Torboy, Washington
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Republic census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99166. It lies near Gold Hill. The Survey maps it on the Republic quadrangle. 43 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,425 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresTorboy fell from 49 to 43 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 49 | |
| 2020 | 43 | -6 (-12%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1904 USGS Republic quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1948 USGS Republic quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Republic quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Okanogan quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Okanogan quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Republic quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Republic quadrangle1:24000
- 1992 USGS Republic quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
162 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 162 fires within 5 miles of Torboy between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,358 acres in total. 59 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 59 |
| Debris and open burning | 50 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Other causes | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Colville National Forest | TAYLOR ROAD |
| 9 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 8 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | GIBRALTAR TWO |
| 8 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | GIBRALTAR |
| 8 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 6 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | TROUT HOTWHEELS |
| 6 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 4 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Colville National Forest | BOBCAT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 129 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 129 workings within 5 miles of Torboy: 54 occurrences, 38 past producers, 17 prospects, 16 unknowns. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Gold, Silver, Silver, Silver, Gold. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Churchill | Lead | Occurrence | ||
| Flag Hill | Gold, Selenium, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Knob Hill Mine | Silver, Gold, Copper, Antimony, Selenium, Tellurium, Arsenic | Producer | 1904 | |
| Lamefoot | Iron, Silver, Gold | Prospect | Replacement | |
| Last Chance | Gold, Silver, Antimony | Producer | Pyrite, Tetrahedrite | |
| New Republic Mine | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Occurrence | ||
| Overlook | Gold, Silver, Copper, Iron | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite | |
| Republic | Silver, Selenium, Gold | Occurrence | Gold | |
| Republic | Gold, Silver, Selenium, Copper, Zinc, Antimony | Producer | Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Tetrahedrite | |
| Weisman -Mc-Gillis | Stone, Dimension | Prospect | Sandstone |
Storms near this place
4 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Torboy in 4 storm reports between 2014 and 2023: 4 debris flow. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2016 | Debris Flow | Torboy | $3,000 | Broadcast media noted that state route 20 became partially blocked near mile post 320 due to a rock slide. |
| May 2014 | Debris Flow | Torboy | $1,000 | Large rocks in roadway blocked SR20 Eastbound lane only near milepost 318 in Ferry county. Report received via e-mail from Washington State Patrol. |
| November 2023 | Debris Flow | Torboy | $500 | WSDOT cleared a rockslide on Highway 20 at MP320. No mention of how big the slide was. |
| October 2016 | Debris Flow | Torboy | - | A member of the public noted a small rock slide on SR 20 West bound at milepost 318 near Sherman Pass summit. |
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.
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 Torboy | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6149027 | The 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 1527313. 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.







