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.
Population over time
2 figuresSouth 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 489 | |
| 2020 | 444 | -45 (-9%) |
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.
- 1923 USGS South Wayne quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1962 USGS South Wayne quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS South Wayne quadrangle1:62500
- 1963 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Monroe quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
8 since 2018Regional 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 burning | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 June 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2019041 |
| 5 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 322020 |
| 27 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 442018 |
| 20 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 372018 |
| 15 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2019004 |
| 11 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 352018 |
| 22 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 302108 |
| 15 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 282018 |
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 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tiffany Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Prospect Along Pecatonica | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect Along Pecatonica | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Devoe Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Emil Maurer Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Shager Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
25 since 1994Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Wayne | $500,000 | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Wayne | $100,000 | Barns, trees, and sheds damaged. |
| September 2000 | Lightning | South Wayne | $30,000 | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Wayne | $10,000 | Structural damage to small outbuildings or garages. Some tree damage. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Wayne | $10,000 | Many trees and power lines down in and just south of South Wayne. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Wayne | $8,000 | no account filed |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Wayne | $5,000 | Trees and power lines down and damage to a metal shed. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Wayne | $5,000 | Law 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 2013 | Flood | South Wayne | $5,000 | The Pecatonica River near Martintown crested at 17.59 feet, 4.09 feet above flood stage, at 145 am CDT on March 14th. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Wayne | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed large trees in S. Wayne. One tree fell on a home, resulting in roof damage. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Wayne | $4,000 | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Lightning | South Wayne | $3,000 | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Wayne | $2,000 | Large trees and tree limbs down. |
| June 2015 | Flash Flood | South Wayne | $1,000 | A 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 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Wayne | $1,000 | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Wayne | - | Fire chief estimated a wind gust around 70 mph. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | South 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 2011 | Funnel Cloud | South Wayne | - | Law enforcement officials reported a funnel cloud southeast of the town of South Wayne in far southeast Lafayette County. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Wayne | - | Law Enforcement reported trees down. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Wayne | - | Trees down on Mink Farm Rd. |
| April 2026 | Hail | South Wayne | - | no account filed |
| April 2020 | Hail | South Wayne | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | South Wayne | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | South Wayne | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | South Wayne | - | 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.
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 Wayne | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2060510 | 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 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.







