Bridgeport, Michigan
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Bridgeport Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48722. The Survey maps it on the Bridgeport quadrangle.
On record in Bridgeport
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
State Street Bridgelisted 1995
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1919 USGS Saginaw quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1941 USGS Saginaw quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Saginaw quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Flint quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Flint quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Bridgeport quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Flint quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Flint quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
60 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Bridgeport between 2012 and 2020, burning about 62 acres in total. 14 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Natural | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BRIDGEPORT FD 875 - 2019 |
| 19 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SPAULDING TOWNSHIP FD 0000064 - 2019 |
| 15 September 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BUENA VISTA FD 1582 - 2018 |
| 1 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SAGINAW FD 2855 - 2019 |
| 27 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SAGINAW FD 2804 - 2019 |
| 12 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SPAULDING TOWNSHIP FD 0000053 - 2019 |
| 10 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BUENA VISTA FD 1407 - 2019 |
| 8 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SAGINAW FD 2576 - 2018 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Bridgeport: 1 prospect, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day's Clay Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Stand.Mining Co.Clay Shale Pit | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
19 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bridgeport in 19 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 11 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 1 lightning, 1 flood. 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 2019 | Flood | Bridgeport | $300,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bridgeport | $300,000 | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Lightning | Bridgeport | $15,000 | A lightning strike sparked a basement fire at a home on McGrandy near Airport. The fire was contained to a single room in the basement. |
| October 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bridgeport | $15,000 | A large tree fell onto a garage. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bridgeport | $8,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bridgeport | $8,000 | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bridgeport | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bridgeport | - | Large tree fell onto house collpasing a portion of the roof. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bridgeport | - | Trees were reported blown down. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bridgeport | - | Law enforcement reported a tree down in Bridgeport. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bridgeport | - | Two utility poles were blown down. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Bridgeport | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Bridgeport | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Bridgeport | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Bridgeport | - | no account filed |
| October 2001 | Hail | Bridgeport | - | no account filed |
| October 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bridgeport | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bridgeport | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cassbridge (historical) | 2.9 miles | 16 | |
| Buena Vista | 4.3 miles | 16 | |
| Fosters | 4.6 miles | 16 | |
| Saginaw | 5.5 miles | 16 | |
| Frankentrost | 5.8 miles | 16 | |
| Carrollton | 7.3 miles | 16 | |
| Winter's Motor Court | 7.5 miles | 16 | |
| Crow Island | 7.7 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 621968. 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.







