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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.

Springfield within Tuolumne County

Then and now

1891 to 2001

The 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 sheet of Springfield, surveyed 2001
Topographic sheet of Springfield, surveyed 1891

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 37 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.

Fires near this place

799 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined319
Equipment and vehicle use157
Debris and open burning135
Misuse of fire by a minor55
Arson/incendiarism44
Smoking29
Power generation/transmission/distribution24
Natural22
Recreation and ceremony10
Other causes2
Fireworks2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitMONO
9 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCentral California DistrictPARROTS
9 September 1999Naturalunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitLIGHTNING#37
9 September 1999Natural1.0 acresCentral California DistrictLIGHTING 24
9 September 1999Naturalunder an acreCentral California DistrictLIGHTNING 30
9 September 1996Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitCOX
9 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitFERENCZY
8 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitRAWHIDE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tuolumne County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 460 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
B Brown We Finch Ad HunterTalc-SoapstoneOccurrence
ExperimentalGold, Silver, Copper, LeadPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite
ExperimentalGold, Lead, SilverOccurrence
Golden StarGold, Copper, Lead, SilverPast Producer
Hard To FindGold, Silver, CopperPast Producer
NorwegianGold, Silver, Lead, Copper, MercuryPast ProducerBornite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite
Reported OccurenceSlate, DimensionOccurrence
SonoraSilver, GoldProducer
Stanislaus MineSilver, MercuryOccurrenceGold
White Lead GravelTin, GoldOccurrence

Every working recorded in Tuolumne 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Columbia Village0.6 miles37
Shaws Flat0.9 miles37
Columbia1.2 miles37
Squabbletown1.4 miles37
Saratoga Acres1.7 miles37
Martinez1.7 miles37
Browns Flat1.9 miles37
Cuesta Oaks1.9 miles37

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 SpringfieldAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q924022The 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.