.1 miles | 24 | |
| Stewart Corners | 2.4 miles | 24 | |
| West Frankfort | 2.8 miles | 24 | |
| Gulph | 2.9 miles | 24 | |
| West Schuyler | 3.3 miles | 24 | |
| East Schuyler | 3.7 miles | 23 | |
| Corrado Corners | 3.8 miles | 23 | |
| Frankfort | 4.0 miles | 23 |
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 Q122545339 | 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 950601. 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.











