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Bridgeport, Arkansas

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1983. It stands in South Lebanon Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72466. It stands on Freeman Branch. The Survey maps it on the Poughkeepsie quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Bridgeport within Sharp County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

99 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 99 fires within 5 miles of Bridgeport (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 2,561 acres in total. None started naturally. 52 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
Arson/incendiarism52
Debris and open burning27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Equipment and vehicle use3

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
5 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 1999Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 1999Arson/incendiarism10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 1999Arson/incendiarism42 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sharp County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Bridgeport (historical): 7 unknowns, 4 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Zinc. 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
RichardsonZincPast Producer
Gibson-FinchLeadPast Producer
Mccaa ProspectsLeadPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Flat Pond MineIronPast Producer
Lawrence Stone PropertyIronOccurrence
UnkIronUnknown
UnkIronUnknown

Every working recorded in Sharp 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
Reed (historical)2.9 miles8
Poughkeepsie2.9 miles8
Nelsonville3.1 miles8
Center4.2 miles9
Sitka5.5 miles8
Balboa (historical)6.1 miles8
Calamine7.4 miles8
Kings Mills (historical)7.7 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 77331. 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.