Bridge Creek, Oklahoma

History

Bridge Creek was incorporated as a town in 2000. The town proper and the unincorporated areas that its limits enclose are part of a rapidly growing area of northern McClain and Grady counties known as the "Tri-City Area" with Newcastle, Tuttle, and Blanchard.

Bridge Creek was one of several communities hardest hit by an F5 tornado in the deadly May 3, 1999, tornado outbreak. At least 11 people died in the Bridge Creek area. Doppler weather radar measured wind speeds of 321 mph in this tornado when it was near Bridge Creek. This tornado currently stands with the highest rated windspeed recorded on Earth.

The town was hit again by an EF3 tornado on May 6, 2015, 16 years and 3 days after the 1999 tornado. Homes were destroyed or heavily damaged.

Geography

Bridge Creek is bordered to the north, west, and southwest by the city of Tuttle, to the south by the city of Blanchard, and to the east by the city of Newcastle in McClain County.

Interstate 44, the H. E. Bailey Turnpike, forms the southeastern border of the town, leading northeast 25 mi to downtown Oklahoma City and southwest 17 mi to Chickasha, the Grady County seat. Oklahoma State Highway 4, the H. E. Bailey Turnpike Norman Spur, leads north through the center of Bridge Creek and continues north 11 mi to Mustang.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the town of Bridge Creek has a total area of 4.2 sqkm, all land.

Demographics

References

References

1. "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau.
2. United States Postal Service. "USPS – Look Up a ZIP Code".
3. {{GNIS. 2411725
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5. "Map at Oklahoma Tax Commission website indicating municipal limits". tax.ok.gov.
6. "A website indicating incorporation in 2000".
7. "Example of Bridge Creek's inclusion in colloquial "Tri-City Area"". rmtricity.com.
8. "Top Ten Deadliest Oklahoma Tornadoes (1882–2008)". srh.noaa.gov.
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11. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov.