Bridgeport, Wisconsin
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Bridgeport town. It lies in ZIP code area 53821. It lies near Weniger Island. The Survey maps it on the Bridgeport quadrangle. It stands 771 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 19 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1903 USGS Waukon quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1929 USGS Prairie Du Chien quadrangle1:62500
- 1932 USGS Prairie Du Chien quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Prairie Du Chien quadrangle1:62500
- 1976 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Bridgeport quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Decorah quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
63 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of Bridgeport between 1992 and 2018, burning about 145 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 August 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | HORSE CAMP FIRE |
| 29 August 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 August 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 June 2012 | Fireworks | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | FIREWORKS 2 |
| 25 June 1992 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 May 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Bridgeport: 1 past producer, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dahman Quarry | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Wetzel Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bridgeport in 4 storm reports between 1998 and 2017: 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bridgeport | $30,000 | A storage building was destroyed in Bridgeport. |
| June 1998 | Hail | Bridgeport | $8,000 | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bridgeport | $1,000 | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Bridgeport | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Corners | 4.2 miles | 19 | |
| Prairie du Chien | 5.3 miles | 20 | |
| Wauzeka | 10.6 miles | 10 | |
| Eastman | 11.1 miles | 19 | |
| Charme | 11.7 miles | 19 | |
| Boydtown | 15.2 miles | 10 | |
| Steuben | 15.9 miles | 10 | |
| Lynxville | 16.4 miles | 19 |
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 Bridgeport | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q17182769 | The 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 1562198. 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.









