Franklin, Wisconsin
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Franklin City. It lies in ZIP code area 53132. The Survey maps it on the Hales Corners quadrangle. 36,816 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 791 feet above sea level.
On record in Franklin
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 1 record
Painesville Chapellisted 1977
Population over time
2 figuresFranklin grew from 35,451 to 36,816 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 35,451 | |
| 2020 | 36,816 | +1,365 (+4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 18 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.
- 1891 USGS Muskego quadrangle1:62500
- 1901 USGS Muskego quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Hales Corners quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Hales Corners quadrangle1:62500
- 1963 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Lake Geneva quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
24 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Franklin between 2010 and 2020, burning about 388 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2614 |
| 4 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 140 |
| 19 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 182913 |
| 13 July 2020 | Smoking | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 202737 |
| 13 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 170 |
| 8 June 2020 | Smoking | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 202233 |
| 8 May 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 456 |
| 5 May 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1376 |
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 Franklin: 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack S Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Franklin Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Lippman Plant # 2 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
10 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Franklin in 10 storm reports between 1995 and 2019: 4 hail, 2 lightning, 2 flash flood, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2019 | Flash Flood | Franklin | $25,000 | The Root River Parkway and nearby roads and intersections were closed due to the flash flooding of the Root River. A vehicle became disabled in the floodwaters. In addition to street flooding, yards, basements, and garages flooded especially in Franklin. Multiple reports of standing water on the freeway system and side streets throughout much of the county. |
| July 2000 | Lightning | Franklin | $15,000 | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Lightning | Franklin | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Flash Flood | Franklin | $500 | Heavy downpours of rain, associated with a line of strong to severe thunderstorms that crossed southern Wisconsin during the afternoon and evening hours of June 21st, dropped between 1.5 inches and 2 inches of rain over a 1 hour to a 1 1/2 hour time period. The heavy rain caused flash flooding that covered some roads with 1 to 2 feet of water. One lane of Highway 100 in Franklin was closed due to the high water, with a vehicle stalled in water on National Avenue and the Root River Parkway in West Allis. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Franklin | - | Powerful thunderstorm winds snapped some large trees. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Franklin | - | no account filed |
| September 2010 | Hail | Franklin | - | no account filed |
| September 2007 | Hail | Franklin | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Flood | Franklin | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | Franklin | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Martins | 1.3 miles | 18 | |
| Hales Corners | 3.4 miles | 18 | |
| Greendale | 4.2 miles | 16 | |
| Greenfield | 5.2 miles | 18 | |
| Oakwood | 6.4 miles | 17 | |
| West Allis | 9.0 miles | 20 | |
| West Milwaukee | 9.2 miles | 18 | |
| Oak Creek | 9.3 miles | 17 |
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 | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1445183 | 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 1565254. 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.








