Westlink Village, Kansas
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Wichita City. It lies in ZIP code area 67212. The Survey maps it on the Wichita West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 20 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.
- 1889 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1943 USGS Wichita West quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Wichita West quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Wichita West quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1985 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
167 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 167 fires within 5 miles of Westlink Village between 2015 and 2019, burning about 49 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 1 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/undetermined | 90 |
| Debris and open burning | 33 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Smoking | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Sedgwick County | 51490 |
| 29 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 57628 |
| 28 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Sedgwick County | 55806 |
| 27 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 57132 |
| 24 September 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 53833 |
| 2 September 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 51913 |
| 10 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 51079 |
| 6 August 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Sedgwick County | 45012 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Westlink Village: 2 producers. All of them still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Globe Construction Co. Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Vic's Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rolling Hills | 0.9 miles | 20 | |
| County Acres | 1.1 miles | 20 | |
| Meadowview | 1.5 miles | 20 | |
| The Dell | 1.6 miles | 20 | |
| Tyler | 2.0 miles | 20 | |
| Prospect | 4.4 miles | 20 | |
| Cessna | 4.6 miles | 20 | |
| Cow Town | 5.1 miles | 20 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122566025 | 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 474026. 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.








