Trent, Texas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Merkel census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79561. The Survey maps it on the Chalk Peak quadrangle. 295 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,913 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresTrent fell from 337 to 295 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 | 337 | |
| 2020 | 295 | -42 (-12%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1893 USGS Sweetwater quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Big Spring quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Merkel quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Big Spring quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Chalk Peak quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Sweetwater quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
115 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 115 fires within 5 miles of Trent between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,540 acres in total. 7 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 use | 58 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 263 1/2 GRASS FIRE |
| 7 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 264CM GRASS FIRE |
| 3 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 266WB GRASS FIRES |
| 3 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 264 GRASS FIRE |
| 3 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 29 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 262 CENTER MEDIAN |
| 29 September 2011 | Natural | 75 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SLITER FIRE |
| 21 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TRENT MESA FIRE 2 |
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 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Copper | Occurrence | 1970 |
Storms near this place
28 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Trent in 28 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 18 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trent | $25,000 | Four telephone poles were blown down on County Road 365, just southeast of Trent. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trent | $2,000 | Winds estimated at 60 mph toppled power poles and damaged mobile homes. |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trent | - | An emergency manager reported a partial train derailment was caused by very strong straight line winds. There were 20 to 25 train cars blown over. The estimated wind speed was 80 mph. The estimated wind speed is based on doppler radar. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trent | - | The Nolan County Sheriff's Office reported wind gusts of 60 mph along I-20 near Trent. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trent | - | A few tree limbs were blown down. The largest limb was 2 to 3 inches in diameter and was 4 to 5 feet long. |
| June 2013 | Hail | Trent | - | Law enforcement officials reported hail along the Noodle Dome Road, near the Jones and Taylor County line. |
| April 2012 | Hail | Trent | - | The Taylor County Sheriff's Office reported pea to quarter size hail in Trent. |
| April 2007 | Tornado (EF0) | Trent | - | This tornado was observed briefly just to the north of Trent. No damage was reported. |
| August 2007 | Flash Flood | Trent | - | Farm road 1085 closed south of Trent. |
| May 1999 | Hail | Trent | - | Baseball size hail. |
| May 1997 | Flash Flood | Trent | - | On May 8-9, a slow moving cold front resulted in widespread 1 to 2 inch rainfall over the Big Country. along a 40 mile wide line from Roby in Fisher County to San Saba. Specific rainfall reports include 1.91 inches in Trent and 1.3 inches in Abilene. Flooding occurred on and around Interstate 20 between Trent and Abilene, in Taylor County. Road closures were reported in Fisher County. |
| May 1995 | Tornado (F0) | Trent | - | A brief tornado touchdown was reported. |
| April 2021 | Hail | Trent | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Trent | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Trent | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Trent | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Trent | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Trent | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Trent | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Trent | - | no account filed |
| March 2001 | Hail | Trent | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Trent | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Trent | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Hail | Trent | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trent | - | no account filed |
| April 1997 | Hail | Trent | - | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Hail | Trent | - | no account filed |
| March 1993 | 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.
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 Q974774 | 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 1376497. 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.





