Trio, South Carolina
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Trio census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29510. The Survey maps it on the Trio quadrangle. It stands 56 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1943 USGS Trio quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
911 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 911 fires within 5 miles of Trio between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9,465 acres in total. None started naturally. 332 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 332 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 299 |
| Debris and open burning | 228 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Smoking | 16 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 9.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
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 Trio: 1 producer. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parsons Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
11 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Trio in 11 storm reports between 1998 and 2011: 6 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2008 | Tornado (EF1) | Trio | $200,000 | A National Weather Service Storm Survey concluded an EF1 tornado with winds to 100 mph developed just west of Steadfast Road where most of the damage occurred. The tornado dissipated just east of Jumpin Run Road. Thirty five homes were damaged, 7 suffered major damage and 5 were completely destroyed. The maximum path width was 75 yards. The path length was about 4 miles. Williamsburg County officials estimated the damage at $200,000 dollars. |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trio | $50,000 | National Weather Service storm damage assessment in Trio described damage to 5 model homes in the Blakely housing development due to straight line thunderstorm winds estimated at 65-75 mph. Dime-size hail was also reported in the town. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trio | $50,000 | Thunderstorm wind gusts damaged 20 mobile homes and numerous trees were reported down. In addition, the wind damaged 30 to 40 acres of corn crop in the area. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trio | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trio | $5,000 | Strong winds blew the roof off a mobile home. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trio | $1,000 | A tree was reported down at the intersection of Suttons Road and Aimwell Road. |
| April 2007 | Hail | Trio | - | Quarter size hail was reported in Cedar Creek. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Trio | - | Nickel size hail was reported. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trio | - | Several power lines down west of SR 41 and north of SSR 45. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Trio | - | Penny size hail in Suttons. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Trio | - | Golfball size hail in Earle. |
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.
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 Trio | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14709666 | 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 1227213. 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.




