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North Franklin, New York

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Franklin town. It lies in ZIP code area 13820. It stands on Gay Creek. The Survey maps it on the Oneonta quadrangle.

North Franklin within Delaware County

Then and now

1915 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 70 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of North Franklin, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of North Franklin, surveyed 1915

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

95 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 95 fires within 5 miles of North Franklin between 2001 and 2020, burning about 92 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 12 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/undetermined54
Debris and open burning14
Arson/incendiarism12
Smoking6
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
3 September 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 July 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 July 2009Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 July 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
14 July 2020Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
10 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Delaware County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of North Franklin: 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Salt, Natural Gas, 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
M.Hazlett No.1 WellSalt, Natural GasProspect
Meredith PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Delaware County

Storms near this place

6 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names North Franklin in 6 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 hail. 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 2013Flash FloodNorth Franklin$20,000Flooding of small streams and creeks occurred along Frank Slawson Road and Route 28 in the Town of Meredith.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindNorth Franklin$10,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down multiple trees, blocking Highway 28.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindNorth Franklin$2,500Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees that blocked a road.
April 2008Thunderstorm WindNorth Franklin$2,000Power lines were blown down on Route 28 and Franklin Mountain by strong thunderstorm winds.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindNorth Franklin$1,000Trees were blown down, blocking a roadway.
July 2019HailNorth Franklin-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Delaware 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
Leonta3.2 miles16
Treadwell3.9 miles15
West Meredith4.6 miles15
Franklin5.5 miles16
Brooklyn5.6 miles16
Arabia6.6 miles15
Bartlett Hollow7.2 miles16
Meridale7.2 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972864. 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.