Springfield, Idaho
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Aberdeen census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83277. The Survey maps it on the Springfield quadrangle. It stands 4,429 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 11 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.
- 1955 USGS Idaho Falls quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Idaho Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Blackfoot quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
9 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Springfield between 1993 and 2017, burning about 1,984 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 was 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 | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | 96 acres | Idaho Falls District | CANAL |
| 26 August 1995 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1,280 acres | Idaho Falls District | SPRNGFLD#2 |
| 20 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 48 acres | Idaho Falls District | SHEEPSKIN |
| 17 July 2005 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Idaho Falls District | BIRD |
| 12 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Idaho Falls District | SPRINGFIELD |
| 14 May 2015 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Idaho Falls District | FORT HALL ASSIST 1 |
| 14 April 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 280 acres | Idaho Falls District | SHEEPTRAIL |
| 28 March 1994 | Debris and open burning | 104 acres | Idaho Falls District | MCTUCKER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Springfield: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
12 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Springfield in 12 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 heavy rain, 1 lightning. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Springfield | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts caused 120 customers to be without power west of Springfield. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Springfield | - | The Sterling RWIS site measured 62 mph wind gust. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Springfield | - | Idaho Power reported the thunderstorm winds knocked out power to 3,800 customers near Springfield. |
| July 1998 | Lightning | Springfield | - | Harvested hay stack destoryed. |
| May 1997 | Heavy Rain | Springfield | - | Weather spotter remarked the rain was the heaviest he had ever seen in Idaho. |
| June 1995 | Hail | Springfield | - | Dime-size hail and one inch of rain were produced in thirty minutes by a severe thunderstorm that moved through the Springfield Community. |
| August 2001 | Wildfire | Springfield | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Springfield | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Springfield | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Springfield | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Springfield | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Springfield | - | no account filed |
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.
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 Q7580894 | 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 400107. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.



