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Bridgeport, Nebraska

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1985. It stands in East Camp Clarke precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 69336. It stands on Upper Dugout Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bridgeport quadrangle. 1,454 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,665 feet above sea level.

Bridgeport within Morrill County

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 3 records

Population over time

2 figures

Bridgeport fell from 1,545 to 1,454 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.

YearPeople Change
20101,545
20201,454-91 (-6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 14 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

11 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Bridgeport between 2007 and 2018, burning about 9 acres in total. 2 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 burning3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Natural2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
18 August 2018Naturalunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
12 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
5 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
30 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
29 June 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
24 June 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
12 June 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
11 June 2017Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Morrill County

Storms near this place

60 of 128 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bridgeport in 128 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 78 hail, 27 thunderstorm wind, 9 flash flood, 6 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
April 2008HailBridgeport$750,000Hail from 3/4 inch to around 2 inches in diameter fell over and around Bridgeport, Nebraska, with large hail reported to have fallen in Bridgeport for almost one half hour. The hail damaged cars and windows.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindBridgeport$300,000Two 70 foot tall grain bins blown off and away from their foundations. A 100 foot tall radion tower blown over. Two to three foot diameter trees blown over and snapped off. Power poles snapped off, primarily in the center of town.
April 2008Tornado (EF1)Bridgeport$300,000A tornado moved in a northwesterly direction primarily over open country, but did severely damage or destroy a house and outbuildings along county road 78 west of U.S. Highway 385.
April 2000Thunderstorm WindBridgeport$50,000High winds damaged roofs and irrigation equipment in and near Bridgeport, NE.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindBridgeport$40,000Wind-driven hail event with widespread damage across the Bridgeport area. Broken windows, crops stripped, large trees and power poles downed.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindBridgeport$30,000Wind gusts up to 65 mph damaged trees and blew down power lines in Bridgeport, NE.
April 2000Thunderstorm WindBridgeport$25,000no account filed
August 1996Thunderstorm WindBridgeport$25,000no account filed
June 1996Tornado (F1)Bridgeport$20,000no account filed
July 2010Flash FloodBridgeport$10,000Three to four feet of water over steets in south part of town. Water entering homes, primarily due to poor storm darianage.
June 2010Flash FloodBridgeport$5,000The following roads were reported flooded and closed, CR94, CR98, CR100, CR101, 104 and 106.
May 1998HailBridgeport$5,000A storm produced baseball size hail 8 miles southwest of Bridgeport.
July 1994HailBridgeport$5,000Large hail and strong thunderstorm winds damaged the siding and roof of a home and broke numerous windows in vehicles.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindBridgeport$5,000Large hail and strong thunderstorm winds damaged the siding and roof of a home and broke numerous windows in vehicles.
June 2010Flash FloodBridgeport$2,000Emergency manager reported the North Platte River at Bridgeport Bridge was overflowing its banks and there was massive flooding at the Bridgeport Dam and bridge.
August 1997HailBridgeport$2,000no account filed
June 2010Flash FloodBridgeport$1,000Flash flooding reported on County Road 106.
June 2010Flash FloodBridgeport$1,000County Road 104 north of Bridgeport flooded along with low lying areas of Dugout Creek.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindBridgeport$500A 5 inch diameter tree blown over.
June 2025HailBridgeport-Public reported hail in excess of 2 inches.
June 2023HailBridgeport-Trained spotters reported quarter sized hail from 5 miles south of Bridgeport.
June 2023HailBridgeport-Social media report of tennis ball sized hail stones. Damage to car windshield occurred.
July 2023HailBridgeport-Twitter report of 1.5 inch hail 5 miles north of Bridgeport.
July 2023HailBridgeport-Twitter report of 1.5 inch hail.
May 2022HailBridgeport-One inch of hail accumulation on the ground.
July 2020HailBridgeport-Penny to quarter sized hail falling.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindBridgeport-Multiple trees uprooted at Bridgeport Cemetery.
August 2019HailBridgeport-Hail accumulated to over one inch deep.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindBridgeport-Thunderstorm winds measured by a KNEB automated weather station.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindBridgeport-Minor tree damaged was produced by the thunderstorm winds.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindBridgeport-Estimated wind gusts of 60 mph were observed southwest of Bridgeport.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindBridgeport-Wind gusts estimated at 60 mph were observed south of Bridgeport.
August 2017HailBridgeport-Ping pong ball size hail was observed north of Bridgeport.
August 2017HailBridgeport-Quarter size hail was observed northeast of Bridgeport.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindBridgeport-Estimated wind gusts of 60 mph were reported north of Bridgeport.
September 2016HailBridgeport-Baseball size hail was reported six miles south of Bridgeport.
September 2016HailBridgeport-Tennis ball size hail was reported eight miles southwest of Bridgeport.
September 2016HailBridgeport-Tennis ball size hail was reported six miles southwest of Bridgeport.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindBridgeport-The UPR sensor at Bridgeport measured a peak wind gust of 60 mph.
September 2016HailBridgeport-Three inch diameter hail was reported six miles southeast of Bridgeport.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindBridgeport-Estimated wind gusts of 70 to 75 mph were reported at Bridgeport. Numerous trees were down.
August 2016HailBridgeport-Quarter to golf ball size hail was reported at Bridgeport.
August 2016HailBridgeport-Ping pong ball size hail was reported a mile west of Bridgeport.
August 2016HailBridgeport-Quarter size hail damaged a trailer and house in Bridgeport.
July 2015HailBridgeport-Golf ball size hail was observed three miles east-northeast of Bridgeport.
August 2015HailBridgeport-Ping pong ball size hail was observed seven miles northeast of Bridgeport.
May 2015FloodBridgeport-Two inches of rain from a slow moving thunderstorm produced flooding in Bridgeport. Water was running over the curbs. Highway 385 was blocked by high water with traffic detoured.
May 2015HailBridgeport-Golf ball size hail damaged vehicles in Bridgeport.
May 2015HailBridgeport-Quarter to half dollar size hail was observed in Bridgeport.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindBridgeport-Wind tossed a picnic table 20 feet and destroyed it.
May 2015HailBridgeport-Golf ball size hail was observed four miles west of Bridgeport.
May 2015HailBridgeport-Quarter inch hail was observed 12 miles south-southwest of Bridgeport.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindBridgeport-Estimated wind gusts of 60 mph were observed southeast of Bridgeport.
August 2014HailBridgeport-Quarter size hail was reported three miles east of the intersection of County Road 62A and US Highway 385.
August 2014HailBridgeport-Ping pong ball size hail was observed six miles north of Bridgeport.
August 2014HailBridgeport-Hen egg size hail was observed three miles north of Bridgeport.
September 2014Heavy RainBridgeport-Three and nine-tenths inches of rain was reported.
September 2014Heavy RainBridgeport-Three and three-quarters inches of rain was reported.
September 2014Heavy RainBridgeport-A spotter measured 2.45 inches of rain.
June 2014HailBridgeport-Quarter size hail was observed in Bridgeport.

Every storm recorded in Morrill 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
Northport1.3 miles14
Kemp3.3 miles14
DeGraw4.6 miles13
Atkins7.4 miles13
Vance7.8 miles13
Alden7.9 miles13
Mohler8.0 miles13
Piper10.7 miles13

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 BridgeportAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q913756The 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 827643. 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.