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Bridgehead, California

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Antioch-Pittsburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94509. The Survey maps it on the Antioch North quadrangle. It stands 36 feet above sea level.

Bridgehead within Contra Costa County

Then and now

1907 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 86 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Bridgehead, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Bridgehead, surveyed 1907

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 30 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

561 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 561 fires within 5 miles of Bridgehead between 1992 and 2020, burning about 847 acres in total. None started naturally. 117 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/undetermined251
Arson/incendiarism117
Smoking78
Misuse of fire by a minor63
Equipment and vehicle use30
Debris and open burning22

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 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Clara Unitnot named
9 September 2019Misuse of fire by a minor3.0 acresSanta Clara Unitnot named
9 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSanta Clara Unitnot named
9 September 2011Smokingunder an acreSanta Clara Unitnot named
7 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2018Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Contra Costa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Bridgehead: 6 prospects, 6 past producers, 5 producers, 4 occurrences. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Mercury, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
1b Du Pont B Plant TiTitanium, PigmentPlant1963
Antioch Paving Co.Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Silica Company of Calif.Silica, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Holland Sandstone Brick Co.MercuryPast Producer
Unnamed LocationMercuryProspect
Unnamed LocationMercuryProspect
UnnamedStoneOccurrence
Unnamed LocationStoneProspect
Unnamed LocationStoneProspect
Unnamed.StoneOccurrence

Every working recorded in Contra Costa County

Storms near this place

1 since 2024

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bridgehead in 1 storm report in 2024: 1 flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 2024FloodBridgehead$10Flooding was reported at SB 160 over Main Street. Lane 1 was partially flooded with 2 inches of water.

Every storm recorded in Contra Costa 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
Newlove0.9 miles29
Neroly1.1 miles29
Oakley2.3 miles22
Antioch2.7 miles30
Empire (historical)3.2 miles30
Arbor3.4 miles22
Sand Hill3.8 miles22
Los Medanos5.1 miles30

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.

Wikidata item Q4966508The 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 1658133. 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.