Scott City, Kansas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Scott Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67871. The Survey maps it on the Scott City quadrangle. 4,113 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,979 feet above sea level.
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On record in Scott City
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- Herbert and Eliza Steele Houselisted 2016
Population over time
2 figuresScott City grew from 3,816 to 4,113 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 | 3,816 | |
| 2020 | 4,113 | +297 (+8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1940 USGS Scott City quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Scott City quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Scott City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Scott City quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Scott City quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Scott City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Scott City in 2017, burning under an acre 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Scott County | 14 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
60 of 282 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Scott City in 282 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 188 hail, 68 thunderstorm wind, 13 heavy rain, 8 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scott City | $1,550,000 | Swath of large hail and high wind across the county produced $1.55 million in damage to property. Extensive damage was also done to crops. In Scott City, a roof was blown off; a camper was blown 30 feet and a shed was blown down. |
| May 1996 | Hail | Scott City | $650,000 | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scott City | $350,000 | Four house with severe roof damage; many windows blown out; many vehicles with windows blown out due to flying debris; 10- by 32-foot building demolished; other smaller ones heavily damaged; mobile home overturned; and two campers damaged. |
| May 1993 | Tornado (F1) | Scott City | $50,000 | A tornado touched down briefly south of Scott City. A mobile home was pushed 200 yards off its foundation. Two sheriff's patrol cars were blown off the road. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scott City | $30,000 | Tree was uprooted and then fell onto a house. |
| July 1996 | Hail | Scott City | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Hail | Scott City | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scott City | $4,000 | Power poles blown down. Cars into the ditch |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scott City | $600 | no account filed |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scott City | - | A measured wind gust of 58 mph at the Ellis Feeders observing station. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Scott City | - | An emergency manager reported 1 inch hail. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Scott City | - | A NWS employee reported hail just over 2 inches in size. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Scott City | - | A mPING report of golf ball sized hail. |
| August 2025 | Hail | Scott City | - | A COOP Observer reported hail of 1.75 inches. |
| August 2025 | Hail | Scott City | - | The emergency manager reported hail of 1.75 inches. At the same time, a report of 1 hail was given from the public. |
| May 2024 | Heavy Rain | Scott City | - | Rainfall total of 2.15 inches. |
| May 2024 | Heavy Rain | Scott City | - | Rainfall report of 1.75 inches. |
| May 2024 | Heavy Rain | Scott City | - | Rainfall report of 2.47 inches. |
| May 2024 | Heavy Rain | Scott City | - | Rainfall report of 2.16 inches. |
| July 2024 | Hail | Scott City | - | Hail was measured at 1.5 inches diameter. |
| July 2024 | Hail | Scott City | - | Reported by Emergency Management. |
| July 2024 | Hail | Scott City | - | Report of flooding over the roads in the town of Scott City. |
| July 2020 | Heavy Rain | Scott City | - | Rainfall of 3.30 inches was observed. |
| July 2020 | Heavy Rain | Scott City | - | Rainfall of 2.40 inches was observed. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scott City | - | A large tree was blown over on the golf course. |
| June 2018 | Heavy Rain | Scott City | - | Rainfall of 3.72 inches was observed but it was also still raining. |
| June 2018 | Heavy Rain | Scott City | - | Rainfall of 5 to 5 1/2 inches was common across the city. |
| June 2018 | Heavy Rain | Scott City | - | Rainfall of 7.79 inches was measured. |
| June 2018 | Heavy Rain | Scott City | - | Rainfall of 7.35 inches was measured. |
| August 2017 | Heavy Rain | Scott City | - | Rainfall was 3.58 inches. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scott City | - | The wind occurred just ahead of the thunderstorm. |
| July 2013 | Hail | Scott City | - | There was also 50 to 60 MPH winds with the hail. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Scott City | - | There was a mix of quarter to golf ball sized hail. |
| July 2010 | Flood | Scott City | - | Ditches were full and there was ponding of water on many county roads. Water was over highway 96 and many low water crossings were flooded in the area. |
| July 2010 | Heavy Rain | Scott City | - | Three inches of rainfall was observed. |
| July 2010 | Heavy Rain | Scott City | - | Rainfall of 2.40 inches was observed. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scott City | - | The winds were estimated. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Scott City | - | The hail was very brief. |
| May 2009 | Hail | Scott City | - | There were also 50 mph winds associated with the hail. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scott City | - | Tree limbs 4 inches in diameter were blown down and a window was broken out. One temporary road sign was blown across highway 83 just south of town. |
| May 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Scott City | - | This was a brief tornado that made contact for about 30 seconds. |
| October 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scott City | - | A six inch diameter tree was blown down. |
| October 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scott City | - | The wind was measured at the KSNW weatherlab site. |
| September 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scott City | - | Th wind gust was recorded at the KSN Weatherlab at the Scott City Middle School. |
| February 2007 | Flood | Scott City | - | Snow melt produced widespread flooding across the county. Many roads were covered with water and many county roads were destroyed by the flooding. |
| June 2007 | Flood | Scott City | - | Roads and streets in and around Scott City were flooded. |
| March 2007 | Flood | Scott City | - | A continued problem from February where runoff from snow melt caused extensive flooding in the county. A radio tower with 4 feet of standing water. Water in the building, so sandbagging was done to bring in a generator to run the tower. A few farm houses in the southern part of the county were abandoned due to water in the houses. Many fields in southern part of county with standing water. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Scott City | - | The hail nearly covered the ground and was falling for 15 minutes. |
| May 2006 | Flood | Scott City | - | Minor flooding was reported. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scott City | - | Power lines blown down. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scott City | - | Two to three inch diameter tree branches were broken. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scott City | - | Many five to six inch diameter tree branches were broken. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scott City | - | Four to six inch diameter tree limbs were blown down. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scott City | - | A 40000 bushel grain bin was destroyed at KC Feeders. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scott City | - | Two pivot irrigation sprinklers were overturned by the high wind. A barn also collapsed. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scott City | - | Several power poles were blown down. |
| April 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scott City | - | Four to six inch diameter tree branches were broken. A few shingles were blown off roofs. |
| April 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Scott City | - | This was a multiple vortex tornado that did not strike anything. |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scott City | - | KSN weaether lab site at the middle school |
| May 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Scott City | - | This tornado briefly had circulation on the ground but was a funnel for about five minutes. There was no damage. |
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.
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 Scott City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2233453 | 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 471507. 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.
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.





