Bridgeport, Colorado
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Whitewater-Kannah Creek census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81527. It lies near Dominguez Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Triangle Mesa quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1956 USGS Moab quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Moab quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Moab quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Moab quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Moab quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Moab quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Triangle Mesa quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1980 USGS Delta quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
38 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Bridgeport between 1992 and 2020, burning about 313 acres in total. 17 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Grand Junction | HWY 50 |
| 15 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Grand Junction | HORSEY |
| 14 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | WHITEWATER |
| 9 August 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Grand Junction Field Office | DOMINGUEZ |
| 30 August 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Grand Junction | LONG MESA |
| 30 August 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Northwest District, Grand Junction | JACK FLAT |
| 28 August 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Northwest District, Grand Junction | MERIDIAN 2 |
| 26 August 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Grand Junction | KING CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Bridgeport: 2 unknowns, 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), Clay, Uranium, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Mine | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Mine | Uranium | Unknown |
Storms near this place
3 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bridgeport in 3 storm reports between 2013 and 2017: 2 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2017 | Heavy Rain | Bridgeport | - | Heavy rainfall resulted in some water that flowed over Highway 50 near the Delta-Mesa County line. Radar estimated between 0.50 and 1.0 inches of rainfall in that area. |
| July 2014 | Flash Flood | Bridgeport | - | Several areas of flash flooding occurred along and over Highway 141 southwest of Whitewater which prompted the closing of the highway for several hours. |
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | Bridgeport | - | Water was flowing several inches deep across Highway 50 near the Delta and Mesa County line as the result of heavy rainfall from a passing thunderstorm. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kannah | 7.9 miles | 16 | |
| Whitewater | 11.3 miles | 16 | |
| Pear Park | 16.8 miles | 12 | |
| Orchard Mesa | 16.9 miles | 14 | |
| Clifton | 18.0 miles | 12 | |
| Fruitvale | 18.0 miles | 12 | |
| Grand Junction | 18.1 miles | 14 | |
| Bridges Switch | 18.1 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 185349. 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.







