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Bridgeport, Iowa

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Maquoketa Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52060. It stands on Prairie Creek. The Survey maps it on the Maquoketa quadrangle.

Bridgeport within Jackson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

14 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Bridgeport between 2006 and 2020, burning about 129 acres in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Debris and open burning6
Smoking1

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
27 July 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
11 July 2012Debris and open burning6.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 June 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
19 May 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
17 May 2013Debris and open burning80 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 April 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 April 2020Smokingunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 April 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresIowa Department of Natural ResourcesE SIDE OF RD, ACROSS FROM 15702 242ND AVE, MAQUOKE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Bridgeport: 5 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Rockdale PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Andrew QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Frost QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Holtz QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Joinerville QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Maquoketa QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jackson County

Storms near this place

6 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bridgeport in 6 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 4 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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
May 2024Thunderstorm WindBridgeport-Extensive damage reported to the Eagles Club in Maquoketa, Iowa, where the roof was blown off. Debris blown downwind into Fairgrounds.
June 2024HailBridgeport-Time estimated by radar.
June 2024HailBridgeport-Time estimated by radar.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindBridgeport-Wind gusts estimated to be 60 mph were observed 4 miles east southeast of Maquoketa, IA at 552 pm August 4.
June 2024HailBridgeport-no account filed
June 2024HailBridgeport-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jackson 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
Maquoketa2.5 miles17
Hurstville3.0 miles17
Andrew4.8 miles17
Fulton5.2 miles17
East Iron Hills6.9 miles17
Buckhorn7.0 miles17
Ironhills8.4 miles17
Nashville8.5 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 454821. 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.