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.
Population over time
2 figuresWest 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 97 | |
| 2020 | 117 | +20 (+21%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 19 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.
- 1887 USGS Olathe quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Olathe quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1947 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS West Line quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Olathe quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
12 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 172 |
| 15 April 2017 | Fireworks | 1.0 acres | Miami County | 95 |
| 6 March 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 46 |
| 23 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 90 |
| 20 March 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Miami County | 76 |
| 16 March 1992 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 14 March 1992 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 13 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 77 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Quarry & Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Harrisonville Birch Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| West Line Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 2000Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Line | - | Power lines downed near West Line per the Cass County EM. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Line | - | Power lines downed near West Line just east of the Kansas/Missouri border. |
| April 2021 | Flash Flood | West Line | - | After 1 to 2 inches of rain fell over a short period of time a few roads near West Line flooded. |
| April 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Line | - | A semi was overturned by strong winds on Highway 2 near the Kansas/Missouri state line. |
| September 2015 | Tornado (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 2000 | Hail | West Line | - | Hail accumulated to a depth of 4 inches. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Line | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | West Line | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Hail | West Line | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland | 3.3 miles | 19 | |
| Freeman | 4.3 miles | 19 | |
| Lake Annette | 4.3 miles | 19 | |
| Lisle | 5.7 miles | 19 | |
| Prettyman | 8.1 miles | 14 | |
| Riverview Estates | 8.6 miles | 19 | |
| Jaudon | 8.8 miles | 22 | |
| Peculiar | 9.0 miles | 14 |
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 Line | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2071351 | 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 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.







