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 lies near Kelly Butte. The Survey maps it on the Eugene East quadrangle. 61,851 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 453 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 9 records
Robert E. Campbell Houselisted 1979
Jacob Clearwater Houselisted 2017
Dorris Ranchlisted 1988
Oregon Power Company's Springfield Substationlisted 1996
Southern Pacific Railroad Passenger Station and Freight Houselisted 1993
Springfield General Hospitallisted 1983
Springfield Motors Buick Dealershiplisted 2011
Washburne Historic Districtlisted 1987- Springfield High Schoollisted 2023
Population over time
3 figuresSpringfield grew from 52,864 to 61,851 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 52,864 | |
| 2010 | 59,403 | +6,539 (+12%) |
| 2020 | 61,851 | +2,448 (+4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 19 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.
- 1910 USGS Eugene quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1940 USGS Eugene quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1946 USGS Eugene quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Eugene quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Eugene East quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1975 USGS Eugene East quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Eugene quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Eugene quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
95 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 95 fires within 5 miles of Springfield between 1993 and 2020, burning about 228 acres in total. 4 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/undetermined | 45 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northwest Oregon District | FFD140203958 |
| 5 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | EAST 40TH |
| 4 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | DELTA ROAD FIRE #2 |
| 3 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | East Lane Unit - ODF | ARBORETUM FIRE |
| 23 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | I-5 EXIT 191 |
| 20 September 2007 | Smoking | under an acre | Western Lane District | TIMBER LANE |
| 2 September 1995 | Fireworks | 3.0 acres | East Lane Unit - ODF | POTATO HILL |
| 17 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northwest Oregon District | MCKENZIE VIEW 2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 37 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 37 workings within 5 miles of Springfield: 21 past producers, 16 producers. 16 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basalt Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Basalt Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Basalt Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Eugene Sand and Gravel Incorporate | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Larson Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Vitus Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Fisher Butte Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Larson Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Springfield in 7 storm reports between 2005 and 2015: 5 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2015 | Flood | Springfield | $499,000 | The Siuslaw River flooded near Mapleton and the Mohawk River flooded near Springfield. Minor flooding of a pastureland was reported in Swisshome due to flooding of Mann Creek. A new daily rainfall record of 1.65 inches in Eugene broke the previous record of 1.35 inches last set in 1957. |
| February 2014 | Flood | Springfield | - | The Mohawk River near Springfield reached flood stage at 400 PM PST. The river crested at 15.1 feet at 515 PM PST, and fell below flood level at 630 PM PST. |
| January 2007 | Heavy Rain | Springfield | - | A total accumulation of 1.48 inches was reported. |
| January 2006 | Flood | Springfield | - | no account filed |
| January 2006 | Flood | Springfield | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Springfield | - | no account filed |
| December 2005 | Flood | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glenwood | 0.7 miles | 19 | |
| North Springfield | 2.2 miles | 19 | |
| Eugene | 3.5 miles | 19 | |
| Goshen | 3.6 miles | 14 | |
| College Hill | 4.2 miles | 19 | |
| Thurston | 5.6 miles | 16 | |
| Bethel | 6.0 miles | 19 | |
| River Road | 6.5 miles | 19 |
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 Q40268 | 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 1127456. 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.












