Bridgeport, Florida
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1947 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Palatka census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32177. It stands on Bluff Branch. The Survey maps it on the Riverdale quadrangle.
Then and now
1947 to 1991The same ground, surveyed 44 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1947 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1947 USGS Bostwick quadrangle1:50000
- 1949 USGS Bostwick quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Riverdale quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Saint Augustine quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Riverdale quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
194 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 194 fires within 5 miles of Bridgeport between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,686 acres in total. 58 started naturally. 18 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 58 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 38 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 27 |
| Debris and open burning | 26 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 18 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | BRIDGEPORT RD (54) |
| 20 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 19 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | PALMETTO(54) |
| 19 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | PUTNAM/MILLICAN RD FIRE |
| 18 September 2016 | Natural | 49 acres | Florida Forest Service | FOREST CREEK 2 (54) |
| 14 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | PUTNAM/RUN AWAY FIRE |
| 9 August 2000 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 9 August 1995 | Natural | 20 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bridgeport in 4 storm reports between 2010 and 2024: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2024 | Heavy Rain | Bridgeport | - | The public measured 3.9 inches of rainfall along the St. Johns River near Cedar Creek Road in about 90 minutes. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bridgeport | - | Tree limbs were blown down along Kelly Smith Ranch Road off of West River Road. |
| June 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Bridgeport | - | A waterspout developed over the St. Johns River north of Palatka and was spotted near Racy Point. The spout formed from a low level boundary collision between the east coast sea breeze and outflow from a severe storm moving northward from eastern Putnam County. There were sporadic reports of funnel clouds from U.S. Highway 17 then from State Road 207 around 5:55 pm however locations of the funnel cloud were given in various locations. There was no mesocyclone nor low level rotational signature on Doppler radar and environmental conditions were not favorable for mesocyclone tornadoes (i.e. no wind shear). There was no damage with the vortex and it never made landfall. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Bridgeport | - | Penny size hail was reported along Kelly Smith Ranch Road off of West River Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Federal Point | 1.4 miles | 16 | |
| Clay Landing | 1.5 miles | 13 | |
| Fairview | 2.3 miles | 16 | |
| Bostwick | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Cypress Point | 4.0 miles | 16 | |
| Grandview | 4.0 miles | 16 | |
| Teasdale | 4.2 miles | 17 | |
| Patersonville | 4.5 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 279389. 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.
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.







