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Bridgeport, Arizona

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Mingus Mountain census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86326. It stands on Oak Wash. The Survey maps it on the Cornville quadrangle.

Bridgeport within Yavapai County

On record in Bridgeport

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 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

325 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 325 fires within 5 miles of Bridgeport between 1992 and 2020, burning about 138 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 4 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/undetermined268
Natural14
Debris and open burning12
Recreation and ceremony10
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking5
Arson/incendiarism4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Misuse of fire by a minor3

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
9 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePrescott National ForestOXBOW
6 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
30 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
29 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreVerde Valley Fire DistrictNOT NAMED
26 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office12-0002075
23 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreVerde Valley Fire DistrictNOT NAMED
23 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreVerde Valley Fire DistrictNOT NAMED
19 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yavapai County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Bridgeport: 5 prospects, 3 past producers, 3 producers, 2 unknowns. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Uranium, Iron. 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
Farview GroupCopper, UraniumProspect
Green Monster MineGold, Copper, SilverProducerChalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Gold
Mccarthy ClayClayOccurrence
Sullivan-Burke PropertyIronProspect
Jerome Del Monte GroupCopperProspect
Jerome St Louis PropertyCopperProspect
Monster ChiefCopperProspect
Verde Combination East AreaCopperPast Producer
Bedrock AggregateSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Copper Canyon PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer1990

Every working recorded in Yavapai 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
Verde0.4 miles21
Verde Village1.1 miles29
Smelter City1.3 miles21
Cottonwood1.4 miles29
Clemenceau1.7 miles29
Bignotti3.9 miles21
Cornville4.0 miles21
Centerville4.1 miles30

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 26738. 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.