Springdale Pocket Park

Dedication

1958

Size

4 acres

Additional amenities

Backstop
Basketball court
Bench
Playground area
Softball/baseball field
Stand alone swing
Trash receptacle

Fun facts

Springdale Park is a few blocks east of Springdale Elementary School in northeast Fort Worth. The school was built in 1953-54 to serve the rapidly growing area. Hare & Hare’s 1957 master plan addressed the “urgent” need to create a park in the vicinity of the school as its playground was deemed insufficient to meet the neighborhood’s needs. The park board was quick to address this problem and in November 1957, it approved the purchase of 21 lots bordering Northeast 28^th Street and David Drive for $1,200 each. Today, Springdale has four acres and still serves the adjacent neighborhood with a playground. Among the improvements it has received over the years are playground renovations undertaken in 2006 with the use of bond capital improvement funds.

Recreation

The park has a 0.25 mile cement loop trail, a playground and backstop for a pick-up baseball game.

Geology

The geology is PawPaw Formation, Weno Limestone, and Denton Clay. Denton Clay lies below Weno marl. It contains an abundance of oyster fossils that were formed in a shallow marine depositional environment. The Weno Limestone lies above Denton Clay and consists of chalky limestone with yellow calcareous marls. The PawPaw Formations lies above Weno and is sandy with an assortment of fossils within.

Soils

The park is evenly divided between Bastil and Ponder soils. Bastil soil series consists of very deep, well-drained soils formed in loamy alluvial conditions. This soil series signifies gently sloping stream terrace conditions during deposition. The Ponder series is also deep, well-drained soils formed in a calcareous marine environment.

Ecology

The park has a lawn ecology. Buffalograss, a shortgrass prairie turf species has persisted at the park and harkens to a pre-settlement native prairie grass blend. Insect species observed at the park include honey bee, common checkered-skipper, and thread-waisted sand wasp. Red-bellied woodpeckers use the trees in the park.

View animal, plant and insect species observed at Springdale Pocket Park and make some of your own observations through iNaturalist. See link under the "Related information" Section.

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