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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.

Fort Bridger within Uinta County

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

Population over time

2 figures

Fort 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.

YearPeople Change
2010345
2020354+9 (+3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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 2002

Regional 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/undetermined16
Debris and open burning13
Equipment and vehicle use5
Natural5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking1
Fireworks1
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
7 September 2018Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreUinta CountyCOUNTY SHOP FIRE
4 September 2018Fireworksunder an acreKemmerer Field OfficeFLAT
3 September 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreUinta County38 I80 EAST
2 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUinta CountyWALL RESERVOIR
1 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKemmerer Field OfficeFORT BRIDGER
4 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.5 acresKemmerer Field OfficeSCOOP SHOVEL
31 August 2020Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresUinta CountyTRUCK STOP 34
30 August 2009Naturalunder an acreWyoming State Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Uinta County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bluemel and FraughtonSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Uinta 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
Urie2.5 miles8
Mountain View4.1 miles8
Millburne4.3 miles10
Lyman4.9 miles8
Carter8.7 miles7
Robertson9.2 miles8
Antelope10.6 miles8
Bridger12.0 miles8

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 BridgerAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1942119The 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.