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Bridgeport, Oregon

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Falls City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97338. It stands on Teal Creek. The Survey maps it on the Falls City quadrangle.

Bridgeport within Polk County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 12 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

78 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of Bridgeport between 1992 and 2020, burning about 118 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 2 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
Debris and open burning30
Equipment and vehicle use18
Natural6
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Smoking5
Other causes4
Recreation and ceremony3
Arson/incendiarism2
Fireworks2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2

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
9 September 2020Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersHIDDEN RANCH 2
9 September 2013Naturalunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersTREEHOUSE ROAD
8 September 2013Naturalunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersWESTON ROAD
8 September 1997Debris and open burning5.0 acresDallas UnitFALLS CITY #1
7 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersMOUNT PISGAH
7 September 1996Debris and open burningunder an acreDallas UnitMCBEE RD.
6 September 2002Naturalunder an acreDallas UnitBERRY CREEK
4 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreDallas UnitCOOPER HOLLOW

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Polk County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Bridgeport: 7 past producers, 4 producers, 2 occurrences. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Manganese. 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
Kingwell & Mc Manners ProspectManganeseOccurrence
Bailey PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Voigt QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Bailey PitStonePast Producer
Bailey PitStonePast Producer
Bailey PitStoneProducer
Lime Products CoLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Lime Products Co. QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducer
Oregon Portland Cement CoLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Oregon Portland Cement Co.Limestone, GeneralPast Producer

Every working recorded in Polk 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
Ferns (historical)1.1 miles15
Carey (historical)1.6 miles12
Falls City2.9 miles12
Oakdale3.9 miles12
Lewisville4.7 miles15
Ellendale5.8 miles13
Black Rock6.0 miles12
Dallas6.1 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 Q4966566The 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 1162851. 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.