South Torrington, Wyoming
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Torrington census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82240. It lies near Pioneer Park. The Survey maps it on the Torrington quadrangle.
On record in South Torrington
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
South Torrington Union Pacific Depotlisted 1974 · 0.2 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 17 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.
- 1896 USGS Patrick quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1954 USGS Torrington quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Torrington quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Torrington quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Torrington quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Torrington quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
41 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of South Torrington between 1996 and 2020, burning about 1,310 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Fireworks | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 5 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Goshen County | HIGHWAY 26 |
| 19 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Goshen County | HWY92 & HWY 85 |
| 4 July 2017 | Fireworks | 1.0 acres | Goshen County | 202 ROCK RIDGE |
| 4 July 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 31 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Goshen County | SHOOTING RANGE |
| 3 July 2018 | Fireworks | under an acre | Goshen County | 5332 HWY 26 |
| 3 July 2018 | Fireworks | 1.0 acres | Goshen County | 1310 TIPPECANOE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of South Torrington: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C.C.I. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Wheatland Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2022Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names South Torrington in 5 storm reports between 2022 and 2023: 5 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2023 | Hail | South Torrington | - | Golf ball size hail reported with car windows broken outside of a restaurant south of Torrington. |
| July 2023 | Hail | South Torrington | - | Received report from mPING. |
| June 2022 | Hail | South Torrington | - | Received report from mPing. |
| July 2023 | Hail | South Torrington | - | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Hail | South Torrington | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Torrington | 0.9 miles | 17 | |
| Cottier | 4.8 miles | 18 | |
| Huntley | 8.3 miles | 13 | |
| Heldt | 9.2 miles | 18 | |
| Silver Tip | 10.4 miles | 13 | |
| Lingle | 10.6 miles | 18 | |
| Yoder | 11.0 miles | 13 | |
| Veteran | 12.2 miles | 12 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122565394 | 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 1594747. 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.





