Bridgman, Michigan
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Bridgman City. It lies in ZIP code area 49106. It lies near Mount Edward. The Survey maps it on the Bridgman quadrangle. 2,096 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 679 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresBridgman fell from 2,291 to 2,096 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,291 | |
| 2020 | 2,096 | -195 (-9%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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.
- 1930 USGS Three Oaks quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1944 USGS Three Oaks quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Bridgman quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS South Bend quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
13 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Bridgman between 2018 and 2020, burning about 13 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CHIKAMING FD 335 - 2019 |
| 22 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WEESAW TOWNSHIP FD 18-0039 - 2018 |
| 4 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LAKE TOWNSHIP FD 0000201 - 2018 |
| 12 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CHIKAMING FD 322 - 2018 |
| 12 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CHIKAMING FD 235 - 2019 |
| 11 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WEESAW TOWNSHIP FD 18-0024 - 2018 |
| 22 June 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LINCOLN TOWNSHIP 98 - 2020 |
| 13 May 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LINCOLN TOWNSHIP 80 - 2020 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Bridgman: 3 producers, 3 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Silica, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bridgman Pit & Mill Manley Bros | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Bridgman Pit & Mill/Martin-Marietta | Silica | Producer | ||
| Garage Site | Silica | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Gulliver-Peters Site | Silica | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| North Bridgman Pit | Silica | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| South Bridgman Site | Silica | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
13 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bridgman in 13 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 6 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 rip current, 1 flash flood. The reports record 2 deaths. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2001 | Rip Current | Bridgman | 1 killed | 13 year old girl drowned at Warren Dunes State Park. Police and park rangers believe girlwas caught in rip current near shore. |
| August 2001 | Rip Current | Bridgman | 1 killed | A 17-year old male drowned while swimming in Lake Michigan at Warren Dunes State Park. Officials at the scene said that wave heights were up to six feet. A rip current apparently pulled him underwater. |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bridgman | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bridgman | $1,000 | One large tree was downed and several large tree limbs were down near Red Arrow Highway. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bridgman | - | The public reported trees down or uprooted in the area. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bridgman | - | Law enforcement reported several trees down south of Bridgman. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bridgman | - | Trees were reported down. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bridgman | - | Law enforcement reported trees and power lines down in Bridgman. |
| July 1998 | Hail | Bridgman | - | SHERIFF REPORT. |
| July 2017 | Hail | Bridgman | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Bridgman | - | no account filed |
| February 1997 | Flash Flood | Bridgman | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Hail | Bridgman | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Livingston | 1.9 miles | 14 | |
| Jerico | 2.4 miles | 14 | |
| Rosemary Beach | 2.7 miles | 14 | |
| Waverland Beach | 3.1 miles | 14 | |
| Baroda Estates | 3.9 miles | 15 | |
| Baroda | 3.9 miles | 15 | |
| Tower Hill Shorelands | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Snow | 4.1 miles | 15 |
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 Bridgman | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2074992 | 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 621967. 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.





