Colstrip, Montana
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Colstrip is a city in Rosebud County, Montana, United States. The population was 2,096 at the 2020 census.
Sign upon entering Colstrip
Open pit strip mining with shovels at Colstrip's Rosebud Mine
Colstrip Power Plants 1-4 from right to left
The Rosebud mine in 2006, taken from the International Space Station
The Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation is the federally recognized Northern Cheyenne tribe and a Plains tribe.
Colstrip, Montana
…costs and guarantee grid reliability. The Powder River Basin contains the 25,000-acre Rosebud Mine, a strip mine a few miles south of Colstrip, and the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation. Bituminous coal lies in the Fort Union Formation. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 4.47 square miles (11.58…
Welcome sign
Northern Cheyenne headquarters