Sayner, Wisconsin
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Plum Lake town. It lies in ZIP code area 54560. The Survey maps it on the Sayner quadrangle. 231 people lived here at the 2020 count.
On record in Sayner
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Ben and Margaret Stone Boathouselisted 2008 · 0.6 miles away
Population over time
2 figuresSayner grew from 207 to 231 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 | 207 | |
| 2020 | 231 | +24 (+12%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1938 USGS Minocqua quadrangle1:48000, 2 printings
- 1946 USGS Minocqua quadrangle1:48000
- 1949 USGS Minocqua quadrangle1:48000
- 1954 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Minocqua quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Sayner quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Rhinelander quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
58 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Sayner between 1992 and 2020, burning about 28 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.7 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 August 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 August 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 July 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 July 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 July 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 July 2015 | Fireworks | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | OLD C FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Sayner: 8 occurrences, 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Lake Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Frank Lake Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Klondike Lake Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Lost Lake Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Mud Creek Gravel Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Mud Creek Gravel Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Mud Creek Gravel Pit #3 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Mud Creek Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Plum Lake Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Roach Lake Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
8 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sayner in 8 storm reports between 1995 and 2021: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sayner | $1,000 | no account filed |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sayner | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines in Sayner. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Sayner | - | Penny size hail fell in Sayner. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sayner | - | Thunderstorm winds uprooted a few trees near the intersection of Highway 155 and County Road N. |
| September 1995 | Hail | Sayner | - | Severe thunderstorms moved through Vilas County, producing dime- size hail at Lac du Flambeau, and the Arbor Vitae/Sayner area. Farther to the northeast, the powerful thunderstorm winds blew large trees down in the Phelps area. |
| June 2001 | Hail | Sayner | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sayner | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sayner | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Star Lake | 4.8 miles | 14 | |
| Saint Germain | 6.3 miles | 13 | |
| Arbor Vitae | 8.3 miles | 12 | |
| Boulder Junction | 10.6 miles | 17 | |
| Marlands | 15.2 miles | 12 | |
| Conover | 15.3 miles | 14 | |
| Eagle River | 16.0 miles | 14 | |
| Lac du Flambeau | 19.1 miles | 15 |
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 Sayner | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3477366 | 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 1573765. 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.







