BlockMeridian, Oklahoma
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the South Roger Mills census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73666. The Survey maps it on the Sweetwater quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1955 USGS Clinton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Clinton quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Sweetwater quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Elk City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Sweetwater quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
33 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Meridian between 2005 and 2019, burning about 1,849 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 2016 | Natural | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 67-2016 |
| 5 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 31 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 August 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 19 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 19 August 2006 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 16 August 2010 | Natural | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CHESAPEAKE |
| 10 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LG REED FIRE |
| 1 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 300 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 602018 |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1095332. 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.