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Franklin, Oregon

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Junction City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97448. It stands on McLaden Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cheshire quadrangle.

Franklin within Lane County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 17 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

63 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of Franklin between 1992 and 2020, burning about 47 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 1 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 burning24
Equipment and vehicle use19
Other causes6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Natural3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony1
Arson/incendiarism1
Fireworks1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2004Other causesunder an acreWestern Lane DistrictPARADISE ROAD
8 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.3 acresOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersKIRK RD #2
24 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.4 acresEast Lane Unit - ODFOVERLOOK ROCK
18 September 1999Debris and open burning1.5 acresWestern Lane DistrictCORY ROAD FIRE
16 September 2001Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWestern Lane DistrictSMYTH ROAD
13 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreWestern Lane DistrictCHARDONNAY #2
11 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersFRANKLIN FIRE
11 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest Oregon DistrictAG PILE FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lane County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Franklin: 8 past producers, 4 producers, 2 occurrences. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Junction CityClayOccurrence
Junction City DepositClayOccurrence
Basalt QuarryStonePast Producer
Cowles QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Cowles QuarryStonePast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Lane 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
Goldson2.0 miles17
Cheshire2.2 miles17
Alvadore3.2 miles17
Fern Ridge Shores5.5 miles18
Estrup (historical)6.6 miles17
Junction City6.6 miles18
Elmira7.1 miles18
Starrs Point (historical)7.6 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1166653. 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.