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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. 6,119 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,104 feet above sea level.

Torrington within Goshen County

On record in 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 2 records

Population over time

2 figures

Torrington fell from 6,501 to 6,119 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
20106,501
20206,119-382 (-6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 17 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

44 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Torrington between 1996 and 2020, burning about 1,314 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/undetermined17
Debris and open burning8
Fireworks6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
10 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWyoming State Forestrynot named
5 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGoshen CountyHIGHWAY 26
19 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresGoshen CountyHWY92 & HWY 85
4 July 2017Fireworks1.0 acresGoshen County202 ROCK RIDGE
4 July 2007Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWyoming State Forestrynot named
31 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGoshen CountySHOOTING RANGE
3 July 2018Fireworksunder an acreGoshen County5332 HWY 26
3 July 2018Fireworks1.0 acresGoshen County1310 TIPPECANOE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Goshen County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
C.C.I. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Wheatland PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Goshen County

Storms near this place

60 of 119 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Torrington in 119 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 75 hail, 26 thunderstorm wind, 6 flash flood, 5 tornado. 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
June 1999HailTorrington$75,000no account filed
July 1997Flash FloodTorrington$30,000Residential basements flooded and a county road washed out after about 6" of rain; Cameron Creek, Rawhide Creek and Torrington Ditch overflowed just N of Hwy 26.
May 2000HailTorrington$20,000no account filed
June 2025Thunderstorm WindTorrington$10,000Emergency manager reported down trees and power outages around Torrington.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindTorrington$10,000Late report. Emergency Manager reported a newly build barn had it's roof ripped off and tossed near the house.
August 1996HailTorrington$10,000no account filed
September 1996Thunderstorm WindTorrington$7,000no account filed
August 1998Thunderstorm WindTorrington$4,000A storm produced a wind gust of 70 mph which ripped the roof off of a shop building 14 miles southwest of Torrington.
September 1997LightningTorrington$1,000Power pole damaged; reported by Torrington Police Department.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindTorrington$500A thunderstorm produced 58 mph wind gusts in Torrington, which broke 6 to 7 inch diameter tree limbs.
July 2025HailTorrington-Spotter reported 1.2 inch hail 10 miles NW of Henry, NE.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindTorrington-Estimated wind gust in Torrington Wyoming.
July 2024Flash FloodTorrington-Emergency manager reported water covering the right lane of US Highway 26 due to flooding between Torrington and Lingle.
July 2024Flash FloodTorrington-Emergency manager provided a photo of street flooding at East F Street and 20th Ave in Torrington.
September 2024HailTorrington-Several reports of quarter sized hail in Torrington Wyoming and gusty winds.
July 2023HailSouth Torrington-Golf ball size hail reported with car windows broken outside of a restaurant south of Torrington.
July 2023HailSouth Torrington-Received report from mPING.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindTorrington-Trained spotter estimated winds speeds of at least 60 mph with wind driven dime size hail.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindTorrington-Strong winds reported along the leading edge of the line of storms estimated around 60 mph.
July 2022HailTorrington-Some hailstones were soft and shattered upon impact.
June 2022HailSouth Torrington-Received report from mPing.
June 2022HailTorrington-Received photo from Facebook. Time estimated based on radar.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindTorrington-ASOS station KTOR - Torrington Airport reported wind gust. Additional reports of a few trees and powerlines down in Torrington along with light shingle damage. A center agricultural pivot overturned just south of Torrington.
May 2020HailTorrington-Emergency management personnel reported nickel sized hail at corner of Main St. and 28th Street.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindTorrington-Power outage with trees blown down reported in Torrington from wind gusts.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindTorrington-Reports of metal dumpster being mangled from strong winds.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindTorrington-Estimated wind gusts of 65 mph damaged wind equipment near the Prairie Center School.
June 2017HailTorrington-Quarter size hail was observed north of Torrington.
June 2017HailTorrington-Wind-driven quarter size hail destroyed the alfalfa crop.
July 2017HailTorrington-Marble to quarter size hail was observed west of Torrington.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindTorrington-Estimated wind gusts of 75 to 90 mph caused extensive roof damage to buildings and overturned irrigation pivots south of Torrington and east of Veteran.
June 2016Heavy RainTorrington-Two and a half to five inches of rain was reported at Torrington.
June 2016Flash FloodTorrington-Flash flooding was reported in and around Torrington. Torrington Fire/EMS rescued people trapped inside a city park restroom that was surrounded by high water. Public works officials asked residents not to use public water for three hours.
June 2016HailTorrington-Nickel to quarter size hail was reported a few miles north of Torrington.
October 2016HailTorrington-Quarter size hail was reported at Torrington.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindTorrington-Estimated 60 mph wind gusts were reported along U.S. Highway 85 six miles south of Torrington.
June 2015HailTorrington-Golf ball size hail was observed at Torrington.
June 2015HailTorrington-Quarter size hail was observed at Torrington.
May 2015HailTorrington-Quarter size hail covered the ground eight miles south of Torrington.
April 2014HailTorrington-Quarter size hail was reported near Prairie Center.
May 2014Flash FloodTorrington-Two to three inches of rain in two hours generated flash flooding in and around Torrington. Highway 85 was under water. Many streets and yards were flooded.
September 2014Heavy RainTorrington-An observer north of Torrington measured 2.5 inches of rain.
September 2014Heavy RainTorrington-An observer in Torrington measured 2.76 inches of rain.
June 2014HailTorrington-Quarter to hen egg size hail covered the ground west of Torrington.
May 2014HailTorrington-Penny to quarter size hail was observed in Torrington.
May 2014Flash FloodTorrington-Over three inches of rain in two hours caused extensive flash flooding throughout Torrington. Many streets and businesses were flooded. Highway 26 was under a foot of water. Many residences sustained flood damage to basements.
June 2014HailTorrington-Golf ball to tennis ball size hail was reported in Torrington. There were numerous reports of extensive damage to homes, buildings and vehicles along a one mile swath from the Riverbridge to a quarter mile north of downtown Torrington.
July 2013HailTorrington-Quarter size hail was observed south of Torrington.
May 2013HailTorrington-Pea to golf ball size hail was reported six miles north of Torrington.
June 2013HailTorrington-Half dollar to golf ball size hail was reported in Torrington.
June 2013HailTorrington-Quarter to ping pong ball size hail was reported one block east of the Eastern Wyoming Community College campus.
June 2013HailTorrington-Golf ball size hail was reported near Torrington.
June 2013HailTorrington-Quarter size hail was reported in Torrington.
June 2013HailTorrington-Golf ball to baseball size hail was reported north of Torrington.
June 2013HailTorrington-Golf ball to tea cup size hail was reported north of Torrington.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindTorrington-A flagpole was bent in half. Winds were estimated as high as 70 mph.
June 2012HailTorrington-Penny to quarter sized hail fell in Torrington.
June 2012HailTorrington-Quarter to ping pong ball sized hail was observed in Torrington.
June 2012Heavy RainTorrington-One and a half inches of rain fell in a 30-minute period just west of Torrington, which resulted in minor urban flooding.
June 2011HailTorrington-Hail 2 to 3 inches deep in some spots.

Every storm recorded in Goshen 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
South Torrington0.9 miles17
Cottier5.0 miles18
Huntley9.2 miles13
Heldt9.3 miles18
Lingle9.9 miles18
Silver Tip11.1 miles13
Yoder11.6 miles13
Veteran12.4 miles12

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 TorringtonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q988195The 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 1595642. 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.