Trinidad, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Cedar Creek Lake census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75163. The Survey maps it on the Malakoff quadrangle. 860 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 302 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresTrinidad fell from 1,091 to 860 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,091 | |
| 2010 | 886 | -205 (-19%) |
| 2020 | 860 | -26 (-3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 11 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.
- 1954 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Malakoff quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1985 USGS Corsicana quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
126 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 126 fires within 5 miles of Trinidad between 1995 and 2019, burning about 724 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 66 |
| Debris and open burning | 33 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | THOMSON |
| 8 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE ON STATE HWY 274 |
| 7 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CITY OF TRINIDAD |
| 6 September 2010 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | S.HWY 31 |
| 30 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HICKE |
| 30 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1013488 |
| 27 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | STATE OF TEXAS |
| 24 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | STATE OF TEXAS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Trinidad: 3 producers, 3 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malakoff Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Malakoff Pits & Plant | Clay | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Clay | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
14 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Trinidad in 14 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 7 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 2016 | Tornado (EF0) | Trinidad | $200,000 | A National Weather Service storm survey crew found evidence of a tornado which began south of the city of Trinidad, and move northeast to the city of Malakoff. The tornado began by damaging several trees and homes near Trinidad. As the tornado moved northeast, trees were damaged along State Highway 34, before entering southwest Malakoff. Approximately 10 homes were damaged in Malakoff, with one home losing a chimney, part of the roof, and several large trees on the property. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Trinidad | $12,000 | Report from mPING: Tennis Ball (2.50 in.). |
| October 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trinidad | $7,000 | The Sheriff's Office received at least 20 calls about trees on roadways across the county. The Precinct 1 County Commissioner was still out removing tree limbs from county roads the next morning. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trinidad | $1,000 | One large tree was split and another was uprooted. |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trinidad | $200 | Thunderstorm winds blew down large tree limbs. |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trinidad | $200 | Thunderstorm winds blew down some trees. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Trinidad | - | Reported via mPing. |
| April 2024 | Hail | Trinidad | - | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). |
| March 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trinidad | - | Henderson County Sheriff's Department reported damage all over the Malakoff-Trinidad area. |
| March 2006 | Hail | Trinidad | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Hail | Trinidad | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Hail | Trinidad | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Trinidad | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Trinidad | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Star Harbor | 3.9 miles | 11 | |
| Malakoff | 4.5 miles | 11 | |
| Caney City | 6.4 miles | 11 | |
| Log Cabin | 6.5 miles | 11 | |
| Crescent Heights | 8.4 miles | 15 | |
| Enchanted Oaks | 8.4 miles | 14 | |
| Cross Roads | 9.3 miles | 15 | |
| Payne Springs | 9.3 miles | 14 |
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 Trinidad | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q981535 | 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 1381023. 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.



