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South Wayne, Wisconsin

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1981. It stands in South Wayne Village. It lies in ZIP code area 53587. It stands on Spafford Creek. The Survey maps it on the South Wayne quadrangle. 444 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 827 feet above sea level.

South Wayne within Lafayette County

Population over time

2 figures

South Wayne fell from 489 to 444 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
2010489
2020444-45 (-9%)

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

8 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of South Wayne between 2018 and 2020, burning about 19 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2

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
21 June 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2019041
5 April 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources322020
27 April 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources442018
20 April 2018Debris and open burning3.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources372018
15 April 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2019004
11 April 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources352018
22 March 2018Debris and open burning5.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources302108
15 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources282018

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lafayette 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 South Wayne: 3 producers, 2 occurrences, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Copper, 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
Tiffany PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed Prospect Along PecatonicaCopperOccurrence
Unnamed Prospect Along PecatonicaCopperOccurrence
Devoe QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Emil Maurer QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Shager QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Lafayette County

Storms near this place

25 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names South Wayne in 25 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 15 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 2 lightning, 1 funnel cloud. 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 1994Thunderstorm WindSouth Wayne$500,000no account filed
August 2005Thunderstorm WindSouth Wayne$100,000Barns, trees, and sheds damaged.
September 2000LightningSouth Wayne$30,000no account filed
July 2018Thunderstorm WindSouth Wayne$10,000Structural damage to small outbuildings or garages. Some tree damage.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindSouth Wayne$10,000Many trees and power lines down in and just south of South Wayne.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindSouth Wayne$8,000no account filed
July 2017Thunderstorm WindSouth Wayne$5,000Trees and power lines down and damage to a metal shed.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindSouth Wayne$5,000Law enforcement officials reported trees downed by thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 65 mph (56 knots) at the intersection of State Highway 11 and County Road D in South Wayne.
March 2013FloodSouth Wayne$5,000The Pecatonica River near Martintown crested at 17.59 feet, 4.09 feet above flood stage, at 145 am CDT on March 14th.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindSouth Wayne$5,000Thunderstorm winds downed large trees in S. Wayne. One tree fell on a home, resulting in roof damage.
July 1998Thunderstorm WindSouth Wayne$4,000no account filed
June 2000LightningSouth Wayne$3,000no account filed
July 2006Thunderstorm WindSouth Wayne$2,000Large trees and tree limbs down.
June 2015Flash FloodSouth Wayne$1,000A few roads closed to due water flowing over them. A car got stuck in deep water when attempting to cross a low water crossing.
September 1997Thunderstorm WindSouth Wayne$1,000no account filed
July 2018Thunderstorm WindSouth Wayne-Fire chief estimated a wind gust around 70 mph.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindSouth Wayne-Law enforcement officials reported trees and power lines blown down in South Wayne by damaging thunderstorm wind gusts estimated up to 56 knots (65 mph).
September 2011Funnel CloudSouth Wayne-Law enforcement officials reported a funnel cloud southeast of the town of South Wayne in far southeast Lafayette County.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindSouth Wayne-Law Enforcement reported trees down.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindSouth Wayne-Trees down on Mink Farm Rd.
April 2026HailSouth Wayne-no account filed
April 2020HailSouth Wayne-no account filed
July 2006HailSouth Wayne-no account filed
July 2006HailSouth Wayne-no account filed
May 1999HailSouth Wayne-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lafayette 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
Woodford5.6 miles13
Wiota6.1 miles14
Gratiot7.6 miles12
Riverside7.8 miles12
Argyle9.1 miles13
Red Rock10.2 miles12
Lamont10.9 miles14
Dunbarton13.4 miles13

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 South WayneAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2060510The 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 1574504. 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.