Wayland, Missouri
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Des Moines Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63472. The Survey maps it on the Wayland quadrangle. 408 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 528 feet above sea level.
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 1 record
Sickles Tavernlisted 1979
Population over time
2 figuresWayland fell from 533 to 408 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 533 | |
| 2020 | 408 | -125 (-23%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1903 USGS Kahoka quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Wayland quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Wayland quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Keokuk quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Wayland between 1992 and 1997, burning about 37 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 March 1997 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 26 March 1997 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 19 March 1995 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 15 March 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 1 March 1992 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 20 January 1992 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Wayland: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bakers Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Wayland Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Wayland Sand Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
29 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wayland in 29 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 13 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 2 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2017 | Tornado (EF2) | Wayland | 1 hurt, $100,000 | An NWS Storm Survey team found that an EF-2 tornado touched down in an open field southwest of Wayland, Missouri damaging trees and breaking windows. The tornado then moved east northeast over rural areas damaging trees. As the tornado approached Highway 27, it strengthened, causing EF-2 damage to power poles. The tornado hit a DOT facility, destroying doors and a salt shelter. When the tornado crossed the highway, a semi was overturned, causing one injury. The tornado crossed the Des Moines River into Iowa where it lifted. The peak estimated winds were 115 MPH. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wayland | $70,000 | 12 to 14 inch limbs & power lines down; roof off shed |
| April 1998 | Tornado (F1) | Wayland | $50,000 | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wayland | $5,000 | Trees and power lines down; signs down as well. |
| May 1994 | Hail | Wayland | $5,000 | The county sheriff reported golf ball-size hail along with high winds. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wayland | $1,000 | Tree branches were blown down between Wayland and Alexandria. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wayland | - | Metal sections of a garage roof were removed and blown into a field. The time was estimated from radar data. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Wayland | - | Time estimated by radar. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Wayland | - | The time of the event was estimated using radar. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wayland | - | Tree limbs reported down, with dime size hail. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wayland | - | A 20 inch diameter tree was snapped off at the base. Corn was layed flat, and power lines were blown down. |
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Wayland | - | Numerous streets flooded in Wayland. Highway 61 from south of Wayland to the Lewis County line was flooded in sections. The exact depth of water was unknown but portions of the road was closed. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Wayland | - | In addition, wind gusts were estimated to be over 50 mph from the west southwest and very heavy rain was observed. |
| April 2012 | Hail | Wayland | - | A trained spotter reported hail the size of quarters near Wayland. |
| April 2012 | Hail | Wayland | - | A trained spotter reported ping pong size hail just south of Wayland. |
| June 2011 | Flood | Wayland | - | Heavy rains caused some flooding at the Highway 27 and Highway 136 interchange just east of Wayland, MO during the morning of June 14. The flood waters were at least 6 inches deep. |
| June 2011 | Flood | Wayland | - | Heavy rains caused the Fox River to flood a portion of Highway 27 just south of Wayland, MO during the early morning of June 15. The south bound lanes were closed to all traffic except semi-trucks due to the river flooding. |
| April 2010 | Hail | Wayland | - | Non-severe hail (<1.0) fell in Wayland, MO at 545 pm April 4. |
| June 2009 | Flash Flood | Wayland | - | Flash flooding was observed just west of Wayland, MO during the early morning hours of June 8. Water was running across Highway 136 until 221 am. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wayland | - | Tree branches were blown down near Wayland, MO. |
| July 2003 | Funnel Cloud | Wayland | - | Seen in the Twin Bridges area |
| March 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wayland | - | Top of grain bin blown off. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wayland | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts downed trees in and around Wayland. U.S. 136 was closed for a short time due to downed trees. |
| March 2016 | Hail | Wayland | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Wayland | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Wayland | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Wayland | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Wayland | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Wayland | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Francisville | 4.5 miles | 17 | |
| Winchester | 5.5 miles | 17 | |
| Clark City | 5.5 miles | 17 | |
| Waterloo | 5.9 miles | 17 | |
| Alexandria | 7.2 miles | 17 | |
| Kahoka | 7.4 miles | 17 | |
| Antioch | 7.6 miles | 16 | |
| Revere | 8.6 miles | 17 |
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 Wayland | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q586860 | 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 735902. 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.
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.







