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.
Then and now
1902 to 1983The 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.


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
- Rowe Houselisted 2008
Population over time
3 figuresWayland 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,893 | |
| 2010 | 1,865 | -28 (-1%) |
| 2020 | 1,680 | -185 (-10%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 22 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.
- 1902 USGS Wayland quadrangle1:62500
- 1904 USGS Wayland quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1942 USGS Wayland quadrangle1:31680
- 1943 USGS Wayland quadrangle1:24000
- 1950 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Wayland quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1965 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Canandaigua quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
103 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 48 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 24 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 21 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 13 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 11 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 27 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dansville Well | Salt | Past Producer | ||
| Highway Department Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Highway Department Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Hober's Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Johnson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Kennedy Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
15 since 1999Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Wayland | $250,000 | Up to three homes in the Village of Wayland had water flowing through the basement and first floor. |
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Wayland | $100,000 | Flood waters were flowing through a home in the Village of Wayland. |
| July 2014 | Flash Flood | Wayland | $60,000 | A few houses were flooded in the village of Wayland. |
| September 2022 | Tornado (EF1) | Wayland | $55,000 | The 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 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wayland | $10,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds brought down trees and wires. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wayland | $10,000 | Trees knocked down by thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2005 | Lightning | Wayland | $7,000 | 7 cows were killed when struck by lightning. Time is estimated. |
| August 2024 | Flash Flood | Wayland | $5,000 | Roads were reported flooded throughout Wayland. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wayland | $5,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down multiple trees throughout Wayland. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wayland | $5,000 | Trees were blown down. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wayland | $2,000 | Numerous trees were blown down. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wayland | - | A few trees were knocked down. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wayland | - | Trees and a few lines downed by thunderstorm gusts. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Wayland | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patchinville | 2.5 miles | 22 | |
| Perkinsville | 2.8 miles | 24 | |
| Rogersville | 5.6 miles | 24 | |
| Atlanta | 6.3 miles | 25 | |
| Cohocton | 6.3 miles | 22 | |
| North Cohocton | 6.6 miles | 25 | |
| Kirkwood | 7.0 miles | 25 | |
| South Dansville | 7.6 miles | 21 |
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 Q3460843 | 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 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.









