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Wayland, New York

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Wayland town. It lies in ZIP code area 14572. The Survey maps it on the Wayland quadrangle. 1,680 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,375 feet above sea level.

Wayland within Steuben County

Then and now

1902 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Wayland, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Wayland, surveyed 1902

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

3 figures

Wayland fell from 1,893 to 1,680 between 2000 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
20001,893
20101,865-28 (-1%)
20201,680-185 (-10%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 22 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

103 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 103 fires within 5 miles of Wayland between 1992 and 2020, burning about 150 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 11 were 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined48
Debris and open burning15
Natural12
Arson/incendiarism11
Equipment and vehicle use10
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
7 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
13 September 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
11 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 August 2005Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Steuben County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Wayland: 4 producers, 2 past producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt. 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
Dansville WellSaltPast Producer
Highway Department PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Highway Department PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hober's PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Johnson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kennedy PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Steuben County

Storms near this place

15 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wayland in 15 storm reports between 1999 and 2024: 8 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 1 lightning, 1 hail. 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
July 2015Flash FloodWayland$250,000Up to three homes in the Village of Wayland had water flowing through the basement and first floor.
July 2015Flash FloodWayland$100,000Flood waters were flowing through a home in the Village of Wayland.
July 2014Flash FloodWayland$60,000A few houses were flooded in the village of Wayland.
September 2022Tornado (EF1)Wayland$55,000The National Weather Service in Binghamton NY confirmed with a storm|survey, that a tornado descended upon the Wayland area of Steuben County |New York from 733 to 738 PM Monday evening, September 19, 2002. During |the survey, convergent tree damage indicative of a tornado was found |starting around Buffalo Street just to the west-northwest of Wayland. |This included a few trunk snaps, several uprooted trees, and numerous |downed large branches. The defined narrow path of mostly tree damage |continued to the east-southeast, including through the south side of Wayland |itself, where winds are estimated to have reached to 90 mph before the |tornado dissipated about a half mile southeast of the center of Wayland. |This included a vehicle impaled by a large branch, an eyewitness account |of another vehicle being moved several inches sideways on the roadway, and |clean trunk snaps of two large softwood trees. Some roof damage occurred to |a few residences due to being struck by trees or large branches blown around |by the tornado. Other damage included collapsed fences and a crushed |backyard swimming pool.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindWayland$10,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down trees and wires.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindWayland$10,000Trees knocked down by thunderstorm winds.
June 2005LightningWayland$7,0007 cows were killed when struck by lightning. Time is estimated.
August 2024Flash FloodWayland$5,000Roads were reported flooded throughout Wayland.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindWayland$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down multiple trees throughout Wayland.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindWayland$5,000Trees were blown down.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindWayland$2,000Numerous trees were blown down.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindWayland-A few trees were knocked down.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindWayland-Trees and a few lines downed by thunderstorm gusts.
June 2009HailWayland-no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindWayland-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Steuben 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
Patchinville2.5 miles22
Perkinsville2.8 miles24
Rogersville5.6 miles24
Atlanta6.3 miles25
Cohocton6.3 miles22
North Cohocton6.6 miles25
Kirkwood7.0 miles25
South Dansville7.6 miles21

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 Q3460843The 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 968949. 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.