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In 1999, in the aftermath of Hurricane Floyd, downtown Franklin was submerged under as much as 12 ft (3.7 m) of water as the Blackwater River swelled to a historic crest of 26.4 ft (8.0 m). [15] The resultant flooding caused the submersion of 182 business and 150 homes, located primarily in downtown. [ 16 ]
In all, Hurricane Floyd caused 51 fatalities in North Carolina, much of them from freshwater flooding, as well as billions in damage. The storm surge from the large hurricane amounted to 9–10 ft (2.7–3.0 m) along the southeastern portion of the state. The hurricane also spawned numerous tornadoes, most of which caused only minor damage.
Floyd [28] 9.70 15.61 US 221 (Floyd Highway) Franklin Pike SR 640/Blue Ridge Parkway: Fluvanna [29] 0.02 0.03 SR 601 (Venable Road) Venable Road SR 653 (Three Chopt Road) Franklin [30] 5.08 8.18 SR 116: Coopers Cove Road SR 635 (Edwardsville Road) Frederick [31] 9.94 16.00 US 522 (Frederick Pike) Chestnut Grove Road Hunting Ridge Road Three ...
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 08:01, 31 January 2006: 350 × 269 (35 KB): Jdorje~commonswiki: his flood map shows a comparison of the flood data collected by AVHRR (pink pixels), Radarsat (red pixels), and Landsat 7 (green pixels).
Hurricane Floyd. A large swath of heavy rainfall spread up the East Coast along a frontal zone draping over the northern side of Hurricane Floyd. [84] Nearly 10 inches (250 mm) fell across portions of New Hampshire, the most recorded during the passage of a tropical cyclone or its remnants. [28]
SR 719/SR 721 (Free State Road) Floyd [29] 4.74 7.63 SR 610 (Hummingbird Lane) Deer Run Road US 221 (Floyd Highway) Fluvanna [30] 3.50 5.63 SR 649 (Central Plains Road) Shiloh Church Road SR 640 (Haden Martin Road) Franklin [31] 2.60 4.18 SR 40 (Franklin Street) Kay Fork Road SR 660 (Mount Zion Road) Frederick [32] 1.99 3.20 SR 277 (Fairfax ...
Franklin County is a county located in the Blue Ridge foothills of the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census , the population was 54,477. [ 1 ] Its county seat is Rocky Mount . [ 2 ]
A city and county that share a name may be completely unrelated in geography. For example, Richmond County is nowhere near the City of Richmond, and Franklin County is even farther from the City of Franklin. More Virginia counties are named for women than in any other state. [4] Virginia's postal abbreviation is VA and its FIPS state code is 51.