BlockBefore

Bridgeport, Florida

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Clearwater census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34695. It stands on Bishop Creek. The Survey maps it on the Oldsmar quadrangle.

Bridgeport within Pinellas County

Then and now

1943 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 52 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 1995
Topographic sheet of Bridgeport, surveyed 1943

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 16 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

109 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 109 fires within 5 miles of Bridgeport between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,549 acres in total. 55 started naturally. 9 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
Natural55
Equipment and vehicle use12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Arson/incendiarism9
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Railroad operations and maintenance8
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Debris and open burning2
Smoking2
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
16 September 1997Natural14 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
15 September 1997Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
9 August 1993Natural6.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
9 August 1993Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 August 1992Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
24 August 1993Natural40 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
24 August 1993Natural4.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 August 1999Natural31 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pinellas County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Bridgeport: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand. 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
Andrew Lynn Co. - Big Basin Commerce PitSandProducer

Every working recorded in Pinellas County

Storms near this place

3 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bridgeport in 3 storm reports between 2014 and 2023: 2 lightning, 1 tornado. 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
July 2014LightningBridgeport$200,000Pinellas County Management relayed a report of a lightning strike in Safety Harbor sparking a house fire. The house was described as fully involved when fire fighters arrived at the scene.
October 2023Tornado (EF0)Bridgeport$50,000A developing supercell moved ashore near Madeira Beach in southern Pinellas County around 10:30 PM EST (0330Z) and continued north-northeast across the communities of Seminole and Highpoint over the next 30 minutes, passing just west of St Pete Clearwater Int'l Airport (PIE). Radar indicated increasing organization and rotation around midnight as it passed over the Courtney Campbell Causeway while approaching Safety Harbor, and organization continued to increase over the next 15 minutes before the storm produced an EF-0 tornado while crossing the northern shore of Safety Harbor into Oldsmar around 11:15 PM EST (0415Z), where a significant part of the roof was removed from a two-story home along Shore Drive facing south toward the shoreline located across the street. Video recorded by a local resident from just east of the tornado track showed power flashes as the storm moved across the area, consistent with the time of the most apparent rotation per radar, while the aforementioned house receiving roof damage was located along the eastern edge of the circulation as the storm moved north-northeast. Intermittent damage continued along the track north-northeast over the next quarter-mile or so before the circulation weakened, including roof damage reported to a few additional homes, and damage to large trees continuing northward to around Oldsmar Elementary school near SR 580/State St.
July 2019LightningBridgeport$5,000Safety Harbor Fire Rescue reported a lightning strike to a private residence causing minor damage to the home due to electrical overload.

Every storm recorded in Pinellas 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
Harbor Palms1.1 miles16
Oldsmar1.5 miles16
Safety Harbor2.5 miles20
Mecca2.7 miles16
Saint George2.8 miles16
Dellwood3.2 miles20
Curlew3.3 miles16
Coachman4.2 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 279388. 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.