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Bridgeland, Utah

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Duchesne census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84021. It stands on Antelope Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bridgeland quadrangle. It stands 5,296 feet above sea level.

Bridgeland within Duchesne County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 17 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

33 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Bridgeland between 1992 and 2020, burning about 45 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Natural6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Debris and open burning4
Fireworks1
Smoking1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
29 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsHWY 40 MM 100
16 September 1994Smokingunder an acreUintah and Ouray AgencyMILE 79
7 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined11 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsRIVER ROAD
5 August 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsLITTLE MT.
21 August 2013Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreUintah and Ouray AgencyMILE MARKER 100
13 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsEAST RIVER ROAD 2
11 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsMILE MARKER 95
5 July 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreUintah and Ouray AgencyTRIBAL FARM

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Duchesne County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Bridgeland: 16 past producers. None of them 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
Antelope Creek Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Antelope Creek Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gray Mountain Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Gray Mountain Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
South Myton Bench Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
South Myton Bench Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Duchesne County

Storms near this place

5 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bridgeland in 5 storm reports between 2014 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flood. 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 2024HailBridgeland-Social media photos showed quarter-sized hail in Bridgeland. Time is estimated from RADAR.
June 2024FloodBridgeland-There were reports of ponding of water on U.S. Highway 40 between Duchesne and Roosevelt.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindBridgeland-The Five Mile automated weather station recorded a peak wind gust of 67 mph. The gust appeared to be associated with a microburst from a decaying thunderstorm.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindBridgeland-The Five Mile RAWS recorded a maximum wind gust of 76 mph.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindBridgeland-The Five Mile RAWS recorded a maximum wind gust of 64 mph.

Every storm recorded in Duchesne 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
Arcadia4.1 miles17
Upalco8.0 miles17
Duchesne8.9 miles18
Ioka9.2 miles18
Myton9.4 miles18
Utahn12.9 miles18
Mount Emmons12.9 miles17
Bluebell13.6 miles17

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 BridgelandAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q96749796The 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 1437513. 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.