Bridgeport, California
27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Nevada City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95960. It lies near Kentucky Ravine. The Survey maps it on the French Corral quadrangle. It stands 581 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1888 to 2000The same ground, surveyed 112 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


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.
Bridgeport Covered Bridgelisted 1971 · 0.6 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 27 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1888 USGS Smartsville quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Smartsville quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Smartsville quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Smartsville quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Smartsville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1948 USGS French Corral quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1948 USGS Nevada City quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1950 USGS French Corral quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS Yuba City quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS French Corral quadrangle1:24000
- 2000 USGS French Corral quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
342 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 342 fires within 5 miles of Bridgeport between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,361 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 14 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/undetermined | 100 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 89 |
| Debris and open burning | 85 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 17 |
| Natural | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit | JOHN |
| 9 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Central California District | UNNAMED FIRE 1887 |
| 8 September 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit | 1140 TRAILS |
| 7 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | BRIDGEPORT |
| 7 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.2 acres | Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit | PLEASANT |
| 7 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit | DEL MAR |
| 7 September 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit | GIMENEZ |
| 6 September 2000 | Smoking | under an acre | Central California District | WOLEMAN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 69 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 69 workings within 5 miles of Bridgeport: 25 occurrences, 24 past producers, 11 unknowns, 8 prospects. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Copper, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Prospect | Copper, Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, Antimony, Sulfur, Arsenic | Past Producer | 1904 | |
| Big Bend | Copper, Silver, Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Cadmus | Gold, Copper, Lead | Past Producer | Underground | |
| Dobbins Ranch | Tungsten | Occurrence | Vein | |
| French Corral District | Gold, Platinum, Silver, Diamond | Past Producer | 1850 | |
| Mammoth Gold Copper | Copper, Gold | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Red Ledge Cons | Gold, Silver, Copper | Past Producer | Gold, Pyrite | |
| South Yuba | Gold, Copper | Past Producer | Gold | |
| Iron Location | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Iron Location | Iron | Occurrence |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| French Corral | 2.0 miles | 27 | |
| Birchville | 3.6 miles | 27 | |
| Lake Wildwood | 4.1 miles | 27 | |
| Jones Bar (historical) | 4.5 miles | 28 | |
| Rough and Ready | 5.3 miles | 27 | |
| Sweetland | 5.3 miles | 28 | |
| Newtown | 5.5 miles | 28 | |
| Bitney Corner | 6.1 miles | 28 |
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 Bridgeport | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4966562 | The 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 257455. 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.












