 Franklinton experienced multiple minor floods, which ravaged the west side in 1798, 1832, 1834, 1847, 1852, 1859, 1860, 1862, 1866 (the river rose 12 feet that year), 1868, 1869, 1870, 1875, 1881, and 1883.In 1889, the city spent $50,000 to construct massive levees along the banks of the Scioto.The majority of the current houses in Franklinton were built after the completion of these levees.