BlockButte, Montana
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Butte census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59701. It stands on Blacktail Creek. The Survey maps it on the Butte North quadrangle.
Research this city
On record in Butte
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 12 of 18 shown
Orphan Girl, Mineyard HeadframeNational Historic Landmark · listed 1966
Socialist HallNational Historic Landmark · listed 1995
Burton K. Wheeler HouseNational Historic Landmark · listed 1976
Charles W. Clark Mansionlisted 1976
W. A. Clark Mansionlisted 1970
Matt's Place Drive-Inlisted 2001
Shaffer's Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Churchlisted 2018
Silver Bow Brewery Malt Houselisted 1983
Silver Bow County Poor Farm Hospitallisted 1981
U. S. Post Officelisted 1979- Basin Creek Park Historic Districtlisted 2023
- Castle Rock Lodgelisted 2025
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 23 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.
- 1889 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1893 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1899 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1903 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1959 USGS Butte North quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000
- 1989 USGS Butte North quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Butte North quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Butte North quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
5 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Butte between 1996 and 2016, burning about 1 acre in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | ELK PARK |
| 23 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | MARY EMMEE |
| 17 August 1996 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | HAIL COLUMBIA |
| 2 July 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | SADDLE ROCK |
| 9 June 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | EAST RIDGE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 330 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 330 workings within 5 miles of Butte: 182 past producers, 57 prospects, 44 occurrences, 24 unknowns. 23 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Silver, Copper, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ajax Mine | Silica, Copper, Gold, Silver | Unknown | ||
| Alice Mine | Silver, Gold, Zinc, Lead, Manganese, Beryllium | Past Producer | 1960 | |
| Belmont Mine | Copper, Zinc, Silver, Lead, Gold, Arsenic | Past Producer | 1957 | |
| Best Hope Mine | Gold, Lead, Manganese, Silver, Zinc | Unknown | ||
| Best Hope Mine | Lead, Zinc, Manganese, Gold, Silver | Producer | ||
| Black Rock Mine | Silver, Zinc, Lead, Manganese | Producer | Rhodochrosite, Rhodonite, Sphalerite | |
| Bullwhacker Mine | Molybdenum, Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Butte District | Lead, Zinc, Manganese, Silver, Copper, Gold, Tellurium, Sulfur, Cadmium, Selenium, Calcium, Bismuth | Producer | 1880 | |
| Butte, Veins (Anaconda) | Copper, Silver, Gold, Bismuth, Cadmium, Manganese, Zinc, Lead, Selenium, Tellurium | Past Producer | 1875, 1880, 2000 | |
| Carver Tailings | Copper, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
31 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Butte in 31 storm reports between 1994 and 2019: 16 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 3 heavy rain, 2 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Butte | $50,000 | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Butte | $5,000 | A tree fell on a house bringing damage to a power box. Another large tree fell and downed multiple power poles. The power outage affected 5000 homes. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Butte | $500 | A newspaper in Butte reported that the top of an approximately 40 foot Ponderosa Pine tree fell over onto Park Street near the Montana Tech hill. Looking at the photo, the tree apparently fell towards the east direction. |
| August 2019 | Hail | Butte | - | The spotter measured one inch hail in Butte. |
| August 2014 | Hail | Butte | - | A trained spotter reported 1 size hail south of Butte. |
| July 2014 | Hail | Butte | - | A trained spotter estimated that 1 hail fell during the thunderstorm. |
| July 2011 | Hail | Butte | - | A trained spotter reported quarter sized hail. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Butte | - | Large trees fell across roadways and power lines were knocked down in portions of Butte. A few small grass fires were reported from the downed power lines. |
| August 2009 | Heavy Rain | Butte | - | Seven thenths of an inch of rain fell in 24 minutes at Bert Mooney Airport. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Butte | - | The Elk Park Department of Transportation weather station measured a thunderstorm wind gust up to 69 mph. |
| August 2009 | Heavy Rain | Butte | - | The Public Works Department reported .75 inch hail and estimated one inch of rain in about 30 minutes in Butte. Water was flowing down the streets. |
| August 2008 | Hail | Butte | - | A trained spotter reported 0.5 to 0.75 inch hail. |
| August 2008 | Hail | Butte | - | Police Officer reported to Silver Bow County Dispatch penny sized hail in downtown Butte. |
| May 2007 | Hail | Butte | - | A member of the public phoned in a report of nickel-sized hail. The storm developed on the southeast side of Butte and tracked northeast along the Continental Divide. |
| July 1998 | Flash Flood | Butte | - | Torrents of rain and hail fell on Butte in an hour-long thunderstorm which dumped over 2 inches of rain and hail over most of urban Butte. Blacktail Creek was over its banks in many areas. Silver Bow Creek, which normally has little or no water in the summer, was running like a river. Montana and Harrison Ave. streets were flooded and impassable during the peak of the storm. Debris from the hill washed down large rocks and boulders, which covered many of the streets in the up-town area. Underground power lines were washed out with residents without power for two to three days. Many private homes suffered flooded basements, yards and garages. Two trailer parks, located at the bottom of hills, suffered major damage. Centerville Volunteer Fire Dept. had major water damage. |
| August 2009 | Hail | Butte | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Hail | Butte | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Butte | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Heavy Rain | Butte | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Butte | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Butte | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Butte | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Butte | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Funnel Cloud | Butte | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Hail | Butte | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Butte | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Butte | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Flash Flood | Butte | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Hail | Butte | - | no account filed |
| September 1995 | Hail | Butte | - | no account filed |
| August 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Butte | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pioneer | 0.0 miles | 23 | |
| Anselmo (historical) | 1.1 miles | 23 | |
| Williamsburg | 1.5 miles | 17 | |
| Centerville | 1.5 miles | 23 | |
| Allendale (historical) | 2.0 miles | 23 | |
| Silver Bow Park | 2.0 miles | 28 | |
| Meaderville | 2.0 miles | 23 | |
| North Walkerville (historical) | 2.0 miles | 23 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 780689. 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.
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.