Springfield, Alabama

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Roanoke census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36274. It stands on Little Wehadkee Branch. The Survey maps it on the Roanoke East quadrangle.

Springfield within Randolph County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 printed sheets

Matched 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.

1899 USGS Wedowee quadrangle1:125000
1902 USGS Wedowee quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
1969 USGS Roanoke East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1978 USGS La Grange quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

118 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 118 fires within 5 miles of Springfield between 1993 and 2019, burning about 817 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 22 were 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	62
Arson/incendiarism	22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	19
Equipment and vehicle use	4
Recreation and ceremony	4
Smoking	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	2
Natural	1
Railroad operations and maintenance	1
Other causes	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
7 September 2007	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
6 September 2019	Debris and open burning	10 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	20190906-19
30 September 2019	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	20190930-7
20 September 2019	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	20190920-32
20 September 2003	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
14 September 1998	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
7 August 1999	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
28 August 2011	Arson/incendiarism	47 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	CR 22/AL 47, AL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Randolph County

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Barrett Crossroads	1.7 miles	11
White Crossroads	1.8 miles	11
High Shoals	2.0 miles	11
Wehadkee	2.1 miles	11
Lee Crossroads	2.5 miles	11
Taylors Crossroads	2.5 miles	11
Center Chapel	2.5 miles	11
Paran	3.3 miles	11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 157096. 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.