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Torreys, Idaho

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Stanley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83278. It stands on Burnt Creek. The Survey maps it on the Thompson Creek quadrangle.

Torreys within Custer County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

29 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Torreys between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7 acres in total. 19 started naturally. None 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
Natural19
Recreation and ceremony6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
6 September 2019Naturalunder an acreSawtooth National ForestWARM SPRINGS
3 September 1995Naturalunder an acreSalmon-Challis National ForestGOAT
2 September 2002Naturalunder an acreSawtooth National ForestTORREY
1 September 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSalmon-Challis National ForestTHOMPSON CREEK
7 August 2006Naturalunder an acreSawtooth National ForestHOLMAN
6 August 2010Naturalunder an acreSawtooth National ForestRED
6 August 1999Naturalunder an acreSawtooth National ForestTRIPLE SIX
30 August 2007Naturalunder an acreSawtooth National ForestBEAVER CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Custer County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 52 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 52 workings within 5 miles of Torreys: 27 prospects, 13 occurrences, 7 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc. 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
Bluebird GroupSilver, Zinc, Lead, GoldOccurrenceGalena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Bonita GroupSilver, Antimony, Copper, Zinc, LeadOccurrenceVein
Carbonate MineSilver, Zinc, Gold, Copper, Lead, AntimonyProspect1886
Centauras WorkingsGold, Garnet, Iron, Zirconium, Titanium, REE, UraniumPast Producer1870, 1900
Cold Creek Bar PlacerGold, Garnet, Zirconium, Titanium, Iron, REEOccurrencePlacer
Copper ProspectLead, Copper, SilverOccurrenceAnglesite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Jamesonite, Tetrahedrite
Copper-Lead ProspectLead, CopperProspect
Easy Bar PlacerGold, REE, Garnet, Titanium, Iron, ZirconiumOccurrencePlacer
Flintstone GroupSilver, Tungsten, Gold, Lead, Zinc, CopperProspectScheelite
Greyhound RidgeTungsten, Lead, Gold, SilverUnknown

Every working recorded in Custer 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
Robinson Bar4.0 miles15
Sunbeam7.1 miles16
Bonanza10.5 miles16
Custer10.5 miles15
Clayton10.7 miles13
Crystal (historical)14.7 miles14
Lower Stanley17.4 miles16
Obsidian17.7 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 398249. 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.