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Franklin Park, New York

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1985. It stands in DeWitt town. It lies in ZIP code area 13057. The Survey maps it on the Syracuse East quadrangle.

Franklin Park within Onondaga County

Then and now

1895 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 90 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Franklin Park, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Franklin Park, surveyed 1895

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 29 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

430 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 430 fires within 5 miles of Franklin Park between 2000 and 2020, burning about 250 acres in total. 34 started naturally. 63 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/undetermined212
Arson/incendiarism63
Smoking62
Natural34
Debris and open burning24
Equipment and vehicle use12
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Recreation and ceremony5

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
9 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2010Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2008Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2010Smoking1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Onondaga County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Franklin Park: 5 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Minoa PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Taylor Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed Gypsum QuarryGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Unnamed Gypsum QuarryGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Unnamed Gypsum QuarryGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Unnamed Gypsum QuarryGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer

Every working recorded in Onondaga County

Storms near this place

2 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Franklin Park in 2 storm reports between 2015 and 2023: 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2015Flash FloodFranklin Park$500,000State officials reported a partial building collapse in East Syracuse due to rapidly moving water.
December 2023Flash FloodFranklin Park$1,000Urban flooding is blocking roads in the area.

Every storm recorded in Onondaga 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
East Syracuse1.2 miles29
Collamer1.7 miles29
Eastwood1.9 miles29
Polkville2.4 miles29
Oot Park2.7 miles29
Lyncourt2.7 miles29
DeWitt3.3 miles29
Hinsdale3.7 miles29

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 950617. 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.