Meridian, Oklahoma

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Comanche census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73529. The Survey maps it on the Duncan South quadrangle. 1,493 people lived here at the 2010 count.

Meridian within Stephens County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 15 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.

1901 USGS Addington quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
1957 USGS Ardmore quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1963 USGS Ardmore quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1964 USGS Duncan South quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1986 USGS Ardmore quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

6 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Meridian between 1993 and 2008, burning about 9,427 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Arson/incendiarism	1
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
9 July 1993	Debris and open burning	20 acres	Chickasaw National Recreation Area	HATCHERY
22 March 1994	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Chickasaw National Recreation Area	BEST
1 March 2006	Power generation/transmission/distribution	8,000 acres	Chickasaw Agency	BIA EMPIRE
9 February 2008	Equipment and vehicle use	14 acres	Chickasaw Agency	RHINO SPARK
10 February 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	491 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	COMANCHE
10 February 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	900 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	OLIVER ROAD FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Stephens County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Meridian: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Stephens 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Sunray	1.2 miles	15
Liberty	1.7 miles	15
Empire City	2.6 miles	10
Comanche	4.1 miles	15
Dixie Park	4.4 miles	15
Oklahoma Hills	4.6 miles	15
Duncan	5.3 miles	16
Gas City	6.0 miles	10

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 Q6819280	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 1867471. 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.