Fort Bridger, Wyoming
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Bridger Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82933. It stands on Groshon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fort Bridger quadrangle. 354 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,673 feet above sea level.
On record in Fort Bridger
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 3 records
Black and Orange Cabinslisted 2020
ERT Bridge over Black's Forklisted 1985- Fort Bridgerlisted 1969
Population over time
2 figuresFort Bridger grew from 345 to 354 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 345 | |
| 2020 | 354 | +9 (+3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1954 USGS Ogden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Ogden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Ogden quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Fort Bridger quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1980 USGS Evanston quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
48 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Fort Bridger between 2002 and 2020, burning about 141 acres in total. 5 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/undetermined | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Uinta County | COUNTY SHOP FIRE |
| 4 September 2018 | Fireworks | under an acre | Kemmerer Field Office | FLAT |
| 3 September 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Uinta County | 38 I80 EAST |
| 2 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Uinta County | WALL RESERVOIR |
| 1 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kemmerer Field Office | FORT BRIDGER |
| 4 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.5 acres | Kemmerer Field Office | SCOOP SHOVEL |
| 31 August 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Uinta County | TRUCK STOP 34 |
| 30 August 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Fort Bridger: 4 past producers, 2 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bluemel and Fraughton | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
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.
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 Fort Bridger | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1942119 | 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 1588631. 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.




