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North Springfield, Oregon

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Eugene-Springfield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97477. It stands on Irving Slough. The Survey maps it on the Eugene East quadrangle.

North Springfield within Lane County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 19 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

102 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 102 fires within 5 miles of North Springfield between 1992 and 2020, burning about 181 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 7 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/undetermined44
Equipment and vehicle use14
Recreation and ceremony10
Smoking7
Arson/incendiarism7
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Debris and open burning7
Natural3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Fireworks1
Other causes1

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
8 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreEast Lane Unit - ODFHILL ROAD
7 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest Oregon DistrictFFD140203958
6 September 2006Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresEast Lane Unit - ODFHILL ROAD
5 September 2013Naturalunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersSPORES CREEK FIRE
4 September 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersDELTA ROAD FIRE #2
23 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersI-5 EXIT 191
20 September 2007Smokingunder an acreWestern Lane DistrictTIMBER LANE
20 September 1992Equipment and vehicle use6.0 acresEast Lane Unit - ODFALDER BRANCH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lane County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 42 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 42 workings within 5 miles of North Springfield: 23 past producers, 19 producers. 19 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gold. 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
Golden StarGoldPast Producer
Golden Star MineGoldPast Producer
Basalt QuarryStonePast Producer
Basalt QuarryStonePast Producer
Basalt QuarryStonePast Producer
Country Squire Tree FarmStonePast Producer
Country Squire Tree Farm PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Eugene Sand and Gravel IncorporateStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Lane 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
Springfield2.2 miles19
Glenwood2.7 miles19
Eugene4.7 miles19
Thurston4.8 miles16
Coburg5.4 miles16
Goshen5.5 miles14
College Hill5.9 miles19
Mohawk6.6 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1867475. 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.