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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.

Sayner within Vilas County

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.

Population over time

2 figures

Sayner 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.

YearPeople Change
2010207
2020231+24 (+12%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

58 since 1992

Regional 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 burning16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Recreation and ceremony5
Smoking5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Arson/incendiarism3
Other causes2
Fireworks2
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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
13 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.7 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
17 August 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
17 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
16 August 2007Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 July 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 July 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
22 July 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 July 2015Fireworksunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesOLD C FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Vilas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Frank Lake Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Frank Lake Pit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Klondike Lake Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Lost Lake Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mud Creek Gravel Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Mud Creek Gravel Pit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Mud Creek Gravel Pit #3Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Mud Creek Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Plum Lake Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Roach Lake Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Vilas County

Storms near this place

8 since 1995

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 1997Thunderstorm WindSayner$1,000no account filed
June 2021Thunderstorm WindSayner-Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines in Sayner. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data.
June 2021HailSayner-Penny size hail fell in Sayner.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindSayner-Thunderstorm winds uprooted a few trees near the intersection of Highway 155 and County Road N.
September 1995HailSayner-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 2001HailSayner-no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindSayner-no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindSayner-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Vilas 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
Star Lake4.8 miles14
Saint Germain6.3 miles13
Arbor Vitae8.3 miles12
Boulder Junction10.6 miles17
Marlands15.2 miles12
Conover15.3 miles14
Eagle River16.0 miles14
Lac du Flambeau19.1 miles15

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 SaynerAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3477366The 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.