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Bridgeport, Missouri

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Cypress Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64670. It stands on Polecat Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mitchellville quadrangle.

Bridgeport within Harrison County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

9 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Bridgeport between 1997 and 2014, burning about 55 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 burning7
Smoking1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
2 August 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
24 July 1997Smoking1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
19 June 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 May 2011Debris and open burning15 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
2 April 2011Debris and open burning20 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
23 March 2014Debris and open burning5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
17 November 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
30 October 2011Debris and open burning10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Harrison County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Bridgeport: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Harrison County

Storms near this place

15 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bridgeport in 15 storm reports between 2008 and 2026: 10 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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
June 2008Thunderstorm WindBridgeport$250Roof was blown off a shed near Blue Ridge.
April 2026HailBridgeport-Golf ball sized hail was reported on Interstate 35 near Bridgeport, resulting in a cracked windshield.
April 2026HailBridgeport-Golf ball sized hail reported east of Bridgeport.
April 2026HailBridgeport-Hail larger than baseballs (up to 3 inches in diameter) was reported near Interstate 35 near Bridgeport by a deputy.
April 2026HailBridgeport-Golf ball sized hail reported.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindBridgeport-Estimated 60 mph wind gusts along Interstate 35 south of Bethany.
June 2023HailBridgeport-Quarter to half dollar sized hail was reported south of Bethany.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindBridgeport-Mobile home was severely damaged. A roof was ripped from a metal building. Trees downed.
May 2023HailBridgeport-Baseball sized hail was reported in far southern Harrison County along US Highway 69.
June 2014Tornado (EF0)Bridgeport-A weak tornado was observed in open country. No damage was reported.
June 2009Flash FloodBridgeport-Water was reported running over Highway 13.
June 2011HailBridgeport-no account filed
June 2009HailBridgeport-no account filed
June 2009HailBridgeport-no account filed
June 2009HailBridgeport-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Harrison 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
Wildwood2.3 miles16
Pleasant Ridge2.9 miles16
Mitchellville3.9 miles16
Matkins5.5 miles16
Blue Ridge7.3 miles13
Bethany8.0 miles12
New Hampton10.2 miles12
Gilman City10.3 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740029. 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.