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Torrent, Kentucky

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Campton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41301. It stands on Torrent Creek. The Survey maps it on the Zachariah quadrangle.

Torrent within Wolfe County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 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

149 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 149 fires within 5 miles of Torrent between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,615 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 24 were 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
Debris and open burning54
Missing data/not specified/undetermined33
Recreation and ceremony24
Arson/incendiarism24
Equipment and vehicle use7
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Smoking1
Natural1

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
8 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
7 September 2002Equipment and vehicle use8.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
3 September 2007Debris and open burning3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
26 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryPINE RIDGE
22 September 2019Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryFIXER
21 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
16 September 2016Debris and open burning3.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryGRIFFEN BRANCH
15 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wolfe County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Torrent: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Mill Creek StoneStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Wolfe County

Storms near this place

5 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Torrent in 5 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2024Thunderstorm WindTorrent$15,000Tree down on a vehicle along Hwy-715 somewhere between Zachariah and Pine Ridge, exact location not given.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindTorrent$4,000One tree and numerous 2 inch diameter limbs were blown down by thunderstorm wind gusts.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindTorrent-The 911 call center reported one tree down had fallen onto KY-11 near the 4000 block in Campton.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindTorrent-Large branches have been broken off and blocked the road in the 4000 block of KY-715 near the Red River Gorge.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindTorrent-There were huge limbs and branches on highway 715.

Every storm recorded in Wolfe 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
El Park (historical)0.1 miles13
Zachariah1.3 miles13
Leeco1.7 miles13
Booth2.1 miles13
Standing Rock2.3 miles13
Rogers2.4 miles13
Glencairn3.3 miles12
Pine Ridge4.2 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 515978. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.