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.
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.
- 1889 USGS Salyersville quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Salyersville quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1899 USGS Salyersville quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1951 USGS Hazel Green quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Hazel Green quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1982 USGS Irvine quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
106 since 1997Regional 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 burning | 48 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 31 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BAPTIST ROAD |
| 2 July 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | TRENT HILL-HWY 191 |
| 22 June 2008 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 May 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 May 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BAPTIST FORK RD. |
| 21 May 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 May 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HWY 3036 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stillwater Sandstone Exposure | Silica | Prospect |
Storms near this place
12 since 2000Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trent | $5,000 | Strong 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 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trent | - | At least 8 trees blown down along KY-191 at the gap between Stillwater (creek) and the Trent community. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trent | - | 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 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trent | - | County highway department reported a couple of trees blown down by thunderstorm winds onto KY-746 near MM 5. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trent | - | Dispatch relayed a report of a tree down on Kentucky Highway 191 in Trent. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trent | - | Trees were blown down on Hwy 746. |
| October 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trent | - | A tree was blown down along KY 191. |
| June 2013 | Hail | Trent | - | One inch diameter hail observed. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trent | - | A tree was blown down on Hwy 191 at mile marker 9 between Trent and Hwy 1010. |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trent | - | Tree down across Highway 191. |
| February 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trent | - | An off duty National Weather Service employee reported several trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds in the town of Trent. |
| November 2002 | Hail | Trent | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stillwater | 1.6 miles | 14 | |
| Toliver | 2.9 miles | 14 | |
| Baptist | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| Hazel Green | 3.0 miles | 14 | |
| Landsaw | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Rosedale (historical) | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Rose Chapel (historical) | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Lexie | 4.3 miles | 13 |
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 Trent | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7838354 | 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 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.







