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Meridian, Oklahoma

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the East Logan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73058. It stands on Grant Creek. The Survey maps it on the Meridian quadrangle. 14 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 994 feet above sea level.

Meridian within Logan County

Population over time

2 figures

Meridian fell from 38 to 14 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.

YearPeople Change
201038
202014-24 (-63%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

3 since 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Meridian between 2016 and 2020, burning about 478 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/undetermined2
Debris and open burning1

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
24 March 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined100 acresOklahoma Division of ForestryINDUSTRIAL ROAD
29 October 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined374 acresOklahoma Division of ForestryINDIAN MERIDIAN
7 January 2020Debris and open burning4.0 acresOklahoma Division of ForestrySOUTH HENNEY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Logan County

Storms near this place

43 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Meridian in 43 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 27 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 6 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2024LightningMeridian$50,000House fire due a suspected lightning strike.
May 2004Tornado (F1)Meridian$50,000This nighttime tornado formed in rural areas 1 mile east of Indian Meridian Road and 2.5 miles north of the Oklahoma-Logan county line, or 5 miles SSE of Meridian, causing a small but concentrated area of tree and power line damage. Several large trees, with trunk diameters of 1 to 2 feet, were uprooted or snapped off near the base. Large tree limbs were snapped off from numerous other trees in the area. The damage was confined to mostly open country. No structural damage was found.
November 2008HailMeridian$20,000The large hail dented several cars along Highway 105. The hail completely covered the roadway. Monetary damages were estimated.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindMeridian$2,400A few large tree limbs were blown down by strong winds. Monetary damages were estimated.
October 1997Thunderstorm WindMeridian$10Severe thunderstorm winds blew down several tree limbs.
May 2025HailMeridian-The report was relayed by emergency management.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindMeridian-Estimated wind gust.
July 2017Flash FloodMeridian-Road was closed due to high water.
April 2016Tornado (EF0)Meridian-This tornado moved into Logan County between Anderson Road and Hiwassee Road. It moved northeast producing additional tree damage.
May 2013Tornado (EF2)Meridian-Tornado continued tracking ENE, producing tree damage as it clipped the extreme southeast corner of Logan County before moving into Lincoln County.
February 2009Tornado (EF1)Meridian-A small tornado, witnessed by spotters and several members of the public, did damage to trees and two homes. One home lost its roof completely, while another sustained shingle damage to about one quarter of the roof. Most tree damage was confined to light limb damage; however, one pine tree was snapped in two at the trunk. Monetary damage estimates were not available.
November 2008HailMeridian-The hail covered the ground.
May 2004Tornado (F0)Meridian-This tornado was described by spotters as having a large funnel and as a possible "wedge" tornado, but no damage was reported (although power flashes were observed). The estimated track, based on spotters and NSSL rotation track maps from the Twin Lakes radar, began 5 miles SE of Meridian and continued NE across rural areas, ending just inside the Logan/Lincoln County line at 2125 CST, 6 miles east of Meridian. The parent mesocyclone occluded shortly thereafter, with a new one forming to the southeast.
July 2021HailMeridian-no account filed
March 2020HailMeridian-no account filed
April 2020HailMeridian-no account filed
May 2017HailMeridian-no account filed
May 2015HailMeridian-no account filed
April 2010HailMeridian-no account filed
March 2003HailMeridian-no account filed
June 2003Thunderstorm WindMeridian-no account filed
May 2003HailMeridian-no account filed
May 2003HailMeridian-no account filed
May 2003Thunderstorm WindMeridian-no account filed
May 2001HailMeridian-no account filed
May 2001HailMeridian-no account filed
May 2001HailMeridian-no account filed
July 2001Thunderstorm WindMeridian-no account filed
August 2001HailMeridian-no account filed
April 1999HailMeridian-no account filed
May 1998HailMeridian-no account filed
October 1998Tornado (F0)Meridian-no account filed
September 1997HailMeridian-no account filed
September 1997HailMeridian-no account filed
February 1995HailMeridian-no account filed
October 1994Thunderstorm WindMeridian-no account filed
April 1994HailMeridian-no account filed
April 1994HailMeridian-no account filed
April 1994Thunderstorm WindMeridian-no account filed
April 1994HailMeridian-no account filed
May 1994HailMeridian-no account filed
May 1994HailMeridian-no account filed
September 1993HailMeridian-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Logan 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
Frost2.9 miles11
Iconium3.7 miles11
Shiloh5.3 miles11
Langston7.1 miles10
Coyle7.9 miles11
Goodnight9.4 miles11
Guthrie9.8 miles10
Lakeview9.9 miles10

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 MeridianAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2998364The 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 1095333. 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.

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.