Westway, Texas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the El Paso Northwest census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79835. It lies near Avispa Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Canutillo quadrangle. 3,811 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,960 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresWestway fell from 4,188 to 3,811 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 | 4,188 | |
| 2020 | 3,811 | -377 (-9%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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.
- 1917 USGS Canutillo quadrangle1:62500
- 1919 USGS Canutillo quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS El Paso quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Canutillo quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS El Paso quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS El Paso quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS El Paso quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS El Paso quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Canutillo quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
18 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Westway between 1992 and 2020, burning about 36 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/undetermined | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 July 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | 404 |
| 2 July 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | CCT |
| 28 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | COACH FIRE |
| 26 June 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.6 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LA JUNTA |
| 15 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | WET AND WILD |
| 1 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | MEDIAN |
| 31 May 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2015-0629 |
| 3 May 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | RAILROAD FIRE |
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 Westway: 4 past producers, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Limestone Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Unnamed Quarry | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | Evaporite, Marine | |
| Unnamed Quarry | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | Evaporite, Marine | |
| Materials Pit 57-91-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Sand and Gravel | |
| Unnamed Sand and Gravel Prospect | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Sand and Gravel |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westway Number 4 Colonia | 0.1 miles | 17 | |
| Westway Number 1 Colonia | 0.3 miles | 17 | |
| Westway Number 2 Colonia | 0.4 miles | 17 | |
| Westway Number 6 Colonia | 0.4 miles | 17 | |
| Westway Number 3 Colonia | 0.4 miles | 17 | |
| Westway Number 7 Colonia | 0.5 miles | 17 | |
| Vinton | 1.4 miles | 17 | |
| La Tuna | 1.7 miles | 17 |
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 Westway | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q978527 | 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 1867573. 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.








