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Trinity Mills, Texas

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Northeast Dallas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75007. It stands on Furneaux Creek. The Survey maps it on the Carrollton quadrangle.

Trinity Mills within Dallas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 27 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

15 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Trinity Mills between 2005 and 2016, burning about 27 acres in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Debris and open burning2
Smoking1

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
19 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceAPPLERIDGE
16 July 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceMARSH
6 February 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
21 February 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceJOSIE
14 February 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
29 December 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
26 December 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
10 November 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceBECKETT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dallas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Trinity Mills: 6 producers, 5 past producers, 1 unknown. 6 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Farrow Brothers Sand and GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Fred Lueck Excavating OperationSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Fred Lueck Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
H S Jackson S & G Operations-PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Sparkman Sand and Gravel OperationSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sparkman Washing & Screening PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ten Hagen PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Dallas County

Storms near this place

13 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Trinity Mills in 13 storm reports between 2015 and 2025: 7 flash flood, 3 lightning, 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
November 2025LightningTrinity Mills$200,000A public report indicated a house fire caused by lightning on St Pierre Dr in Carrollton, TX.
September 2025LightningTrinity Mills$200,000A home on Normandy Dr in Carrollton was reportedly struck by lightning and damaged by the resulting fire.
July 2025Flash FloodTrinity Mills$100,000A public report indicated that multiple vehicles were stalled on Kelly Blvd near Creekview east of Carrollton due to high water. Kelly Blvd was shut down due to it being impassable.
July 2025Flash FloodTrinity Mills$50,000Carrollton Police Department reported that the front of a westbound train was stuck in high water at the crossing at North Josey Lane and Sherwood Lane in Carrollton, which blocked Josey Lane. Traffic was backed up to Trinity Mills.
April 2019Flash FloodTrinity Mills$50,000Emergency management reported multiple high water rescues in the City of Carrollton, TX.
July 2025Flash FloodTrinity Mills$20,000Emergency management reported that a water rescue was conducted for a stranded vehicle on the Interstate 35E frontage road north of Farmers Branch.
April 2015LightningTrinity Mills$10,000A lightning strike started a house fire on Carmel Drive in Carrollton.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindTrinity Mills$500Carrollton Police Department reported a power pole down near the intersection of Josey Lane and Frankford Road.
July 2025Flash FloodTrinity Mills-Emergency management reported that Josey Lane between Keller Springs Road and Sherwood Lane in Carrollton was flooded by 1 foot of water, which was observed on the Josey flood gauge.
April 2019HailTrinity Mills-Broadcast media reported hail up to the size of quarters near the Dallas-Collin County line in the vicinity of President George Bush Turnpike.
February 2018Flash FloodTrinity Mills-Emergency management reported multiple water rescues near the intersection of Jeanette Way and North Denton Dr in the city of Carrollton, TX.
September 2018Flash FloodTrinity Mills-Fire and Rescue reported flash flooding near the intersection of Sandy Lake Road and President George Bush Turnpike in the city of Carrollton, TX.
September 2023HailTrinity Mills-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dallas 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
Carrollton2.8 miles27
Bethel3.0 miles27
Farmers Branch4.1 miles27
Coppell5.0 miles18
Addison5.4 miles24
Gribble5.7 miles27
Inwood6.6 miles24
Highland7.3 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379175. 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.