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Springfield, Michigan

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Springfield City. It lies in ZIP code area 49037. The Survey maps it on the Battle Creek quadrangle. 5,292 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 879 feet above sea level.

Springfield within Calhoun County

On record in Springfield

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Springfield grew from 5,260 to 5,292 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20105,260
20205,292+32 (+1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

74 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Springfield between 2004 and 2020, burning about 145 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 2 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
Equipment and vehicle use35
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Natural12
Debris and open burning4
Recreation and ceremony2
Arson/incendiarism2
Fireworks1
Smoking1

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
23 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesEMMETT TOWNSHIP DPS 01205 - 2019
22 September 2020Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesEMMETT TOWNSHIP DPS 00971 - 2020
21 September 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBATTLE CREEK FD 05331 - 2018
13 September 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBATTLE CREEK FD 05179 - 2018
8 August 2019Smoking1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesEMMETT TOWNSHIP DPS 00986 - 2019
25 August 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBEDFORD TOWNSHIP FD 00250 - 2019
21 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBATTLE CREEK FD 05036 - 2019
8 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBATTLE CREEK FD 03805 - 2018

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calhoun County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Springfield: 3 producers, 2 past producers. 3 still produce. 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
Calhoun County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dickman Road Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Dickman Road PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hoffman Brothers Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Rays Aggregates CompanySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Calhoun County

Storms near this place

10 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Springfield in 10 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 9 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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
August 2022Thunderstorm WindSpringfield$150,000A peak wind gust to 58 mph was measured at Battle Creek airport and numerous trees and power lines were blown down.
September 2021Thunderstorm WindSpringfield$50,000A 66 mph peak wind gust was reported at the Battle Creek airport ASOS and there were several reports of downed trees and power lines.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindSpringfield$25,000Numerous trees were blown down one mile west of Bedford, or about three miles north of Springfield.
September 2006HailSpringfield$15,000A trained spotter reported three quarters inch diameter hail in Springfield.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindSpringfield$10,000Several trees were blown down three miles north of Springfield.
October 1996Thunderstorm WindSpringfield$5,000no account filed
July 2020Thunderstorm WindSpringfield-A 64 mph peak wind gust was measured at the Battle Creek airport ASOS.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindSpringfield-A 60 mph peak wind gust was measured at the Battle Creek airport ASOS.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindSpringfield-A thunderstorm which became severe produced a 53 knot measured wind gust at the Battle Creek airport. Several trees and power lines were blown down in the vicinity of Battle Creek, Tekonsha, Marshall and Albion.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindSpringfield-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Calhoun 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
Springfield Place1.6 miles18
Urbandale1.8 miles18
Oak Park2.4 miles22
Lakeview2.4 miles18
Level Park2.9 miles22
Orchard Park3.0 miles18
Battle Creek3.2 miles18
Morgan Corners3.6 miles18

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 Q2321750The 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 638622. 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.