Torreytown, Nevada

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Imlay census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89419. The Survey maps it on the Oreana quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Torreytown within Pershing County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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.

1931 USGS Lovelock quadrangle1:250000
1935 USGS Lovelock quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1955 USGS Lovelock quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
1956 USGS Oreana quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1959 USGS Lovelock quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1984 USGS Lovelock quadrangle1:100000
1987 USGS Oreana quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

35 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Torreytown (historical) between 1993 and 2020, burning about 17,116 acres in total. 4 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/undetermined	14
Equipment and vehicle use	7
Natural	4
Debris and open burning	3
Railroad operations and maintenance	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	1
Arson/incendiarism	1
Fireworks	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
4 September 1993	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Winnemucca District Office	I80MM123
28 September 1993	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Winnemucca District Office	ROCKYFLAT
17 September 1999	Misuse of fire by a minor	26 acres	Winnemucca District Office	VICTORY
15 September 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Winnemucca District Office	MM 124
8 August 2020	Equipment and vehicle use	1.2 acres	Winnemucca District Office	MM 116
27 August 2011	Natural	under an acre	Winnemucca District Office	LIMERICK
22 August 2020	Railroad operations and maintenance	under an acre	Pershing County	TRACKS
2 August 2014	Natural	under an acre	Winnemucca District Office	SACRAMENTO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pershing County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 34 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 34 workings within 5 miles of Torreytown (historical): 18 past producers, 6 occurrences, 5 unknowns, 2 prospects. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Silver, Lead, Antimony, Tungsten. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Aztec	Lead, Antimony, Silver	Prospect
Aztec Claim	Lead, Antimony, Silver	Occurrence	Vein
Constant Placers	Gold, Tungsten, Mercury, Titanium, Metal, Tin	Past Producer	Placer
Gold-Silver Prospect	Gold, Antimony, Silver, Lead	Past Producer
Jaxrace Jewel Prospect	Antimony, Silver, Lead	Occurrence	Vein
Last Chance	Silver, Lead, Gold, Antimony	Past Producer
Montezuma Mine	Silver, Lead, Zinc, Antimony, Gold, Copper	Past Producer	1860, 1951
NBMG Sample Site 2834	Silver, Lead, Antimony, Gold, Arsenic, Copper	Past Producer	Vein
Oreana Mine	Tungsten, Beryllium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Antimony	Past Producer	1934
Oreana Mine	Tungsten, Fluorine-Fluorite	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Pershing 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Oreana	1.7 miles	16
Arabia	3.4 miles	16
Oreana (historical)	4.0 miles	16
Sanborn (historical)	4.7 miles	16
Lima (historical)	5.4 miles	16
Woolsey	5.7 miles	16
Rye Patch	6.5 miles	16
Lower Rochester	8.5 miles	16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 846350. 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.