Springfield, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Montalba-Tennessee Colony census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75853. The Survey maps it on the Blackfoot quadrangle. It stands 390 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1949 USGS Tennessee Colony quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Tennessee Colony quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Blackfoot quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
106 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 106 fires within 5 miles of Springfield between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,326 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 1 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 burning | 62 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 7123 |
| 29 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRADFORDVFD |
| 29 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TURNER COATS |
| 28 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 28 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 221 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Springfield in 4 storm reports between 2009 and 2021: 2 hail, 1 flood, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Springfield | $5,000 | Law enforcement reported trees down and part of a barn blown into the road; blocking FM 837 near Springfield. |
| October 2009 | Flood | Springfield | $5,000 | Several secondary roads north of Palestine were flooded due to persistent rainfall over several hours. |
| October 2010 | Hail | Springfield | - | Quarter size hail was reported at ACR 460 and FM 860 near Bois D'Arc. |
| April 2021 | Hail | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bradford | 2.1 miles | 12 | |
| Blackfoot | 3.2 miles | 12 | |
| Bois d'Arc | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| Ward | 5.5 miles | 12 | |
| Bethel | 7.6 miles | 12 | |
| Montalba | 8.5 miles | 13 | |
| Cayuga | 9.2 miles | 12 | |
| Fosterville | 10.2 miles | 15 |
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 Q48851723 | 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 1380593. 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.
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.






