Springfield, California
37 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Twain Harte-Tuolumne City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95370. It lies near Union Hill. The Survey maps it on the Columbia quadrangle. It stands 2,057 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1891 to 2001The same ground, surveyed 110 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 37 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 Big Trees quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Big Trees quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Big Trees quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Big Trees quadrangle1:125000, 9 printings
- 1947 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Columbia quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1948 USGS Columbia quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1948 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Columbia quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1993 USGS San Andreas quadrangle1:100000
- 2001 USGS Columbia quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
799 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 799 fires within 5 miles of Springfield between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,374 acres in total. 22 started naturally. 44 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 319 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 157 |
| Debris and open burning | 135 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 55 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 44 |
| Smoking | 29 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 24 |
| Natural | 22 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | MONO |
| 9 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Central California District | PARROTS |
| 9 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | LIGHTNING#37 |
| 9 September 1999 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Central California District | LIGHTING 24 |
| 9 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Central California District | LIGHTNING 30 |
| 9 September 1996 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | COX |
| 9 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | FERENCZY |
| 8 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | RAWHIDE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 460 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 460 workings within 5 miles of Springfield: 160 unknowns, 112 past producers, 98 occurrences, 81 producers. 82 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Manganese, Gold, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B Brown We Finch Ad Hunter | Talc-Soapstone | Occurrence | ||
| Experimental | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite | |
| Experimental | Gold, Lead, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Golden Star | Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Hard To Find | Gold, Silver, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Norwegian | Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Mercury | Past Producer | Bornite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite | |
| Reported Occurence | Slate, Dimension | Occurrence | ||
| Sonora | Silver, Gold | Producer | ||
| Stanislaus Mine | Silver, Mercury | Occurrence | Gold | |
| White Lead Gravel | Tin, Gold | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia Village | 0.6 miles | 37 | |
| Shaws Flat | 0.9 miles | 37 | |
| Columbia | 1.2 miles | 37 | |
| Squabbletown | 1.4 miles | 37 | |
| Saratoga Acres | 1.7 miles | 37 | |
| Martinez | 1.7 miles | 37 | |
| Browns Flat | 1.9 miles | 37 | |
| Cuesta Oaks | 1.9 miles | 37 |
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 Springfield | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q924022 | 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 267609. 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.












