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Springfield, Nebraska

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Springfield precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 68059. It stands on Turtle Creek. The Survey maps it on the Springfield quadrangle. 1,501 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,066 feet above sea level.

Springfield within Sarpy 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 fell from 1,529 to 1,501 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
20101,529
20201,501-28 (-2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 17 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

21 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Springfield between 2011 and 2020, burning about 176 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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
Debris and open burning9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Recreation and ceremony3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
30 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
11 September 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
13 July 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
11 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
9 April 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
5 April 2014Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
21 April 2014Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
2 April 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sarpy County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Springfield: 1 producer. All of them 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
Plant #5,CullomSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Sarpy County

Storms near this place

28 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Springfield in 28 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 16 thunderstorm wind, 10 hail, 1 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. 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
April 2001Tornado (F0)Springfield$10,000A brief touchdown of a tornado near Springfield which severely damaged a horse barn, downed power lines and pushed a car into a trailer causing some damage to each. The first report of damage from a broken line of mini-supercell thunderstorms that produced several small and relatively short-lived tornadoes across extreme eastern Nebraska and southwest Iowa this day.
April 2024HailSpringfield-A report was received from the public via mPING of golf ball sized hail.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindSpringfield-Public reported a measured peak wind gust of 64 mph.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindSpringfield-Public reported a large tree downed a swing set overturned.
June 2016HailSpringfield-Numerous reports from social media, spotters and media reported hail of quarter to half dollar size in Springfield that lasted for over 10 minutes.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindSpringfield-The media reported that several trees were blown down, as well as power lines with power out in the town of Springfield.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindSpringfield-Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at over 60 mph downed power lines near 132nd and Platteview Road.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindSpringfield-A storm chaser estimated thunderstorm wind gusts of around 60 mph. The winds were accompanied by hail up to 1 inch in diameter.
May 2011HailSpringfield-The hail was accompanied by thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 60 mph.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindSpringfield-Tree limbs at least 4 inches in diameter were downed by thunderstorm winds that were estimated at around 60 mph. The fallen limbs partially blocked Highway 50 in southern Sarpy county.
May 2011HailSpringfield-Hail up to 1.5 inches in diameter fell from near Springfield to near Gretna and then to near 159th and Giles Road. The hail was from the first of at least 3 storms that crossed the county this evening producing large hail.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindSpringfield-The public estimated thunderstorm wind gusts of at least 50 to 60 mph.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindSpringfield-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 65 mph downed a few trees and a power pole in the Springfield area.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindSpringfield-Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 60 mph downed numerous branches which caused power to be lost for much of Springfield for a while.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindSpringfield-Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph near Springfield by Law Enforcement.
April 2001Thunderstorm WindSpringfield-Trained spotter reported thunderstorm winds of around 60 mph.
April 2001Thunderstorm WindSpringfield-Thunderstorm winds estimated at around 60 mph downed a few trees and power lines.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindSpringfield-Strong thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree onto the road.
June 2018Funnel CloudSpringfield-no account filed
August 2012HailSpringfield-no account filed
March 2007HailSpringfield-no account filed
June 2005HailSpringfield-no account filed
October 2002HailSpringfield-no account filed
June 2000HailSpringfield-no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindSpringfield-no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindSpringfield-no account filed
May 1998HailSpringfield-no account filed
June 1997Thunderstorm WindSpringfield-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Sarpy 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
Richfield3.6 miles18
Plattford (historical)4.5 miles17
Fairview (historical)4.6 miles18
Meadow4.7 miles17
Gretna6.9 miles19
Papillion7.0 miles18
Chalco7.1 miles19
Portal7.1 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 Q966736The 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 833737. 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.