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One of 167 National Register listings published here for Ada County · listed in 2024 · category: District.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Meridian Speedway
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2024.
The listing
- Address. 355 South Main St., Meridian, 83642
- When was it listed? February 2024
- Category. district
- Census division. Boise City
- National Register reference number. 100008284 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 28 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Meridian Speedway: 23 past producers, 4 producers, 1 unknown. 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ada Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ada Sand and Gravel Pit No 2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Allen Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Aspen Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Black Cat Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Black Cat Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Black Cat Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
13 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Meridian, the town this property stands in, in 13 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 9 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 flash flood. The reports record 4 injuries. 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 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meridian | 4 hurt | no account filed |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meridian | - | A few rotten trees were knocked down south of Meridian. |
| September 2013 | Hail | Meridian | - | Spotters in Meridian and eagle reported large hail up to an inch and a half across the area. |
| September 2013 | Flash Flood | Meridian | - | A National Weather Service employee reported road flooding near Ustick and Locust Grove with a depth of up to one foot in some places. |
| March 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meridian | - | A NWS storm survey estimated a 60 to 65 MPH wind gust destroyed an announcers booth at the Meridian Lions Club rodeo grounds. In addition, four sets of unsecured grandstand bleachers were flipped upside down and rolled over a fence into the middle of the rodeo grounds. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meridian | - | Several reports of downed trees and fences and damage to homes were received from local media. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meridian | - | KTVB reported wind damage near Rocky Mountain High School in Meridian and around the Kuna area. Hail was covering the ground in the affected areas. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meridian | - | Thunderstorm winds caused power outages to 6000 customers in Meridian, Boise and Eagle. |
| June 1995 | Hail | Meridian | - | In Meridian, a thunderstorm produced one inch hail and 15 minutes later produced one and one-half inch hailstones. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meridian | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meridian | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meridian | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Hail | Meridian | - | no account filed |
Map coverage status
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 milesOther National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Meridian Exchange Bank | 0.3 miles | 1982 |
 | R.H. and Jessie Bell House | 0.4 miles | 2006 |
 | Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company Building | 0.4 miles | 2008 |
 | Halbert F. and Grace Neal House | 0.4 miles | 1982 |
 | E. F. Hunt House | 0.4 miles | 1982 |
 | Tolleth House | 0.5 miles | 1996 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100008284 in Record Group 79. |
| Ada County | All 167 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- 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.