Scotia, Nebraska
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Scotia precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 68875. It stands on Wallace Creek. The Survey maps it on the Scotia quadrangle. 301 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,929 feet above sea level.
On record in Scotia
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
Scotia Chalk Buildinglisted 1979
Population over time
2 figuresScotia fell from 318 to 301 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 | 318 | |
| 2020 | 301 | -17 (-5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 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.
- 1899 USGS Loup quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Scotia quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Broken Bow quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Broken Bow quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Scotia between 2003 and 2017, burning about 38 acres in total. 1 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 | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 July 2005 | Natural | 7.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 21 April 2009 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 25 March 2010 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 25 February 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 23 February 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 17 November 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
30 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Scotia in 30 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 19 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 heavy rain, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2019 | Flood | Scotia | $2,000,000 | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scotia | $500,000 | Wind gusts estimated to be near 80 MPH caused widespread damage in eastern Valley and western Greeley counties. Along with tree damage, a handful of power poles were snapped, and several irrigation pivots were flipped. A number of grain bins and outbuildings were damaged, and a home north of North Loup suffered siding damage and also had a couple of trailers shifted from their parked spots. |
| July 2018 | Hail | Scotia | $100,000 | Hail up the size of half dollars was reported. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scotia | $75,000 | Considerable damage occurred to outbuildings and house windows were broken. |
| September 2019 | Hail | Scotia | $75,000 | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Scotia | $30,000 | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Scotia | $30,000 | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scotia | $25,000 | A truck with a utility trailer flipped over on Highway 22. This occurred from a rear flank downdraft. No injuries occurred. This report came from the Spotter Network. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scotia | $25,000 | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 MPH. A shed was damaged when its roof was blown off and one wall fell, and a picnic shelter roof at the park was destroyed. Crop damage was also reported in the area. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Scotia | $25,000 | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Scotia | $25,000 | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Scotia | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scotia | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Scotia | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Scotia | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Scotia | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scotia | $1,000 | Wind gusts estimated to be near 65 MPH resulted in some tree damage in Scotia and minor damage to a small backyard shed. |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scotia | $1,000 | no account filed |
| April 2013 | Heavy Rain | Scotia | - | A total of 3.41 inches of rain fell. This was a 24-hour rainfall amount as of 7 am CDT. This report was relayed through the Nebraska Rainfall Assessment and Information network. |
| October 2013 | Heavy Rain | Scotia | - | A rainfall total of 3.16 inches occurred. Penny size hail also fell around 630 pm CDT. The time of the hail is estimated by radar data and other nearby reports. |
| October 2013 | Heavy Rain | Scotia | - | A rainfall total of 3.16 inches occurred. |
| July 2017 | Hail | Scotia | - | no account filed |
| September 2015 | Hail | Scotia | - | no account filed |
| September 2014 | Hail | Scotia | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Scotia | - | no account filed |
| September 2012 | Hail | Scotia | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Scotia | - | no account filed |
| September 2010 | Hail | Scotia | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Scotia | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Scotia | - | 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.
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 Scotia | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3460978 | 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 833310. 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.




