BlockFranklin, Wisconsin
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Herman town. It lies in ZIP code area 53073. The Survey maps it on the Franklin quadrangle. 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
Franklin Feed Milllisted 1985
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1954 USGS Franklin quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Howards Grove quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Milwaukee quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Milwaukee quadrangle1:250000
- 1989 USGS Sheboygan quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Franklin quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
6 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Franklin between 2018 and 2020, burning about 6 acres in total. None 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 burning | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2364 |
| 15 June 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 193 |
| 1 May 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 104 |
| 6 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1076 |
| 26 April 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 21 |
| 25 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 84 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Franklin: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheyboygan Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Franklin in 1 storm report in 2019: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2019 | Flood | Franklin | $10,000 | The Sheboygan River flooded in the Town of Herman. Several homes and businesses were flooded on Main St. and Franklin Rd. The river was flowing over the Main St. bridge. An ice jam may have been occurring but was not confirmed. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnsonville | 2.6 miles | 10 | |
| Ada | 2.9 miles | 9 | |
| Rhine | 3.5 miles | 10 | |
| Howards Grove | 4.3 miles | 9 | |
| Edwards | 5.2 miles | 9 | |
| Elkhart Lake | 6.2 miles | 10 | |
| Plymouth Country View Estates | 7.1 miles | 9 | |
| Plymouth | 7.2 miles | 9 |
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 Q12058062 | 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 1565252. 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.