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Bridgeport, Oklahoma

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Binger-Hinton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73047. The Survey maps it on the Bridgeport quadrangle. 97 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,503 feet above sea level.

Bridgeport within Caddo 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 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Bridgeport fell from 116 to 97 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
2010116
202097-19 (-16%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 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.

Photographs

3 photographs, 2020

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Cows, hay rolls, and a lone tree on the plains equal a rural Oklahoma scene near the tiny crossroads (near-ghost town would be more like it) of Bridgeport, Oklahoma
Cows, hay rolls, and a lone tree on the plains equal a rural Oklahoma scene near the tiny crossroads (near-ghost town would be more like it) of Bridgeport, Oklahoma
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
It's somewhat unusual that farmer Bobby Stuart would mount an oversized chicken figure outside his spread's gate near what remains of an old town (ghost town is more like it) named Bridgeport, Oklahoma
It's somewhat unusual that farmer Bobby Stuart would mount an oversized chicken figure outside his spread's gate near what remains of an old town (ghost town is more like it) named Bridgeport, Oklahoma
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
The people who live in western Oklahoma will tell you that the little crossroads of Bridgeport is pretty much a ghost town
The people who live in western Oklahoma will tell you that the little crossroads of Bridgeport is pretty much a ghost town
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

30 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Bridgeport between 1996 and 2020, burning about 1,172 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 9 were 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/undetermined11
Arson/incendiarism9
Debris and open burning5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Natural1

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
20 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresConcho Field OfficeHORSE
28 August 2010Debris and open burning80 acresConcho Field OfficePLOT
7 July 2001Arson/incendiarism60 acresConcho Field OfficeCANDY
30 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined80 acresConcho Field OfficeBRIDGEPORT
20 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined100 acresConcho Field OfficeYELLOW BRIDGE
16 July 2018Natural50 acresConcho Field OfficeLARIAT
1 July 1998Arson/incendiarism35 acresConcho Field OfficeHOG
25 June 2013Power generation/transmission/distribution10 acresAnadarko AgencySUGAR-CREEK

Every fire recorded in Caddo County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Bridgeport: 2 past producers, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Karlin Co Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Karlin Co Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Karlin Co Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
The Karlin Co.,Inc.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Caddo County

Storms near this place

14 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bridgeport in 14 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 6 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 2 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
May 2001Thunderstorm WindBridgeport$10,000A tractor-trailer was blown over on Interstate 40 near mile marker 90.
May 2024Tornado (EF1)Bridgeport$5,000Numerous spotters and chasers observed this anticyclonic tornado that formed on the south periphery of the primary storm. It initially developed in far southern Blaine County less than one hundred yards north of the Caddo County line, then moved southeast into Caddo County. Once in Caddo County, it meandered southeast and east for another one-half mile. Drone imagery of the damage by the ranch owner showed occasional tree damage along the path.
May 1996Thunderstorm WindBridgeport$10no account filed
February 2023Thunderstorm WindBridgeport-Estimated wind gust.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindBridgeport-Estimated severe wind gust.
July 2010Tornado (EF0)Bridgeport-Several witnesses observed a small tornado near I-40 in Caddo county. The tornado moved over mainly open land with no damage reported.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindBridgeport-A tractor trailer was blown over on Interstate 40 near mile marker 103. Tree damage was also reported at this location. Monetary damage estimates were not available.
June 2023HailBridgeport-no account filed
February 2008HailBridgeport-no account filed
May 2000HailBridgeport-no account filed
June 1996HailBridgeport-no account filed
June 1996HailBridgeport-no account filed
June 1996HailBridgeport-no account filed
May 1994Thunderstorm WindBridgeport-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Caddo 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
Hinton5.4 miles10
Lookeba12.7 miles11
Sickles13.1 miles10
Binger16.5 miles11
Three-Way Corner17.7 miles10
Eakly19.0 miles9
Cogar19.9 miles10
Albert21.7 miles12

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 Q2423807The 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 1090491. 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.