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Torrey, Utah

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Loa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84775. It lies near Poverty Flat. The Survey maps it on the Torrey quadrangle. 231 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,837 feet above sea level.

Torrey within Wayne County

On record in Torrey

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 10 records

Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Torrey grew from 182 to 231 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2010182
2020231+49 (+27%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 22 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.

Photographs

2 photographs, 2022

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

A young buck deer appears to pose in a field near the town of Torrey in the western U.S. state of Utah
A young buck deer appears to pose in a field near the town of Torrey in the western U.S. state of Utah
Highsmith, Carol M, 2022. Library of Congress
Capitol Reef National Park Roads & Bridges, Along State Route 24 between Torrey & Cainesville, Torrey, Wayne County, UT
Capitol Reef National Park Roads & Bridges, Along State Route 24 between Torrey & Cainesville, Torrey, Wayne County, UT
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

31 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Torrey between 1992 and 2020, burning about 42 acres in total. 24 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
Natural24
Recreation and ceremony3
Debris and open burning3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
30 September 2005Naturalunder an acreFishlake National ForestBIRCH SPRINGS
3 September 2002Naturalunder an acreFishlake National ForestTORREY
26 September 2000Naturalunder an acreRichfield Field OfficeCOZY COVE
11 September 2004Naturalunder an acreDixie National ForestROCKY RIDGE
1 September 1996Naturalunder an acreDixie National ForestBULLBERRY
9 August 1992Natural2.0 acresDixie National Forestnot named
26 August 1996Naturalunder an acreDixie National ForestCEDAR
23 August 2000Naturalunder an acreDixie National ForestCABIN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wayne County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Torrey: 9 past producers, 7 occurrences, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Dimension, Stone. 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
Birch Spring ProspectUranium, Copper, VanadiumOccurrenceBrochantite, Chalcanthite
Picture Stone QuarryStone, DimensionPast ProducerSandstone
Picture Stone QuarryStonePast Producer
Sulphur Creek ProspectBarium-BaritePast Producer
Catherine Black Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSurface
Torrey Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSurface
Torrey Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Blacks ClaimUraniumUnknown
Blacks ClaimsUraniumPast ProducerSurface/Underground
Blacks ClaimsUraniumPast Producer

Every working recorded in Wayne County

Storms near this place

14 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Torrey in 14 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 14 flash flood. 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 1997Flash FloodTorrey$5,000no account filed
July 2025Flash FloodTorrey-A flood wave (flash flooding) was reported in Sulphur Creek at the Capitol Reef National Park western Boundary. Approximately 0.25 to 0.50 inches of rain fell to create the flood wave.
August 2024Flash FloodTorrey-A park ranger reported flash flooding along Sulphur Creek just outside of Capitol Reef National Park.
July 2021Flash FloodTorrey-Capitol Reef National Park officials reported flash flooding in a dry wash leading into Sulphur Creek from upstream heavy rainfall. The water level on Sulphur Creek near the Visitor center rose 2 feet.
August 2021Flash FloodTorrey-Capitol Reef National Park officials reported flash flooding on Sulphur Creek and the Fremont River, along with muddy conditions on Scenic Drive. The initial flood wave through Sulphur Creek contained black boulders.
July 2013Flash FloodTorrey-Park rangers reported flash flooding along Sulphur Creek in Capitol Reef National Park.
July 2013Flash FloodTorrey-Park rangers at Capitol Reef National Park reported flash flooding on Sulphur Creek, with the flood reaching the Visitor Center at 225 pm MDT.
September 2013Flash FloodTorrey-Sulphur Creek in Capitol Reef National Park experienced flash flooding following heavy rainfall.
August 2012Flash FloodTorrey-Flash flooding was reported by the park rangers at Capitol Reef National Park. This flooding primarily occurred along the Scenic Drive, closing the Grand Wash and Capitol Gorge areas.
September 2012Flash FloodTorrey-Flash flooding was reported in multiple locations across Capitol Reef National Park. Flooding occurred along Sulphur Creek, and water also flowed across the Scenic Drive, causing park officials to temporarily close the road.
July 2012Flash FloodTorrey-Flash flooding occurred along Sulphur Creek in Capitol Reef National Park, impacting a section of State Route 24.
September 2007Flash FloodTorrey-Flash flooding occurred in Capitol Reef National Park. Grand Wash was flooded and the Scenic Drive was closed due to flooding.
August 2006Flash FloodTorrey-Flash Flood across parts of Capitol Reef NP. Roads closed including the Grand Wash and Scenic Highway
August 2003Flash FloodTorrey-Flash flood water over Highway 12 west of Torrey closed the road for a time.

Every storm recorded in Wayne 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
Teasdale3.2 miles22
Grover6.1 miles22
Bicknell7.2 miles18
Fruita9.2 miles20
Lyman11.3 miles19
Loa13.9 miles18
Fremont15.3 miles19
Notom16.6 miles20

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on TorreyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q483141The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1446658. 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.