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Trent, Kentucky

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Hazel Green census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41301. It stands on Left Fork Stamper. The Survey maps it on the Hazel Green quadrangle. It stands 1,030 feet above sea level.

Trent within Wolfe County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

106 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 106 fires within 5 miles of Trent between 1997 and 2020, burning about 444 acres in total. None started naturally. 10 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
Debris and open burning48
Missing data/not specified/undetermined31
Recreation and ceremony14
Arson/incendiarism10
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2007Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
11 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBAPTIST ROAD
2 July 2010Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryTRENT HILL-HWY 191
22 June 2008Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
29 May 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
26 May 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreKentucky Division of ForestryBAPTIST FORK RD.
21 May 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
20 May 2020Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryHWY 3036

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wolfe County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Trent: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silica. 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
Stillwater Sandstone ExposureSilicaProspect

Every working recorded in Wolfe County

Storms near this place

12 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Trent in 12 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 10 thunderstorm wind, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2000Thunderstorm WindTrent$5,000Strong winds damaged roofs on two storage buildings and blew shingles off several roofs of homes. The winds blew a tree onto a car and a tree went down onto a mobile home. Chimney damage also occurred to 9 homes.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindTrent-At least 8 trees blown down along KY-191 at the gap between Stillwater (creek) and the Trent community.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindTrent-A NWS Employee reported that a tree had blown down across CR-3356 (Stamper Branch Road) near mile marker 1, just north of the community of Trent and west of Hazel Green.
May 2023Thunderstorm WindTrent-County highway department reported a couple of trees blown down by thunderstorm winds onto KY-746 near MM 5.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindTrent-Dispatch relayed a report of a tree down on Kentucky Highway 191 in Trent.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindTrent-Trees were blown down on Hwy 746.
October 2014Thunderstorm WindTrent-A tree was blown down along KY 191.
June 2013HailTrent-One inch diameter hail observed.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindTrent-A tree was blown down on Hwy 191 at mile marker 9 between Trent and Hwy 1010.
April 2006Thunderstorm WindTrent-Tree down across Highway 191.
February 2000Thunderstorm WindTrent-An off duty National Weather Service employee reported several trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds in the town of Trent.
November 2002HailTrent-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Wolfe 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
Stillwater1.6 miles14
Toliver2.9 miles14
Baptist3.0 miles13
Hazel Green3.0 miles14
Landsaw3.1 miles13
Rosedale (historical)3.3 miles13
Rose Chapel (historical)3.6 miles13
Lexie4.3 miles13

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 TrentAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7838354The 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 509230. 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.