BlockFrankfort, Washington
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Naselle census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98638. It stands on Frank Born Creek. The Survey maps it on the Knappton quadrangle. It stands 20 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1938 USGS Fort Columbia quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Fort Columbia quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Knappton quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Astoria quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
7 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Frankfort between 1993 and 2019, burning about 103 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 burning | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | FALL RUN |
| 23 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | DEEP RIVER |
| 3 August 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | 800 |
| 4 July 2003 | Fireworks | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 21 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 28 February 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 20 October 1998 | Debris and open burning | 102 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Frankfort: 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knappton | Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| City of Astoria | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| City of Astoria | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knappton | 3.1 miles | 17 | |
| Upper Salmon Junction | 5.2 miles | 16 | |
| Megler | 5.8 miles | 17 | |
| Naselle | 6.5 miles | 17 | |
| McGowan | 8.4 miles | 18 | |
| Chinook | 10.1 miles | 17 | |
| Stringtown | 11.9 miles | 17 | |
| Ilwaco | 15.4 miles | 11 |
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 Frankfort | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14713651 | 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 1510978. 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.