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Trenton, North Dakota

6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Trenton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58853. It lies near Bobs Coulee. The Survey maps it on the Trenton quadrangle. 488 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,932 feet above sea level.

Trenton within Williams County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 6 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

6 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Trenton between 2008 and 2020, burning about 346 acres in total. None 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
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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
4 September 2020Misuse of fire by a minor330 acresNorth Dakota State Forest Service200904
18 July 2019Railroad operations and maintenance15 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceBNSF 7/18/19 FIRE
27 June 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceIRRIGATION CANAL FIRE
23 June 2020Smokingunder an acreNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceMM 10 HWY 2
13 April 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest Service14736 LAMBERT ST
17 March 2008Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreDakota Prairie National GrasslandsSILURIAN 9-1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Williams County

Storms near this place

26 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Trenton in 26 storm reports between 1995 and 2021: 15 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 1 dust devil, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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 2006Dust DevilTrenton1 hurtA dust devil or whirlwind blew through Trenton. A four year old girl was injured as the trampoline she was playing on was lifted about 25 feet into the air. The trampoline landed back on the ground about 60 feet from its original position. The child was found under the trampoline. The child was transported by ambulance to Mercy Hospital in Williston. Detailed reports were provided by the Williams County Sheriff.
June 2015Flash FloodTrenton$500,000Over two inches of rain fell in a very short time period and led to flash flooding along parts of North Dakota Highway 1804 southwest of Williston. People were isolated by flood waters and unable to leave their homes at the flood peak. Damage occurred to roads and soil was significantly eroded in several areas.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindTrenton$40,000Part of a roof was blown off a building, and another small building was blown over.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindTrenton$20,000A roof was damaged.
August 2010HailTrenton$15,000The large hail resulted in broken windows on a home.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindTrenton-A tree was blown over.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindTrenton-The Williams County Emergency Manager estimated thunderstorm wind gusts of 65 mph.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindTrenton-The wind gust was estimated. No damage was reported.
July 2012HailTrenton-There were no reports of damage with this large hail report.
August 2009HailTrenton-The large hail resulted in some reported damage to crops.
August 2006HailTrenton-Sugar beet crop damaged by hail.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindTrenton-Estimated wind gust 80 mph blew two grain bins off their foundations, one moved 1000 feet away and the other 40 feet. 1 inch hail also reported. Winds in excess of 55 mph between 235 AM CST and 245 AM CST.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindTrenton-Thunderstorm winds destroyed a grain bin.
August 1998HailTrenton-roof and crop damage
July 2018HailTrenton-no account filed
July 2018Funnel CloudTrenton-no account filed
July 2018HailTrenton-no account filed
June 2018Thunderstorm WindTrenton-no account filed
July 2016HailTrenton-no account filed
July 2015HailTrenton-no account filed
May 2014HailTrenton-no account filed
May 2014HailTrenton-no account filed
July 2013HailTrenton-no account filed
June 2010HailTrenton-no account filed
August 2010HailTrenton-no account filed
July 1995HailTrenton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Williams 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
Marley4.8 miles5
Buford9.6 miles7
Williston12.7 miles6
Avoca18.4 miles6
West Bonetraill23.6 miles5
Spring Brook23.6 miles7
Marmon23.9 miles5
Bonetraill23.9 miles5

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 TrentonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3608982The 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 1032516. 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.

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.