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Bridgeport, Oregon

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Hereford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97819. It lies near Johnson Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Bridgeport quadrangle. It stands 3,389 feet above sea level.

Bridgeport within Baker County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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

27 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Bridgeport between 1992 and 2017, burning about 59 acres in total. 25 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
Natural25
Recreation and ceremony1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
6 September 2006Natural3.0 acresBaker UnitLAUGHING HORSE
14 September 1992Naturalunder an acreBaker UnitMAHOGANY CREEK
11 September 1997Naturalunder an acreWallowa-Whitman National ForestGULCH
7 August 2008Natural5.0 acresBaker UnitBRIDGEPORT
6 August 2016Natural12 acresVale DistrictCHINA
6 August 2005Naturalunder an acreBaker UnitMAHOGONY FLAT
6 August 2005Naturalunder an acreVale DistrictMCCLELLEN
6 August 2005Naturalunder an acreBaker UnitJUNIPER HILL SPRINGS #2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Baker County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 63 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 63 workings within 5 miles of Bridgeport: 26 past producers, 18 occurrences, 8 unknowns, 8 prospects. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Chromium, Mercury. 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
Buttercup Mines, Inc.Gold, Quartz, AsbestosPast Producer
Juniper Hill ProspectGold, Talc-SoapstonePast ProducerVein
Unnamed Hot SpringGeothermalProducer
Dean ProspectGold, SilverOccurrenceVein
Johnson Gulch PlacerGold, SilverPast ProducerPlacer
Mcclellan Creek Asbestos OccurrenceAsbestosOccurrenceAnthophyllite
Unnamed Asbestos OccurrenceAsbestosUnknown
Dean ProspectGold, SilverProspect
Johnson Gulch PlacerctGold, SilverProspect
Red, White & BlueGold, SilverProspect

Every working recorded in Baker County

Storms near this place

1 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bridgeport in 1 storm report in 2012: 1 hail. 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
July 2012HailBridgeport-A trained spotter in Bridgeport, Oregon reported one inch hail and localized flash flooding.

Every storm recorded in Baker 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
China Town2.5 miles10
Clarksville3.5 miles10
Rye Valley14.3 miles11
Pleasant Valley14.4 miles17
Encina14.5 miles17
Hereford15.5 miles11
Durkee16.3 miles14
Auburn (historical)18.2 miles16

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 Q4966557The 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 1161286. 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.