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West Line, Missouri

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1983. It stands in West Dolan Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64734. The Survey maps it on the West Line quadrangle. 117 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 915 feet above sea level.

West Line within Cass County

Population over time

2 figures

West Line grew from 97 to 117 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
201097
2020117+20 (+21%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 19 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

12 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of West Line between 1992 and 2018, burning about 47 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/undetermined3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Fireworks1

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
2 August 2018Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresKansas Forest Service172
15 April 2017Fireworks1.0 acresMiami County95
6 March 2016Debris and open burning2.0 acresKansas Forest Service46
23 March 2015Debris and open burning8.0 acresKansas Forest Service90
20 March 2017Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresMiami County76
16 March 1992Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
14 March 1992Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
13 March 2015Debris and open burning5.0 acresKansas Forest Service77

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cass County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of West Line: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Cleveland Quarry & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Harrisonville Birch PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
West Line QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Cass County

Storms near this place

9 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names West Line in 9 storm reports between 2000 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 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 2024Thunderstorm WindWest Line-Power lines downed near West Line per the Cass County EM.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindWest Line-Power lines downed near West Line just east of the Kansas/Missouri border.
April 2021Flash FloodWest Line-After 1 to 2 inches of rain fell over a short period of time a few roads near West Line flooded.
April 2016Thunderstorm WindWest Line-A semi was overturned by strong winds on Highway 2 near the Kansas/Missouri state line.
September 2015Tornado (EF1)West Line-A NWS storm survey found that the tornado formed east of West Line along Missouri Highway 2 and traveled a few degrees south of east. The storm struck Cass-Midway High School were a football game was about to be played. However due to advanced warning, all attendees, about 250 people, were placed into shelter about 10 minutes prior to the tornado making a direct hit on the stadium. No injuries were reported despite extensive damage to the stands and scoreboard.
May 2000HailWest Line-Hail accumulated to a depth of 4 inches.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindWest Line-no account filed
April 2005HailWest Line-no account filed
August 2003HailWest Line-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cass 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
Cleveland3.3 miles19
Freeman4.3 miles19
Lake Annette4.3 miles19
Lisle5.7 miles19
Prettyman8.1 miles14
Riverview Estates8.6 miles19
Jaudon8.8 miles22
Peculiar9.0 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 West LineAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2071351The 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 729983. 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.