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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.

Bridgeport within Nevada County

Then and now

1888 to 2000

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Bridgeport, surveyed 2000
Topographic sheet of Bridgeport, surveyed 1888

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

13 surveys from 27 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

342 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined100
Equipment and vehicle use89
Debris and open burning85
Misuse of fire by a minor17
Natural14
Arson/incendiarism14
Smoking10
Power generation/transmission/distribution10
Other causes2
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitJOHN
9 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCentral California DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 1887
8 September 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer Unit1140 TRAILS
7 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionBRIDGEPORT
7 September 2009Equipment and vehicle use3.2 acresNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitPLEASANT
7 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitDEL MAR
7 September 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitGIMENEZ
6 September 2000Smokingunder an acreCentral California DistrictWOLEMAN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nevada County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 69 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Berkeley ProspectCopper, Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, Antimony, Sulfur, ArsenicPast Producer1904
Big BendCopper, Silver, GoldOccurrence
CadmusGold, Copper, LeadPast ProducerUnderground
Dobbins RanchTungstenOccurrenceVein
French Corral DistrictGold, Platinum, Silver, DiamondPast Producer1850
Mammoth Gold CopperCopper, GoldOccurrenceVein
Red Ledge ConsGold, Silver, CopperPast ProducerGold, Pyrite
South YubaGold, CopperPast ProducerGold
Iron LocationIronOccurrence
Iron LocationIronOccurrence

Every working recorded in Nevada 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
French Corral2.0 miles27
Birchville3.6 miles27
Lake Wildwood4.1 miles27
Jones Bar (historical)4.5 miles28
Rough and Ready5.3 miles27
Sweetland5.3 miles28
Newtown5.5 miles28
Bitney Corner6.1 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 Q4966562The 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.