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Meriden, Wyoming

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Cheyenne East census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82081. It stands on Herrick Creek. The Survey maps it on the Meriden quadrangle. It stands 4,957 feet above sea level.

Meriden within Laramie County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 12 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

2 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Meriden between 2017 and 2020, burning about 4 acres in total. 1 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
Natural1
Fireworks1

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
4 July 2017Fireworks3.0 acresGoshen County1094 FOUR CORNERS ROAD
23 May 2020Natural1.0 acresLaramie CountyPETSCH FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Laramie County

Storms near this place

19 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Meriden in 19 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 15 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain, 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
June 2025HailMeriden-Storm Chaser submitted MPing of 1.5 inch hail on the ground from the first storm. Hail time estimated via radar.
June 2025Funnel CloudMeriden-Storm chaser reported a funnel and short lived rope. Lasted 30 seconds.
June 2025HailMeriden-Public reports golf ball size hail.
August 2024HailMeriden-Storm chaser reported 1.2 inch hail at 4:13pm.
August 2024HailMeriden-Storm chaser reported 1.5 inch hail via MPING at 3:54pm.
May 2023HailMeriden-Social media report of quarter sized hail 6 miles north of Gun Barrel.
August 2018HailMeriden-Golf ball to tennis ball size hail was observed near the Meriden rest area on US Highway 85.
June 2017HailMeriden-Quarter size hail was observed 10 miles southeast of Chugwater.
June 2017Flash FloodMeriden-At least six inches of water was flowing over County Roads 128, 234 and 238.
September 2016HailMeriden-Quarter size hail was reported near Meriden Rest Area.
July 2016HailMeriden-Quarter size hail was reported five miles northeast of Jay Em.
June 2015HailMeriden-Quarter size hail was observed 10 miles southeast of Chugwater.
June 2015HailMeriden-Golf ball size hail was reported 14 miles northeast of Whitaker.
July 2011HailMeriden-Golf ball size hail was reported near the intersection of County Roads 147 and 227.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindMeriden-Winds were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2011Heavy RainMeriden-Two and a quarter inches of rain was estimated since the rain began around 3 pm.
August 2018HailMeriden-no account filed
July 2011HailMeriden-no account filed
August 2009HailMeriden-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Laramie 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
Tremain11.2 miles13
Albin14.6 miles8
Burns24.3 miles9
Hillsdale24.3 miles8
Egbert26.0 miles9
Durham27.6 miles13
Pine Bluffs28.3 miles12
Tracy28.6 miles8

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 MeridenAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q10974761The 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 1591473. 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.