Bridgeport, Kansas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Smoky View Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67416. It stands on Kentucky Creek. The Survey maps it on the Assaria quadrangle. 64 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,306 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1892 USGS Salina quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1942 USGS Salina quadrangle1:125000
- 1955 USGS Assaria quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Hutchinson quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Hutchinson quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Salina quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Salina quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
24 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Bridgeport between 2015 and 2018, burning about 57 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 July 2018 | Fireworks | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 68 |
| 9 June 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Saline County | 51 |
| 5 June 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 33 |
| 16 June 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 60 |
| 10 June 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 34 |
| 23 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 53 |
| 12 April 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | McPherson County | 40 |
| 1 April 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 21 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
23 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bridgeport in 23 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 16 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bridgeport | - | This was a measured wind gust from a trained spotter with an anemometer. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Bridgeport | - | Hail covered Interstate 135 and made it slippery. The largest hailstones were up to quarter size. |
| November 2022 | Heavy Rain | Bridgeport | - | A Cocorahs observer reported 1.65 inches of rainfall. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Bridgeport | - | Winds of 50 mph were also reported. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bridgeport | - | Several semi tractor trailers were blown over on Interstate 135. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Bridgeport | - | The trained spotter reported the hail ranged from dime to quarter-sized. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Bridgeport | - | The ping pong ball-sized hail covered the ground. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Bridgeport | - | The ping pong ball-sized hail covered the ground. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Bridgeport | - | No damage was reported. |
| May 2012 | Lightning | Bridgeport | - | Caused a grass fire at Lapsey and Woodward. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bridgeport | - | Winds were estimated around 60 mph. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bridgeport | - | One-half inch hail occurred with the wind. |
| September 2008 | Flash Flood | Bridgeport | - | Slow moving thunderstorms produced as much as 6 inches of rain across roughly the southwest quarter of Saline county during the late afternoon and evening hours. Consequently, localized flooding occurred. Water covered the Highway 140 and Reese Road intersection 3 miles east of Brookville, 6 inches of water covered Assaria Road 4 miles west of Assaria, and water covered Link Road just south of Water Well Road 7 miles southeast of Brookville. No known public or private damage occurred. |
| April 2001 | Hail | Bridgeport | - | Hail covered the ground. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Bridgeport | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Bridgeport | - | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Bridgeport | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Bridgeport | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Bridgeport | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Bridgeport | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Bridgeport | - | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Hail | Bridgeport | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | Bridgeport | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assaria | 3.7 miles | 16 | |
| Hallville | 4.2 miles | 16 | |
| Salemsborg | 6.1 miles | 16 | |
| Mentor | 7.8 miles | 16 | |
| Falun | 8.3 miles | 17 | |
| Smolan | 8.5 miles | 16 | |
| Phillips Village (historical) | 10.2 miles | 17 | |
| Gypsum | 11.2 miles | 17 |
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 Bridgeport | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4966560 | The 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 476951. 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.






