Trent, South Dakota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Trent town. It lies in ZIP code area 57065. It stands on Brookfield Creek. The Survey maps it on the Trent quadrangle. 206 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,503 feet above sea level.
On record in Trent
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- First Scandinavian Baptist Churchlisted 2000
Population over time
2 figuresTrent fell from 232 to 206 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 232 | |
| 2020 | 206 | -26 (-11%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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.
- 1955 USGS Sioux Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Sioux Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Trent quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Sioux Falls quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
31 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Trent between 2002 and 2020, burning about 129 acres in total. None 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/undetermined | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | DOUG KOUPAL SR. |
| 2 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | DIGGER |
| 30 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | DITCH |
| 30 July 2017 | Fireworks | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | HAY FIRE |
| 30 July 2017 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 5.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | CANOE |
| 21 July 2006 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 16 July 2006 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 10 July 2007 | Fireworks | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Trent: 2 unknowns, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
26 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Trent in 26 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 17 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1997 | Hail | Trent | $50,000 | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trent | $30,000 | Thunderstorm winds destroyed a barn by moving it 100 feet off its foundation, after which it collapsed. The collapsing barn heavily damaged a stock trailer. The winds also blew off part of the roof of a barn on a nearby farm. Tree damage was significant, with over 20 trees blown down, as well as numerous branches on other trees. One large branch that fell damaged a car and the roof of a house. |
| June 2008 | Tornado (EF1) | Trent | $10,000 | A tornado blew a 40 by 100 foot metal machine shed a quarter mile, destroyed an outbuilding, and damaged trees. |
| March 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trent | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds damaged several outbuildings on a farmstead. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trent | $2,000 | Thunderstorm wind gusts downed several large tree limbs from 6 to 10 inches in diameter. Property damage costs are a rough estimate. |
| September 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trent | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts as high as 73 mph were measured by a personal weather station near Trent. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trent | - | A large tree branch was broken off by thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| June 2019 | Flash Flood | Trent | - | Water flowing over county highway 14. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trent | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including large branches blown down. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trent | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including 5 to 8 inch diameter branches blown down. |
| August 2017 | Hail | Trent | - | no account filed |
| July 2014 | Hail | Trent | - | no account filed |
| July 2014 | Hail | Trent | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Trent | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Trent | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Trent | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Hail | Trent | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Trent | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Trent | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Trent | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Trent | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Hail | Trent | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Trent | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Trent | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Trent | - | no account filed |
| September 1997 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sioux Falls Junction | 5.4 miles | 8 | |
| Lone Tree | 6.4 miles | 8 | |
| Egan | 6.4 miles | 8 | |
| Colman | 10.0 miles | 9 | |
| Flandreau | 10.3 miles | 8 | |
| Pleasant Valley Colony | 14.5 miles | 9 | |
| Ward | 20.0 miles | 8 |
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 Q1898599 | 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 1258600. 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.



