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Trinity, South Carolina

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Newberry census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29108. The Survey maps it on the Silverstreet quadrangle.

Trinity within Newberry County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

64 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Trinity between 1992 and 2017, burning about 269 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 1 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/undetermined34
Debris and open burning10
Equipment and vehicle use9
Natural7
Smoking2
Other causes1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
8 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2006Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2003Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2014Debris and open burning6.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 2007Natural17 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
27 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Newberry County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Trinity: 3 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Granite, Granite, Stone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Abney Clay PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary Clay
Newberry QuarryGraniteUnknownIgneous
Newberry QuarryGranite, Stone, DimensionPast ProducerIgneous
Newberry QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Newberry County

Storms near this place

14 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Trinity in 14 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 10 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 flash flood, 1 hail. The reports record 2 injuries. 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
March 2008Tornado (EF3)Trinity2 hurtNWS Storm Survey found an EF3 tornado touched down near Silverstreet and continued east through Prosperity then crossed into Richald county where it dissipated. Many homes in Prosperity were heavily damaged. Numerous trees and powerlines were down. There were 2 injuries.
February 2011Tornado (EF1)Trinity$120,000Storm Survey with Sheriff found numerous trees down from a microburst and an EF1 tornado from the northwest to northeast side of Silverstreet. One mobile home was destroyed, one was severely damaged, and there were no injuries.
February 2011Thunderstorm WindTrinity$4,000Sheriff reported trees down on Island Ford road and verified by storm survey as a microburst.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindTrinity$3,000Highway Patrol reported trees down on Green Tree Road.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindTrinity$3,000Sheriff reported trees down at the intersection of Island Ford and Bellfast roads.
June 2015Flash FloodTrinity$2,000Dispatch reported flash flooding closing the intersection of Island Ford Road and Sandy Creek Road. Several streams were out of their banks flooding areas along side several other roads.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindTrinity-Newberry County dispatch reported a tree down on Sandy Run Creek Rd. No cross street given. Time estimated by radar.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindTrinity-Newberry County Dispatch reported tree down near the intersection of Belfast Road and Harry Longshore Road.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindTrinity-SC Department of Transportation reported trees down on Belfast Road north of Silverstreet, SC. Time estimated by radar.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindTrinity-SC DOT reported multiple trees down on Trinity Springs Rd. Time estimated.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindTrinity-SCHP reported a tree down on Belfast Rd at Trinity Church Rd. Time estimated.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindTrinity-Several trees were downed at Island Ford Rd, Green Tree Rd at Stoney Battery Rd, Belfast Rd at Stoney Battery Rd, and Timmerman Rd at Green Tree Rd. Time estimated.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindTrinity-Report received via social media of multiple trees down in the Belfast Rd area. Time estimated.
April 2017HailTrinity-Media, via social media, posted image of 1 inch hail in Newberry.

Every storm recorded in Newberry 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
Longshore1.8 miles13
Smyrna2.2 miles13
Silverstreet2.4 miles12
Spearman (historical)2.6 miles12
Deadfall Crossroads3.4 miles12
Bush River5.2 miles13
Helena5.5 miles13
Oldtown (historical)5.8 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1230422. 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.