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Springfield Four Corners, New York

17 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. The Survey maps it on the East Springfield quadrangle.

Springfield Four Corners 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 Four Corners, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Springfield Four Corners, surveyed 1903

On record in Springfield Four Corners

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 within a mile 3 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

29 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Springfield Four Corners between 2003 and 2020, burning about 31 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 6 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/undetermined14
Arson/incendiarism6
Debris and open burning5
Natural3
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
9 May 2007Arson/incendiarism1.4 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
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 Four Corners: 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

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 Center0.7 miles16
Springfield0.9 miles17
Middle Village2.1 miles17
East Springfield2.9 miles17
Pierstown5.1 miles16
Middlefield Center5.3 miles17
Lentsville6.1 miles17
Richfield Springs6.2 miles16

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.

Wikidata item Q122594682The 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 966099. 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.