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Bridgeport, Washington

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Bridgeport census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98813. It lies near Sand Hill. The Survey maps it on the Bridgeport quadrangle. 2,141 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 850 feet above sea level.

Bridgeport within Douglas 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

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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.

Fires near this place

48 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Bridgeport between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,554 acres in total. 7 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
Power generation/transmission/distribution13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Debris and open burning9
Natural7
Equipment and vehicle use5
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking1
Firearms and explosives 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
9 September 1993Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresColville AgencyZAHN ORCHA
30 September 2009Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresColville AgencyLAGRANGE ROAD
25 September 2006Power generation/transmission/distribution13 acresColville AgencyHIGHWAY 17
24 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColville AgencyJACK WELLS
21 September 2016Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreColville AgencySQUIRREL FIRE
19 September 1994Debris and open burningunder an acreColville AgencyBRIDGEPORT
18 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSpokane DistrictCASTLE ROCK
14 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColville AgencyBRIDGEPORT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Bridgeport: 13 past producers, 2 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Pumice, Stone, Dimension. 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
Emerson Hanford PropertyStone, DimensionPast Producer
Hicks PitPumicePast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Shotwell PlacerGoldOccurrencePlacer
Shotwell PlacerGoldPast ProducerPlacer
Shotwell PlacerGoldUnknown
Bridgeport Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Corps of Engineers PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Heintz PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Douglas County

Storms near this place

5 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bridgeport in 5 storm reports between 1994 and 2022: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 heavy rain, 1 flash 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 2022Flash FloodBridgeport$15,000Several reports of water inundating roads, rocks on roads, and temporary closures in Bridgeport, including Raymond Avenue, 20th Street, and 16th Street.
May 2015Heavy RainBridgeport$5,000A member of the public reported one inch of rain that fell quickly from a thunderstorm and caused some flooding of Bridgeport Middle School in Bridgeport, WA. Damage and debris left on roads in the vicinity of the school are what caused most of the damage costs.
September 2013Thunderstorm WindBridgeport$1,000A tree was knocked down across a roadway. Time was estimated based off of radar. Damage costs were also estimated.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindBridgeport-A member of the public posted photos of two large fir trees toppled in Bridgeport. A newspaper report indicated 680 customers lost power in Bridgeport. Time of event estimated from radar.
May 1994HailBridgeport-Strong thunderstorms produced one-quarter inch diameter hail which lasted 40 minutes and severely damaged several apple orchards.

Every storm recorded in Douglas 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
Downing2.6 miles11
Rocky Butte3.5 miles11
Dyer5.7 miles7
Brandts Landing7.4 miles11
Howard11.1 miles7
Mansfield13.7 miles7
Nilles Corner13.9 miles10
Fairview14.1 miles6

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 Q2266356The 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 1503541. 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.