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Wayland, Iowa

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1958 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Jefferson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52654. The Survey maps it on the Wayland quadrangle. 964 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 732 feet above sea level.

Wayland within Henry County

On record in Wayland

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 2 records

Population over time

2 figures

Wayland fell from 966 to 964 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2010966
2020964-2 (-0%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 7 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.

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Wayland: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bain PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Coppock QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Wayland QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Henry County

Storms near this place

20 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wayland in 20 storm reports between 1996 and 2026: 12 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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
May 2012Tornado (EF2)Wayland$500,000The tornado began near 120th street near Wayland in Henry County and moved northeast to near Crawfordsville in Washington County. The tornado was on the ground for approximately 10 minutes in Henry County. Damage along the path of the tornado included: several farm outbuildings destroyed, roof damage to homes, trees snapped, and power poles damaged. The most severe damage occurred near and to the northeast of Noble (Washington County) where several turkey farms sustained extensive damage and two large wooden truss power poles were snapped off. Two homes between Noble and Crawfordsville had the roof removed as well as the exterior walls on the upper floor. One of the homes had a car lofted and tumbled across the yard.
April 2003HailWayland$100,000no account filed
September 2007Thunderstorm WindWayland$5,000Winds estimated to be 70 mph blew a portion of a roof of a mobile home off near Wayland, IA. Time estimated.
May 2005Thunderstorm WindWayland$5,000Downburst occurred over and immediately east of Wayland, Iowa. Several trees were downed including some that were 14 inches in diameter. One tree in town spared a direct hit on a house but took out the porch.
March 2026HailWayland-A trained spotter estimated hail sizes o f a quarter to ping pong ball-sized hail.
March 2026HailWayland-A member of the public reported golf ball sized hail via social media.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindWayland-What was likely rear flank downdraft (RFD) winds and a strong dust whirl or gustnado on this wind surge based on three videos. The damage was a destroyed old grain bin and three outbuilding roofs, branches snapped, a tree downed, and to the press box at the soccer field at the high school.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindWayland-The Wayland Fire Chief reports that numerous trees were down in town. A few structures had their roofs ripped off and a horse born was destroyed in the area.
June 2014HailWayland-Law enforcement reported hail the size of quarters.
June 2014HailWayland-A trained spotter reported dime to quarter size hail.
June 2014HailWayland-A trained spotter reported dime to quarter size hail.
May 2014Funnel CloudWayland-A funnel came down briefly and went back up into clouds near Wayland, IA around 238 pm CDT May 27.
April 2012HailWayland-The public reported quarter size hail near Wayland.
August 2010Flash FloodWayland-Heavy rains resulted in the flash flooding of some streets in Coppock, IA during the late evening of August 13 and early morning of August 14.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindWayland-Winds estimated to be 65 mph blew down a tree on Mill Street in Coppock, IA.|
March 2007HailWayland-Trained spotter reported dime to penny size hail.
March 2026HailWayland-no account filed
March 2026HailWayland-no account filed
May 2023HailWayland-no account filed
May 1996HailWayland-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Henry 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
Coppock2.9 miles7
Trenton6.0 miles7
Olds6.2 miles7
Swedesburg6.7 miles7
Traxler (historical)9.3 miles7
Belfast (historical)10.9 miles11
Rome11.5 miles11
Winfield11.7 miles7

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 WaylandAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2005316The 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 462760. 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.

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.

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.