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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 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.
- 1899 USGS Goshen Hole quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Cheyenne quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Cheyenne quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Meriden quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Meriden quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
2 since 2017Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 July 2017 | Fireworks | 3.0 acres | Goshen County | 1094 FOUR CORNERS ROAD |
| 23 May 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Laramie County | PETSCH FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
19 since 2009Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | Hail | Meriden | - | Storm Chaser submitted MPing of 1.5 inch hail on the ground from the first storm. Hail time estimated via radar. |
| June 2025 | Funnel Cloud | Meriden | - | Storm chaser reported a funnel and short lived rope. Lasted 30 seconds. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Meriden | - | Public reports golf ball size hail. |
| August 2024 | Hail | Meriden | - | Storm chaser reported 1.2 inch hail at 4:13pm. |
| August 2024 | Hail | Meriden | - | Storm chaser reported 1.5 inch hail via MPING at 3:54pm. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Meriden | - | Social media report of quarter sized hail 6 miles north of Gun Barrel. |
| August 2018 | Hail | Meriden | - | Golf ball to tennis ball size hail was observed near the Meriden rest area on US Highway 85. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Meriden | - | Quarter size hail was observed 10 miles southeast of Chugwater. |
| June 2017 | Flash Flood | Meriden | - | At least six inches of water was flowing over County Roads 128, 234 and 238. |
| September 2016 | Hail | Meriden | - | Quarter size hail was reported near Meriden Rest Area. |
| July 2016 | Hail | Meriden | - | Quarter size hail was reported five miles northeast of Jay Em. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Meriden | - | Quarter size hail was observed 10 miles southeast of Chugwater. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Meriden | - | Golf ball size hail was reported 14 miles northeast of Whitaker. |
| July 2011 | Hail | Meriden | - | Golf ball size hail was reported near the intersection of County Roads 147 and 227. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meriden | - | Winds were estimated at 60 mph. |
| July 2011 | Heavy Rain | Meriden | - | Two and a quarter inches of rain was estimated since the rain began around 3 pm. |
| August 2018 | Hail | Meriden | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Meriden | - | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Hail | Meriden | - | 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 Meriden | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q10974761 | 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 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.




