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Wayne, Wisconsin

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Wayne town. It lies in ZIP code area 53002. The Survey maps it on the Campbellsport quadrangle. It stands 1,050 feet above sea level.

Wayne within Washington County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

22 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Wayne between 2018 and 2020, burning about 61 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Debris and open burning4
Smoking2

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
29 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1901093
18 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1801057
18 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1801058
1 May 2018Smokingunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources29
1 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources201835
3 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2001034
29 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1801047
28 April 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources23

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Storms near this place

7 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wayne in 7 storm reports between 1998 and 2018: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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 2008Flash FloodWayne$5,130,000Heavy rains resulted in flash flooding over much of Washington County. Water depths on road surfaces reached 3 feet or more and there were gravel washouts. Some farm fields would remain flooded into early July. The breakdown in residential home losses were: 560 affectd with minimal damage, 60 with minor damage, and 12 with major damage (total of about $2.4 million). Business losses were: 45 with minor damage, and 5 with major damage (total of about $1.125 million). Crops losses were estimated at 3.5 million. Public sector damage was about $0.6 million. Several roads and bridges sustained damage.
October 2006Thunderstorm WindWayne$25,000Powerful thunderstorm winds knocked down large trees and power-lines.
July 2003Tornado (F1)Wayne$20,000This tornado initially spun up in adjacent Fond du Lac County, and entered Washington County at a point 2.0 miles north of Wayne, about 1/3 mile east of the intersection of County Highway BB and St. Kilian Dr. It moved east-southeast and damaged 3 homes in Washington County. Damage to windows, a garage, some siding, and a roof was noted. Maximum wind speeds were estimated at 70 knots (80 mph), or at the bottom of the F1 rating. It dissipated at a location 2.0 miles north-northeast of Wayne, just east of Lake Benice Dr. There were no injuries or deaths.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindWayne$3,000Several trees reported down in the Town of Wayne.
August 1998Thunderstorm WindWayne$1,000no account filed
August 2003HailWayne-no account filed
March 2000HailWayne-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Washington 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
Kohlsville3.0 miles14
Kewaskum4.9 miles12
Saint Anthony5.1 miles14
Nenno6.0 miles15
Aurora6.1 miles14
Allenton6.5 miles14
Addison6.9 miles14
Nabob7.0 miles14

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 WayneAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7975993The 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 1576349. 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.

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.