| Bridge Creek, Oklahoma | |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Pushpin Map: | Oklahoma#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Bridge Creek |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Coordinates: | 35.2347°N -97.7353°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Oklahoma |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Grady |
| Subdivision Type3: | Township |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Title1: | Platted |
| Established Title2: | Incorporated |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 1.57 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 1.57 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
| Area Total Km2: | 4.07 |
| Area Land Km2: | 4.07 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Elevation Ft: | 1345 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 336 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 213.60 |
| Population Density Km2: | 82.46 |
| Timezone: | CST |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Timezone Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 73010 / 73089[2] |
| Area Code Type: | Area code |
| Area Code: | 405 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 2411725 |
Bridge Creek is a town in Grady County, Oklahoma, United States. As of the 2020 census, the town population was 336, a 0% change from 2010.[3]
Bridge Creek was incorporated as a town in 2000.[4] [5] 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.[6]
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 in this tornado when it was near Bridge Creek. This tornado currently stands with the highest rated windspeed recorded on Earth.[7]
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.[8] [9]
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 to downtown Oklahoma City and southwest 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 to Mustang.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the town of Bridge Creek has a total area of 4.2sqkm, all land.[3]