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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.

Wayland within Clark 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 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Wayland 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.

YearPeople Change
2010533
2020408-125 (-23%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

6 since 1992

Regional 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 burning6

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
27 March 1997Debris and open burning10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
26 March 1997Debris and open burning20 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
19 March 1995Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
15 March 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
1 March 1992Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
20 January 1992Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clark County

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: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bakers QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Wayland Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Wayland Sand PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Clark County

Storms near this place

29 since 1994

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
December 2017Tornado (EF2)Wayland1 hurt, $100,000An 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 2003Thunderstorm WindWayland$70,00012 to 14 inch limbs & power lines down; roof off shed
April 1998Tornado (F1)Wayland$50,000no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindWayland$5,000Trees and power lines down; signs down as well.
May 1994HailWayland$5,000The county sheriff reported golf ball-size hail along with high winds.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindWayland$1,000Tree branches were blown down between Wayland and Alexandria.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindWayland-Metal sections of a garage roof were removed and blown into a field. The time was estimated from radar data.
June 2024HailWayland-Time estimated by radar.
April 2023HailWayland-The time of the event was estimated using radar.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindWayland-Tree limbs reported down, with dime size hail.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindWayland-A 20 inch diameter tree was snapped off at the base. Corn was layed flat, and power lines were blown down.
July 2015Flash FloodWayland-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 2013HailWayland-In addition, wind gusts were estimated to be over 50 mph from the west southwest and very heavy rain was observed.
April 2012HailWayland-A trained spotter reported hail the size of quarters near Wayland.
April 2012HailWayland-A trained spotter reported ping pong size hail just south of Wayland.
June 2011FloodWayland-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 2011FloodWayland-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 2010HailWayland-Non-severe hail (<1.0) fell in Wayland, MO at 545 pm April 4.
June 2009Flash FloodWayland-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 2007Thunderstorm WindWayland-Tree branches were blown down near Wayland, MO.
July 2003Funnel CloudWayland-Seen in the Twin Bridges area
March 2002Thunderstorm WindWayland-Top of grain bin blown off.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindWayland-Thunderstorm wind gusts downed trees in and around Wayland. U.S. 136 was closed for a short time due to downed trees.
March 2016HailWayland-no account filed
May 2011HailWayland-no account filed
June 2011HailWayland-no account filed
May 2010HailWayland-no account filed
May 2003HailWayland-no account filed
May 1998HailWayland-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Clark 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
Saint Francisville4.5 miles17
Winchester5.5 miles17
Clark City5.5 miles17
Waterloo5.9 miles17
Alexandria7.2 miles17
Kahoka7.4 miles17
Antioch7.6 miles16
Revere8.6 miles17

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 Q586860The 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.