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.
Population over time
2 figuresMeridian 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 38 | |
| 2020 | 14 | -24 (-63%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1909 USGS Perkins quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Oklahoma City quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Oklahoma City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Oklahoma City quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Meridian quadrangle1:24000
- 1990 USGS Oklahoma City North quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
3 since 2016Regional 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/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 March 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | INDUSTRIAL ROAD |
| 29 October 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 374 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | INDIAN MERIDIAN |
| 7 January 2020 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | SOUTH HENNEY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
43 since 1993Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2024 | Lightning | Meridian | $50,000 | House fire due a suspected lightning strike. |
| May 2004 | Tornado (F1) | Meridian | $50,000 | This 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 2008 | Hail | Meridian | $20,000 | The large hail dented several cars along Highway 105. The hail completely covered the roadway. Monetary damages were estimated. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meridian | $2,400 | A few large tree limbs were blown down by strong winds. Monetary damages were estimated. |
| October 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meridian | $10 | Severe thunderstorm winds blew down several tree limbs. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Meridian | - | The report was relayed by emergency management. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meridian | - | Estimated wind gust. |
| July 2017 | Flash Flood | Meridian | - | Road was closed due to high water. |
| April 2016 | Tornado (EF0) | Meridian | - | This tornado moved into Logan County between Anderson Road and Hiwassee Road. It moved northeast producing additional tree damage. |
| May 2013 | Tornado (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 2009 | Tornado (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 2008 | Hail | Meridian | - | The hail covered the ground. |
| May 2004 | Tornado (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 2021 | Hail | Meridian | - | no account filed |
| March 2020 | Hail | Meridian | - | no account filed |
| April 2020 | Hail | Meridian | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Meridian | - | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Hail | Meridian | - | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Hail | Meridian | - | no account filed |
| March 2003 | Hail | Meridian | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meridian | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Meridian | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Meridian | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meridian | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Meridian | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Meridian | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Meridian | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meridian | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Meridian | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Hail | Meridian | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Meridian | - | no account filed |
| October 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Meridian | - | no account filed |
| September 1997 | Hail | Meridian | - | no account filed |
| September 1997 | Hail | Meridian | - | no account filed |
| February 1995 | Hail | Meridian | - | no account filed |
| October 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meridian | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Hail | Meridian | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Hail | Meridian | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meridian | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Hail | Meridian | - | no account filed |
| May 1994 | Hail | Meridian | - | no account filed |
| May 1994 | Hail | Meridian | - | no account filed |
| September 1993 | Hail | Meridian | - | 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 Meridian | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2998364 | 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 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.





