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Springfield Center, New York

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Springfield town. It lies in ZIP code area 13468. It stands on Hayden Creek. The Survey maps it on the Richfield Springs quadrangle.

Springfield Center within Otsego County

Then and now

1903 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Springfield Center, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Springfield Center, surveyed 1903

On record in Springfield Center

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 4 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

26 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Springfield Center between 2003 and 2020, burning about 28 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 5 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Arson/incendiarism5
Debris and open burning4
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
15 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 June 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
26 June 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
14 June 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
26 May 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
18 May 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Otsego 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 Center: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Springfield QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Otsego County

Storms near this place

2 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Springfield Center in 2 storm reports between 2008 and 2022: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 Center$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a large tree onto a house, resuting in significant damage to the house.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindSpringfield Center-A few trees were blown down.

Every storm recorded in Otsego 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 Four Corners0.7 miles17
Springfield1.3 miles17
Middle Village2.5 miles17
East Springfield3.3 miles17
Pierstown4.4 miles16
Middlefield Center4.9 miles17
Lentsville5.5 miles17
Richfield Springs6.0 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 966098. 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.