Scottsbluff

Sister cities

• Galați

History

Scottsbluff was founded in 1899 by the Lincoln Land Company, a subsidiary of the Burlington Railroad. By 1900, the Burlington Railroad laid tracks into the town and placed a discarded boxcar next to the tracks as a temporary depot. Scottsbluff was the first town in the region to be located along a railroad line, resulting in some older businesses relocating from Gering to Scottsbluff.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and is water. Scottsbluff has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen: BSk), bordering on a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) with wide seasonal and diurnal temperature variations, and is located in USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 5a. Summers are hot, and winters dry and cold, though chinook winds can loosen the cold's grip, often bringing temperatures above . The monthly daily average temperature ranges from in December to in July. Precipitation is heavily concentrated in the spring and summer months, with only May and June averaging over . The wettest single day has been June 7, 1953, with of rain, while the wettest calendar month on record has been June 1947 with and the wettest calendar year 1915 with . The months of November 1939 and March 2012 did not see even a trace of precipitation, while nineteen other months since 1893 have seen only a trace. The driest calendar year has been 2012 with . }}

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  2,389
• Eurasian Collared-Dove

  Streptopelia decaocto (Frivaldszky, 1838) · Aves
  2,315
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,942
• European Starling

  Sturnus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  1,916
• House Finch

  Haemorhous mexicanus (P.L.Statius Müller, 1776) · Aves
  1,775
• Canada Goose (canadensis Group)

  Branta canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,664
• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,637
• House Sparrow

  Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,492

Largest nearby schools

• SCOTTSBLUFF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
  High · SCOTTSBLUFF · 1,118 students · 18.3:1 ratio
• BLUFFS MIDDLE SCHOOL
  Middle · SCOTTSBLUFF · 785 students · 15.7:1 ratio
• GERING HIGH SCHOOL
  High · GERING · 581 students · 15.7:1 ratio
• GERING JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
  Middle · GERING · 414 students · 17.3:1 ratio
• WESTMOOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
  Elementary · SCOTTSBLUFF · 398 students · 14.2:1 ratio
• LONGFELLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
  Elementary · SCOTTSBLUFF · 384 students · 15.4:1 ratio
• MITCHELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
  Elementary · MITCHELL · 352 students · 14.7:1 ratio
• LINCOLN HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCH
  Elementary · SCOTTSBLUFF · 316 students · 13.2:1 ratio

Most recent

• M 2.7 — 2021-09-12
  19 km ENE of Hartville, Wyoming
• M 2.6 — 2021-02-27
  13 km WNW of Crawford, Nebraska
• M 2.7 — 2007-04-24
  23 km WSW of Hay Springs, Nebraska