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Franklin Springs, New York

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Kirkland town. It lies in ZIP code area 13323. It stands on White Creek. The Survey maps it on the Clinton quadrangle. It stands 630 feet above sea level.

Franklin Springs within Oneida 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 Springs, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Franklin Springs, surveyed 1895

On record in Franklin Springs

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 26 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

79 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Franklin Springs between 2002 and 2020, burning about 46 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 8 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/undetermined52
Debris and open burning10
Arson/incendiarism8
Equipment and vehicle use5
Natural3
Smoking1

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
3 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
24 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
18 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 August 2017Equipment and vehicle use1.4 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
30 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oneida County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Franklin Springs: 17 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, Dimension. 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
Cittadino QuarryLimestone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Marshall PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bertie Waterlime QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Eisler QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Kirkland QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Lawless QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Borst MinesIronPast Producer
Brimfield MineIronPast Producer
Clinton Mills OpeningIronPast Producer
Clinton MineIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Oneida 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
Farmers Mills0.9 miles26
Clinton1.1 miles26
Kirkland2.9 miles26
Chuckery Corners3.4 miles26
Deansboro3.5 miles19
Lairdsville3.6 miles26
Clark Mills3.9 miles26
Millgate Meadows3.9 miles26

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 SpringsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q48740286The 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 950628. 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.