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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.

Springfield within Bingham County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 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.

Fires near this place

9 since 1993

Regional 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/undetermined3
Debris and open burning2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Natural1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
3 September 1996Debris and open burning96 acresIdaho Falls DistrictCANAL
26 August 1995Power generation/transmission/distribution1,280 acresIdaho Falls DistrictSPRNGFLD#2
20 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined48 acresIdaho Falls DistrictSHEEPSKIN
17 July 2005Power generation/transmission/distribution2.0 acresIdaho Falls DistrictBIRD
12 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresIdaho Falls DistrictSPRINGFIELD
14 May 2015Natural1.5 acresIdaho Falls DistrictFORT HALL ASSIST 1
14 April 1996Arson/incendiarism280 acresIdaho Falls DistrictSHEEPTRAIL
28 March 1994Debris and open burning104 acresIdaho Falls DistrictMCTUCKER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bingham County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Bingham County

Storms near this place

12 since 1995

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2025Thunderstorm WindSpringfield-Thunderstorm wind gusts caused 120 customers to be without power west of Springfield.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindSpringfield-The Sterling RWIS site measured 62 mph wind gust.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindSpringfield-Idaho Power reported the thunderstorm winds knocked out power to 3,800 customers near Springfield.
July 1998LightningSpringfield-Harvested hay stack destoryed.
May 1997Heavy RainSpringfield-Weather spotter remarked the rain was the heaviest he had ever seen in Idaho.
June 1995HailSpringfield-Dime-size hail and one inch of rain were produced in thirty minutes by a severe thunderstorm that moved through the Springfield Community.
August 2001WildfireSpringfield-no account filed
June 1998HailSpringfield-no account filed
July 1997Thunderstorm WindSpringfield-no account filed
May 1996Thunderstorm WindSpringfield-no account filed
June 1996Thunderstorm WindSpringfield-no account filed
July 1996Thunderstorm WindSpringfield-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Bingham 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
Sterling4.0 miles11
Pingree5.0 miles12
Grandview6.0 miles9
Liberty9.0 miles10
Fingal10.4 miles11
Rockford10.8 miles10
Thomas11.7 miles10
Aberdeen12.6 miles11

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 Q7580894The 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.