Meaders, Texas
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Northeast Dallas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75229. The Survey maps it on the Addison quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 24 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.
- 1891 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1931 USGS Carrollton quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Addison quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1959 USGS Carrollton quadrangle1:62500
- 1986 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
173 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 173 fires within 5 miles of Meaders between 2014 and 2017, burning about 43 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 | 142 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 3860 WALNUT HILL |
| 7 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | MOCKINGBIRD |
| 6 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | BROOK |
| 30 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CHAPEL CREEK |
| 3 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2928 INWOOD |
| 3 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2731 NORTHWEST HWY |
| 3 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CHAPEL |
| 3 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FOREST |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Meaders in 9 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 4 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 lightning, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 2012 | Flash Flood | Meaders | $200,000 | Northwest Highway at Hillcrest Road was closed due to high water. It was also reported that several cars were flooded out in several streets in the northeast portions of Dallas. Rainfall totals as high as 2 in 30 minutes were measured during the heavy rain event. |
| July 2025 | Flash Flood | Meaders | $100,000 | Broadcast media produced a video of vehicles stalled on north Dallas at West-Northwest Highway near Hillcrest due to about 6 inches of water on the road. |
| June 2015 | Lightning | Meaders | $10,000 | A suspected lightning strike started a house fire near Hillcrest High School in Dallas. |
| February 2020 | Flood | Meaders | $5,000 | A car was stranded in high water in Dallas at Hillcrest Road and Royal lane. Steady moderate to heavy rain caused minor flooding of some areas in Dallas. |
| March 2013 | Hail | Meaders | $3,000 | Half dollar sized hail was reported at the corner of Dallas' northwest highway and the Dallas North Tollway. |
| September 2023 | Hail | Meaders | - | Reported via mPing. |
| April 2018 | Hail | Meaders | - | A social media report indicated penny sized hail approximately 1 mile west of University Park. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meaders | - | Amateur radio reported a 60 MPH wind gust near the intersection of Dallas North Tollway and Northwest Highway. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Meaders | - | Penny to quarter size hail fell near the intersection of Inwood Road and West Northwest Hwy (Loop 12). |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gifford | 2.6 miles | 24 | |
| University Park | 2.7 miles | 26 | |
| Inwood | 3.0 miles | 24 | |
| Bouchard | 3.1 miles | 24 | |
| Oldham | 3.8 miles | 24 | |
| Highland Park | 3.9 miles | 26 | |
| Addison | 5.2 miles | 24 | |
| Farmers Branch | 5.2 miles | 27 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122540198 | 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 1378660. 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.







