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.
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
Roosevelt Community Houselisted 2001
Population over time
2 figuresSpringfield 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 5,260 | |
| 2020 | 5,292 | +32 (+1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 18 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.
- 1918 USGS Battle Creek quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1943 USGS Battle Creek quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Battle Creek quadrangle1:24000
- 1950 USGS Battle Creek quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Battle Creek quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Kalamazoo quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
74 since 2004Regional 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 use | 35 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | EMMETT TOWNSHIP DPS 01205 - 2019 |
| 22 September 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | EMMETT TOWNSHIP DPS 00971 - 2020 |
| 21 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BATTLE CREEK FD 05331 - 2018 |
| 13 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BATTLE CREEK FD 05179 - 2018 |
| 8 August 2019 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | EMMETT TOWNSHIP DPS 00986 - 2019 |
| 25 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BEDFORD TOWNSHIP FD 00250 - 2019 |
| 21 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BATTLE CREEK FD 05036 - 2019 |
| 8 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BATTLE CREEK FD 03805 - 2018 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calhoun County Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Dickman Road Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Dickman Road Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Hoffman Brothers Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Rays Aggregates Company | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
10 since 1996Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Springfield | $150,000 | A peak wind gust to 58 mph was measured at Battle Creek airport and numerous trees and power lines were blown down. |
| September 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Springfield | $50,000 | A 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 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Springfield | $25,000 | Numerous trees were blown down one mile west of Bedford, or about three miles north of Springfield. |
| September 2006 | Hail | Springfield | $15,000 | A trained spotter reported three quarters inch diameter hail in Springfield. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Springfield | $10,000 | Several trees were blown down three miles north of Springfield. |
| October 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Springfield | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Springfield | - | A 64 mph peak wind gust was measured at the Battle Creek airport ASOS. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Springfield | - | A 60 mph peak wind gust was measured at the Battle Creek airport ASOS. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Springfield | - | 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 2025 | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Springfield Place | 1.6 miles | 18 | |
| Urbandale | 1.8 miles | 18 | |
| Oak Park | 2.4 miles | 22 | |
| Lakeview | 2.4 miles | 18 | |
| Level Park | 2.9 miles | 22 | |
| Orchard Park | 3.0 miles | 18 | |
| Battle Creek | 3.2 miles | 18 | |
| Morgan Corners | 3.6 miles | 18 |
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 Q2321750 | 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 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.








