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Bridgeport, California

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the North Mono census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93517. It lies near Aurora Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Bridgeport quadrangle. 553 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,463 feet above sea level.

Bridgeport within Mono County

Then and now

1909 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 80 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Bridgeport, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Bridgeport, surveyed 1909

Compare 1909 against another survey:

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 2 records

Population over time

2 figures

Bridgeport fell from 575 to 553 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2010575
2020553-22 (-4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 24 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

85 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Bridgeport between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,686 acres in total. 57 started naturally. None 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
Natural57
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Recreation and ceremony9
Debris and open burning2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking2
Fireworks2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
28 September 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCentral California DistrictTRABERTINE
2 September 2003Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestRICKY PEAK
19 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCentral California DistrictSTRUCTURE
19 September 1994Natural5.0 acresCentral California DistrictDOG CREEK
14 September 2013Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestLOG CABIN
11 September 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCentral California DistrictTRAVERTINE
31 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral California DistrictRANGE
31 August 2003Naturalunder an acreCentral California DistrictCREST

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mono County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Bridgeport: 5 occurrences, 2 producers, 2 prospects, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Mercury, Gold, Marble, Dimension, Geothermal. 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
Bridgeport Deposits California Red TravertineMarble, DimensionProducerMetamorphic
Travertine Hot SpringGeothermalProducer
AscheacherGoldProspect
Walker RiverGoldOccurrencePlacer
Walker RiverGoldUnknown
ChiefMercuryProspect
Chief MineMercuryOccurrence
IsabelMercuryOccurrence
IsabelMercuryOccurrence
Loughlin ProspectMercuryOccurrenceCinnabar

Every working recorded in Mono County

Storms near this place

11 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bridgeport in 11 storm reports between 2004 and 2023: 5 heavy rain, 3 flood, 2 hail, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2011FloodBridgeport$1,000California Land Management indicated that the Twin Lakes Campground (30 campsites) was completely shut down due to snowmelt flooding. No damage to campground property noted just the loss of income from the closed campsites.
March 2023FloodBridgeport-The public reported that State Route 182 has been closed from the town of Bridgeport to the Nevada state line in Mono County due to reports of flooding. There was no estimated time of reopening.
May 2023FloodBridgeport-CHP reported a fallen tree and flooding of the southbound lane of US-395 near Green Lakes Road intersection, with Green Creek overflowing out of its banks.
August 2022Heavy RainBridgeport-Mesonet station EW3821 located in Bridgeport, CA reported 0.81 inches total rainfall between 5:45 and 8:15 pm.
December 2021Heavy RainBridgeport-COCORAHS station (CA-MN-5), AWOS, and mesonet sites reported heavy rain ranging from 0.72 at Benton, CA (BETC1), to 1.16 from AWOS located at USMC MWTC Bridgeport, and 2.47 at the mesonet site (CRVC1) located 1.0 mi SSW of Crestview, CA.
March 2019Heavy RainBridgeport-CO-OP observer in Bridgeport reported 0.60 inches of rainfall in a 24 hour period from 1 March 0920PST to 2 March 0920PST. Observer elevation 6470 feet MSL.
July 2014HailBridgeport-Hail reported by Mono County Sheriff's department.
July 2013HailBridgeport-Reports from the Mono County sheriff and the California Highway Patrol indicated hail between 0.75 and 1 inch in diameter. Hail covered highway 182 in Bridgeport to 4 inches in depth.
October 2009Heavy RainBridgeport-Over 2 inches of rainfall caused damage to the Mono County Jail in Bridgeport. The roof was being repaired and was not sufficiently protected from the unusually heavy rain. Additional heavy rainfall amounts include: Crestview RAWS with 4.36, Benton RAWS with 2.86, and Mammoth Lakes Airport with 2.09.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindBridgeport-A 54 kt (62 mph) wind gust reported at the Bridgeport RAWS sensor.
August 2004Heavy RainBridgeport-A total of 0.80 inches of rainfall (0.69 inches in one hour) was recorded at a RAWS sensor 3 miles WNW of Bridgeport.

Every storm recorded in Mono 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
Willow Springs4.8 miles24
Dog Town (historical)6.2 miles24
Upper Town9.1 miles25
Twin Lakes9.4 miles24
Lower Town9.7 miles25
Dunderberg Mill10.5 miles25
Mono Village (historical)10.6 miles25
Fales Hot Springs11.1 miles28

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 BridgeportAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q913753The 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 1658134. 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.