BlockWayland, Illinois
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Brooklyn Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62319. The Survey maps it on the Erwin quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 14 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.
- 1923 USGS Rushville quadrangle1:62500
- 1926 USGS Rushville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Erwin quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Macomb quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Macomb quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Wayland: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lickey Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wayland in 2 storm reports between 2011 and 2014: 1 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2014 | Flash Flood | Wayland | - | Slow moving thunderstorms with very heavy rainfall produced an average of 3.50 of rain in less than two hours across central and eastern Schuyler County. Streets in Rushville were flooded as a result. Nearly all rural roads in the county, north and east-northeast of Rushville were impassable. Illinois Route 100 near Browning and parts of U.S. Highway 24 from Rushville to the Fulton County line were closed. The flooding subsided within about three hours by mid-afternoon. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Wayland | - | Large hail caused considerable crop damage along Route 101 near Littleton. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn | 3.3 miles | 14 | |
| Hale Ridge (historical) | 3.6 miles | 14 | |
| Camden | 4.9 miles | 14 | |
| Littleton | 4.9 miles | 15 | |
| Erwin | 5.0 miles | 14 | |
| Birmingham | 7.3 miles | 14 | |
| Scotts Mill | 8.3 miles | 14 | |
| Huntsville | 8.4 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 423293. 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.